Samuel BROOKS

1793 - 1849  (56 years)

• Name	Samuel BROOKS
  Birth	1793	Haverhill, New Hampshire, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1820	Stanstead,Quebec
  	merchent
  	he provided loans, raised livestock and acted as agent for the British American Land Company in the Eastern Townships. He later was a bank manager at Sherbrooke and president of the Stanstead and Sherbrooke Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Brooks was also involved in the development of railroads in the region with Alexander Tilloch Galt.
  Elected	1829	Sherbrooke, Lower Canada, British North America   [1]
  	Politician
  Elected	1830	Sherbrooke, Lower Canada, British North America   [1]
  	Forced to resign in 1831 as was not a British subject.
  Elected	1844	Sherbrooke, Canada, British North America   [1]
  Elected	1848	Sherbrooke, Canada, British North America   [1]
  _AMTID	310113777018:1030:113411951
  _UID	301DE63EDCDC42CB95282CDBBFBA2E892A06
  Death	23 Mar 1849	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada   [1]
  	Died while in office.
  Person ID	I158	Faulknor
  Last Modified	18 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Samuel BROOKS   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza TOWLE,   b. 1795   d. 1872 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1813	Newbury, Vermont, United States   [1]
  Children	1. Queen's Council Edward TOWLE BROOKS,   b. 6 Jul 1830, Lennoxville, Lower Canada, British North America d. 5 Aug 1897, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (Age 67 years)   2. Charles BROOKS,   b. U.S.A. d. 27 Feb 1896, Montreal,Quebec,Canada   3. George BROOKS   4. Samuel BROOKS   5. Eleanor BROOKS   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] "Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours," database, National Assembly of Quebec, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brooks_%28politician%29 : accessed ); extracted from (N.p.:n.p.n.d.).