> A new message, "George Thomas Brooks - Galveston Flood," was posted by > Jodie Wyatt on Fri, 10 Sep 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, > Genealogy web page Queries section: > > Surname: BROOKS, HUSLEY, WELCH > > --- > NAME: Jodie Wyatt > EMAIL: jwyatt@cei.net > DATE: Sep 10 1999 > > Searching for information on George Thomas BROOKS. He was married 5 > September 1915 in > Jefferson County, Texas to Mrs. Mary Lee "Lela" WELCH HULSEY, widow of > J. Dalton HULSEY. > > Mary Lee BROOKS died 27 February 1926 at Houston, Harris Co., Texas. > > Some time after the death of Mrs. Brooks, George Thomas Brooks > reportedly "drown in a terrible flood that hit Galveston, Texas". > > Would anyone know when that flood might have been? > Jodie, In addition to the Great Storm of 1900, there was another bad storm which hit Galveston in 1915. Although the new seawall and grade-raising helped protect the city, there were 12 people killed. Jim Turner