He is Buried beside his Wife, Cornelia Frances Stivender.

He is the Son of William Brooker and Mary Lofton.
He was Born near Pine Lodge Bridge, near the South Edisto River in what was then Lexington County (now Aiken County), South Carolina.

He grew up on the Plantation his Father bought a few miles North of Swansea, South Carolina.

One of his Favorite Episodes of his Youth involved being allowed to go on a Raft of Logs Carrying Produce to Charleston, South Carolina.
The six weeks Trip was made by Traveling Creeks and Rivers to arrive in the Port of the City.
The Men returned Home by Land.

He was only Sixteen when his Mother, Mary Lofton Brooker died in 1858.

He Received his Education in the Public Schools and Furman University.

He left Furman University when the Civil War broke out, Entlisting in the Confederate Army on July 06, 1861, in Greenville.

He was Mustered in as a Private in "Brooks Troop", Company "B" Calvary, Hampton's Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate Army (reorganized in 1862 as Company "K", Second Regiment, SC Calvary, "Hampton's Brigade").
He Served from June 06, 1861 until after the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
He Participated in twenty-nine (29) Battles.
His Mess of Men was composed of Furman Students, eight (8) of whom survived the War.

In 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg, his Group was Dispatched to Protect the Coastal Areas of the Carolinas. This event probably Spared him the Fateful Death suffered by his Brothers, James Brooker and Boardman Booker, who were Killed in the Final Battle of Petersburg, Virginia.

He was Discharged from Military Service as Second Corporal on April 26, 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.

He Attended Charleston Medical School.
Upon Graduation in 1867, he went into Medical Practice in Williston, Barnwell County, South Carolina with his Uncle, Dr. Laadan Brooker.

On May 20, 1868, he Married Cornelia Frances Stivender. They Moved about five miles East of Swansea to the ten room House and Plantation which Cornelia had Inherited from her Grandparents, Alexander Stivender and Harriet Caver Stivender.

The Name of the Plantation was "Orange Cottage", as there were some Mock Orange Trees among the Black Walnut Grove in Front which Created a Long Drive Way to the House.
It was at this Home they Raised their large Family.

He served in the South Carolina State Legislature for four (4) Terms between 1880 and 1888.