Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameLucinda Penelope Brooks
Birthabt 1850/1851, Essex County, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
Death1934
FatherBeverley Brooks (~1815-1895)
MotherLucy Ann Atkins (~1814-~1895)
Documentation
1870 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia [transcribed by William I. Brooks]:
Dwelling 396, Family 396
Brooks, Beverly, 56, male, white, farmer, $500 real estate, $275 personal estate, unable to read or write, eligible to vote
Brooks, Lucy Ann, 56, female, white, keeping house, unable to read or write
Brooks, George, 21, male, white, farm laborer, unable to read or write
Brooks, Lucinda P., 19, female, white, without occupation, unable to read or write
Brooks, Susan M., 16, female, white, without occupation
Brooks, Amanda, 15, female, white, without occupation
Brooks, Alexander, 13, male, white, farm laborer, unable to read or write
Brooks, Henry E., 10 male, white, farm laborer, unable to read or write
Hill David, 15, male, black, farm laborer, unable to read or write

Lewis E. Dix married Lucinda P. Brooks on 22 December 1870 in Essex County, Virginia. He was 23, single, born in Essex and living there, son of William Dix and Julia Taylor, occupation farmer. She was 20, single, born in Essex and living there, daughter of Beverley Brooks and Lucy A. Atkins. Married by Isaac Diggs. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register Book 1, page 27.]

1880 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Chapel Grove Precinct
Page 200 (18)
Dwelling 161, Family 161
Dix, Lewis, white, male, 32, married, farmer, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Dix, Lucy P., white, female, 24, wife, married, keeping house, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Dix, Virginia, white, female, 7, daughter, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Dix, Magruder, white, male, 5, son, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Dix, Lucy L., white, female, 4, daughter, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Dix, Walter, white, male, 3, son, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Dix, William, white, male, 9/12, born in April, son, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia

Lucinda Dix was mentioned in the 13 February 1917 will of her husband Lewis E. Dix. She was to receive all interest in the Taynard property, a life interest in the home tract known as Brooks, and a life interest in personal property. [Essex County, Virginia, Wills, Fiduciary Accounts, Etc. 3, pages 280–281.]
Spouses
Birthabt 1847, Essex County, Virginia
Death28 Feb 1917, Millers Tavern, Essex County, Virginia
OccupationFarmer
FatherWilliam Dix (~1821-)
Marriage22 Dec 1870, Millers Tavern, Essex County, Virginia
ChildrenVirginia (~1873-1895)
 Magruder (~1875-)
 Lucy L. (~1876-)
 Walter A. (~1878-)
 William (1879-)
 Everette (1880-1969)
 Nancy B. “Nannie” (~1887-1959)
 Kate (~1888-)
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