Claiborne County, Tennessee

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Claiborne County is located in the northeastern region of Tennessee. It is bordered by the following Tennessee counties: Campbell, Grainger, Hancock and Union. It is also adjacent to Bell and Whitley counties in Kentucky and Lee County, Virginia.

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Brooks, Tilman Rose

Farmer; born Tazewell Co., Tenn., Feb. 1, 1877; Irish descent; son of Jerry and Nancy (Bolton) Brooks; father, farmer; educated at Tazewell, Tenn., and graduated 1900; began career as a school teacher; married twice, first Lena R. Overton, Feb. 2, 1902, second, Cora Lee Davis, Aug. 11, 1910; member K of P and I. O. O. F.; Democrat; representative from Claiborne Co., Tenn, 1905, Secretary of Democratic party of Claiborne Co. for six years; member of Baptist church. Source: Who's Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseeans of To-Day (Memphis, Paul & Douglass Company, 1911), 538.