Ann Brooks, the first of Stephen Brooks and Hannah Bennett's nine children, was born April 28, 1811, when they lived at Richland, near the town of Oswego, in what was then Oneida County, New York. She grew up there, as well as in Redfield and later in New Hartford (near Utica), before moving to Wisconsin Territory with her family in the late 1830s.
Garner Waite Allen's wife, Lucretia, died in Wisconsin in February 1846, leaving him with two young sons. He then married Ann Brooks in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, on August 9, 1846. Ann was 35 and would have no children of her own. Instead, she focused on being a step-mother to her husband’s boys.
In 1848, Garner purchased a farm about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh and about a mile north of the Fox River. It was near what today is the intersection of Wisconsin Street and West Irving Avenue in Oshkosh.
The Allens lived on their Oshkosh farm when the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses were taken. Garner died on October 30, 1882, and the Oshkosh pioneer was laid to rest in Brooks Cemetery.
Around the time of Garner’s death, Ann suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed. Her stepson, Nelson, his wife and children, and others among the extended Brooks family, cared for her in her final years. She passed away on February 23, 1886, at age 74. Her obituary appeared in the Weekly Northwestern two days later:
Death of Mrs. W.A. Allen [sic: G.W. Allen]
“Mrs. W.A. [sic: G.W.] Allen, who has been sick at her home on West Irving street for some time past, has died, her death being attributed to a stroke of paralysis, which she received about four years ago. Mrs. Allen was well known in this vicinity, having resided here for about forty years past. She was the second wife of W.A. [sic: G.W.] Allen, a well-known farmer who lived for a number of years on his farm about three miles north of this city. Mrs. Allen leaves two step-sons. One, Nelson Allen, resides about three miles north of Oshkosh, and the other – Albert Allen – is a resident of Nebraska. Mrs. Allen was also an aunt of Dr. and M.H. Eaton of this city. The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon from the residence on Irving street near Wisconsin avenue. Rev. Henry Faville will officiate.”
Ann (Brooks) Allen was buried at Brooks Cemetery near her husband’s and Lucretia’s graves in the Brooks Cemetery, northeast of Oshkosh.
Garner Waite Allen's wife, Lucretia, died in Wisconsin in February 1846, leaving him with two young sons. He then married Ann Brooks in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, on August 9, 1846. Ann was 35 and would have no children of her own. Instead, she focused on being a step-mother to her husband’s boys.
In 1848, Garner purchased a farm about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh and about a mile north of the Fox River. It was near what today is the intersection of Wisconsin Street and West Irving Avenue in Oshkosh.
The Allens lived on their Oshkosh farm when the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses were taken. Garner died on October 30, 1882, and the Oshkosh pioneer was laid to rest in Brooks Cemetery.
Around the time of Garner’s death, Ann suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed. Her stepson, Nelson, his wife and children, and others among the extended Brooks family, cared for her in her final years. She passed away on February 23, 1886, at age 74. Her obituary appeared in the Weekly Northwestern two days later:
Death of Mrs. W.A. Allen [sic: G.W. Allen]
“Mrs. W.A. [sic: G.W.] Allen, who has been sick at her home on West Irving street for some time past, has died, her death being attributed to a stroke of paralysis, which she received about four years ago. Mrs. Allen was well known in this vicinity, having resided here for about forty years past. She was the second wife of W.A. [sic: G.W.] Allen, a well-known farmer who lived for a number of years on his farm about three miles north of this city. Mrs. Allen leaves two step-sons. One, Nelson Allen, resides about three miles north of Oshkosh, and the other – Albert Allen – is a resident of Nebraska. Mrs. Allen was also an aunt of Dr. and M.H. Eaton of this city. The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon from the residence on Irving street near Wisconsin avenue. Rev. Henry Faville will officiate.”
Ann (Brooks) Allen was buried at Brooks Cemetery near her husband’s and Lucretia’s graves in the Brooks Cemetery, northeast of Oshkosh.
Ann Brooks, the first of Stephen Brooks and Hannah Bennett's nine children, was born April 28, 1811, when they lived at Richland, near the town of Oswego, in what was then Oneida County, New York. She grew up there, as well as in Redfield and later in New Hartford (near Utica), before moving to Wisconsin Territory with her family in the late 1830s.
Garner Waite Allen's wife, Lucretia, died in Wisconsin in February 1846, leaving him with two young sons. He then married Ann Brooks in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, on August 9, 1846. Ann was 35 and would have no children of her own. Instead, she focused on being a step-mother to her husband’s boys.
In 1848, Garner purchased a farm about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh and about a mile north of the Fox River. It was near what today is the intersection of Wisconsin Street and West Irving Avenue in Oshkosh.
The Allens lived on their Oshkosh farm when the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses were taken. Garner died on October 30, 1882, and the Oshkosh pioneer was laid to rest in Brooks Cemetery.
Around the time of Garner’s death, Ann suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed. Her stepson, Nelson, his wife and children, and others among the extended Brooks family, cared for her in her final years. She passed away on February 23, 1886, at age 74. Her obituary appeared in the Weekly Northwestern two days later:
Death of Mrs. W.A. Allen [sic: G.W. Allen]
“Mrs. W.A. [sic: G.W.] Allen, who has been sick at her home on West Irving street for some time past, has died, her death being attributed to a stroke of paralysis, which she received about four years ago. Mrs. Allen was well known in this vicinity, having resided here for about forty years past. She was the second wife of W.A. [sic: G.W.] Allen, a well-known farmer who lived for a number of years on his farm about three miles north of this city. Mrs. Allen leaves two step-sons. One, Nelson Allen, resides about three miles north of Oshkosh, and the other – Albert Allen – is a resident of Nebraska. Mrs. Allen was also an aunt of Dr. and M.H. Eaton of this city. The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon from the residence on Irving street near Wisconsin avenue. Rev. Henry Faville will officiate.”
Ann (Brooks) Allen was buried at Brooks Cemetery near her husband’s and Lucretia’s graves in the Brooks Cemetery, northeast of Oshkosh.
Garner Waite Allen's wife, Lucretia, died in Wisconsin in February 1846, leaving him with two young sons. He then married Ann Brooks in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, on August 9, 1846. Ann was 35 and would have no children of her own. Instead, she focused on being a step-mother to her husband’s boys.
In 1848, Garner purchased a farm about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh and about a mile north of the Fox River. It was near what today is the intersection of Wisconsin Street and West Irving Avenue in Oshkosh.
The Allens lived on their Oshkosh farm when the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses were taken. Garner died on October 30, 1882, and the Oshkosh pioneer was laid to rest in Brooks Cemetery.
Around the time of Garner’s death, Ann suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed. Her stepson, Nelson, his wife and children, and others among the extended Brooks family, cared for her in her final years. She passed away on February 23, 1886, at age 74. Her obituary appeared in the Weekly Northwestern two days later:
Death of Mrs. W.A. Allen [sic: G.W. Allen]
“Mrs. W.A. [sic: G.W.] Allen, who has been sick at her home on West Irving street for some time past, has died, her death being attributed to a stroke of paralysis, which she received about four years ago. Mrs. Allen was well known in this vicinity, having resided here for about forty years past. She was the second wife of W.A. [sic: G.W.] Allen, a well-known farmer who lived for a number of years on his farm about three miles north of this city. Mrs. Allen leaves two step-sons. One, Nelson Allen, resides about three miles north of Oshkosh, and the other – Albert Allen – is a resident of Nebraska. Mrs. Allen was also an aunt of Dr. and M.H. Eaton of this city. The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon from the residence on Irving street near Wisconsin avenue. Rev. Henry Faville will officiate.”
Ann (Brooks) Allen was buried at Brooks Cemetery near her husband’s and Lucretia’s graves in the Brooks Cemetery, northeast of Oshkosh.
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