TheAlsobrooks Organization

The Alsobrooks Organization is a prominent multi-cultural family in Hopkins County in the state of Texas. Some family members still reside in the East Caney Community outside of Sulphur Springs, Texas. We are the descendants of Mr. Nathan E. Alsobrooks & Family.

During the Civil War, families in the deep southeastern Confederate States- South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi moved their slaves to the west to evade Union Forces.

The 1880 United States Federal Censuses list Mr. Nathan E. Alsobrooks & Family residing in a neighboring county called Franklin. Nathan and Mattie-Towels-Alsobrooks successfully birthed seven healthy children during there marriage. The names of the children in sequence are as followed: Timothy, Ella, Willie, Nathan Jr, Dessa, James, and Mattie.

Mr. Alsobrooks' mother Mrs. Chanie Hammock-Alsobrooks was listed in the 1880 United States Federal Census as a resident of Franklin County. His sister was Mrs. Mary Alsobrooks-Levi of a neighboring home next to Mr. Nathan Alsobrooks in Franklin County.

Before the turn of the 19th century, Mr. Nathan E. Alsobrooks, wife, children and mother were residence in Hopkins County Justice Precinct #2. The Alsobrooks Family was primarily agricultural farmers. There cash crops consisted of corn, cotton, potatoes, vegetables and some orchards.

Mr. Nathan E. Alsobrooks was a community activist for the East Caney Community. When Bell South initiated telephone service to Hopkins County Nathan was an operator and technician. As an operator, he routed calls from his home to other residences in the county. The technical work was done when telephone wires were disconnected due to storms or malfunctions with communication.

Our Purpose

The purpose of TheAlsobrooks Organization is to educate, assist, develop, and conserve the genealogical history of Mr. Nathan E. Alsobrooks, his descendants and prior ancestors.

The information contained in TheAlsobrooks Families and Affilated Family Tree on Ancestry.com is to be used as a point of origin. This is a place to begin your own individual research. If you have information to submit or have inquiries please contact: [email protected]