Harriet Emma Gavitt Brooks was born at Dunn's Corners, R. I., on February 19, 1861, the daughter of Russell and Fanny Gavitt. At an early age she moved with her family to Great Neck, Waterford, Conn. She died September 20, 1937.
She was married November 25, 1880, to Burtis Brooks, who died in 1935. To them were born fifteen children, of whom the following are now living: Mrs. Jessie Geer and Mrs. Gorton Baker, Mrs. Phoebe Briggs, Mrs. Hattie Tracy, Mrs. Damaris Getchell, Albert Brooks, Mrs. Mary Sanctuary, Mrs. Hancy Burdick, Roy Brooks, James Brooks, and Oliver Brooks. A sister, two brothers, and nearly fifty grandchildren and great-grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Brooks united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Waterford on July 5, 1890, and was an active member. The funeral was conducted by her pastor, Rev. Albert N. Rogers, who was assisted by her son-in-law, Rev. Paul S. Burdick of Leonardsville, N. Y.
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