WILLIS CORNELIUS BROOKS, Hopkins County, was born January 3, 1859, in Webster County, Ky., and in 1860 removed with his parents to Hopkins County, Ky., where he still resides. His father, Absalom Brooks, a native of Virginia, died in 1860, at the age of forty-eight years. He married Susan C., daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Winstead) Bailey, of Hopkins County, and to this union was born our subject, as above. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Brooks married Alfred Owen, and from this union sprang one child—Bettie J. She was next married to James Moore, and to them were born Roland and Maud. W. C. Brooks was married, February 27, 1879, to Miss Kittie, daughter of John and Annie {Davidson) Murphy, of Hopkins County (born August 29, 1859), and they have been blessed with two children, viz.: Basil M. and Mamie Y. Mr. Brooks is a farmer, possessing 180 acres of good land, in a high state of cultivation. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1027.