Another extract kindly provided by Cindy Walcott. Chris ================================ Farnsworth, Harold. New Haven in Vermont 1761 - 1983. New Haven, VT: Town of New Haven, 1984 p. 283 Public Service Brooks, Bezaleel (perhaps Barzillai) 1785 - 1849,wife Phillis Cook 1790-1817, dau of Jeremiah; wife Polly Crane 1788-1849 dua of Martin. Hayward 1811, 1819; tithingman 1813-14, grand juror 1816, school officer, district 8, 1844, Congregational Prudential Comm 1814, Collector 1816, meeting house subscriber 1816 Brooks, Daniel 1789-1848, wife Sarah Cook 1792-1816 dau of Jeremiah; wife Mary _____ 1790-1874 late wife of James Noble, Highway surveyor 1817, 1819, 1827; hayward 1819, 1825, grand juror 1822, 1824-5; tithingman 1826, meeting house subscr 1816 Brooks, Jonathan Edwards 1820-1858 son of Bezaleel, wife Rebecca D. Snooks 1820-1900, Partner in Edge Tool Co., School officer, dist. 8, 1849-50 Brooks, Luther M. 1828-1892, son of Bezaleel, wife Cleora J. Ward 1832-1919, dau of Ira. Lister 1856, School officer, dist 8, 1861-62; postmater at Brooksville 1868-69; Temperence Cocity Vice-pres 1860-62. Brooks, Milton 1822-1883 son of Bezaleel, wife Mariah S. Hawley 1827-1905, Partner in Edge Tool Co., School officer, dist. 8, 1851-56; Freeman 1846, JP 1857-76; 2nd constable 1848, postmaster Brooksville 1862-67 Brooks Norman C. 1824-1900, son of Bezaleel, wife Emily Atwood 1827-1908 dau of Isaac. Partner in Edge Tool Co., School officer, dist. 8, 1856-63; JP 1873-76 Brooks, Samuel wife Anna Mills. Freeman 1818, hayward 1824, tithingman 1825; Congregational Society collector 1825 Brooks, Thomas McDonough 1814-1875, son of Bezaleel, wife Lucinda _____ 1813-1905; Partner Edge Tool Co, school officer dists 8 1850-54; Congregational Prudential comm 1851-52, 1857 Brooks, William E. son of J. Edwards, wife Jessie F. Smith dau of Ezra C. Postmaster Brooksville 1877-87, JP 1877-82. p. 239 School District No. 8 (Brooksville) Brooksville was near a small falls on the New Haven River. Bezaleel Brooks and his five sons moved to the area from New Haven Mills. The three eldest sons took over a triphammer shop on the site and formed the Brooks Brothers Co, later Brooks Edge Tool Co., which flourished for nearly half a century. For a short time in the 1850's they also made chairs, but the woodworking was less successful. They soon turned to axes as their specialty, and sold them nationwide. * * * * * *