George W. Brooks Honored - 1915

Norwich Veteran Receives Signal Honors

Utica Saturday Globe, June 1915

 

George W. Brooks

1841 - 1928

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Signal honors have been showered upon Comrade George W. Brooks during the past fortnight.  Mr. Brooks attended the 37th annual reunion of the Eighth New York Veteran Cavalry Association in Rochester and was chosen vice president of the organization.  Edward Marriott of Louisville, Ky., was elected president; W.H. Patterson of Rochester, secretary, and James H. Splaine, of Rochester, color sergeant.  Out of 2,800 men who enlisted in the Eighth New York Cavalry Volunteers from 1861 to 1865 only 70 are known to be living. 

 

At the annual reunion of the Chenango County Veterans Association in the Court House Wednesday Mr. Brooks was elected president at the morning session.  Charles A. Fuller, of Sherburne, was chosen treasurer, ad Charles A. Sumner, of Norwich, is the permanent secretary.  Over 70 veterans registered at the morning session and a larger number were in attendance at the camp fire and other exercises in the afternoon.

 

Comrade Brooks bears his dual honors becomingly and is being congratulated upon the worthy preferment shown him.

 

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Obituary

Utica Observer - Dispatch, May 2, 1928

Norwich:  George W. Brooks, 87, veteran of the Civil War, 33d degree Mason and life resident of this city, died at his home, 91 North Broad Street, Monday.  Death was due to septic poisoning.   There are few residents of Norwich, who did not know Mr. Brooks.  He was born in Norwich March 3, 1841.  When the Civil War started he enlisted at Rochester in the New York cavalry and served 37 months, winning his honorable discharge at the end of that period.  Upon his return to Norwich he followed his occupation of bridge builder for a time and then took to the management of hotels.  He was proprietor of what was known at that time as the Palmer House and at one time  he conducted a hotel at Oxford.  In recent years, Mr. Brooks had lived a retired life.  Mr. Brooks' was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.  He rose to be a 33d degree Mason and was a life member of Norwich lodge F.&A.M., Harmony Chapter and Norwich Commandery, Knights Templar.  He was a member of Ziyara Shrine at Utica.  He was also a member of Norwich Lodge of Elks.  There survive his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Ada Curtis; two granddaughters, Mrs. Robert S. Wait of Williamsville and Mrs. Bryce Blakeley of Newport, and four grandchildren.