History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co., 1891; Pg 682 BROOKS, SMITH A., is a representative of one of the oldest families of St. Albans. Adonijah Brooks was originally from Connecticut, and during the Revolutionary war came to Pittsford, Vt. He married Olive Harrington. His eldest son, Hanania, came to St Albans in 1788; he had been a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He died in Ohio. Azariah and Eleazer, two sons of Adonijah, came to St. Albans in 1790 with their father; the former removed to Ohio, where he died; the latter died in St. Albans. The other children of Adonijah were Adonijah, Asahel, Hannah, who married a Sawyer, and Polly, who married Lemuel Lasell. Adonijah died in St. Albans, October 3, 1809, aged seventy-one years; his wife died March 20, 1828, aged eighty-eight years. Adonijah, son of Adonijah and the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Granville, N.Y., February 27, 1777, and married Betsey Gates. They had nine children, one of whom died in infancy. The others are James, a resident of Georgia; Holloway, who died young; Emery, who also died young, David G., born February 27, 1808, died at St. Albans, November 21, 1880; Smith A.; Victorine P., widow of Harmon Baker, resides in Georgia; Luke, a resident of Chateaugay, N.Y.; and Electa A., widow of Hiram Dodge, also lives at Chateaugay, N.Y. Adonijah died in New York state, October 10, 1815; his wife died September 29, 1859. Smith A. Brooks was born in St. Albans, January 20, 1810. His early life was spent on the his father's farm, and he had only the benefits of a common school education. He married, March 27, 1834, Alma, daughter of Ebenezer and Judy (Harrington) Kibbee, of South Hero. Their children were Ebenezer A., of St. Albans; Harriet S., who married Kinney Cleveland (deceased), and resides at St. Albans Bay; Judith H., who married Henry Ballard, and died at St. Albans; Fannie E., wife of Charles M. Brooks, of St. Albans; and Betsey A., who married Warren Green, and died at St. Albans. Mrs. Brooks died February 2, 1887. Mr. Brooks left home at the age of twenty-four years with not over $100 as a starting capital, but by industry and frugality he acquired a competency, and is now in comfortable circumstances. He owns over 750 acres of farming lands in Franklin and Grand Isle counties. He votes the Republican ticket, though he is not an active politician. {Photo of Smith A. Brooks, Pg 354a.}