Notes for: Laura Iowa Brooks

1880 Census, Taylor Co, WV (Court House District, West Grafton), enumerated on Jun 15 1880:
Thomas J. Rose, 31, brakeman on railroad; wife Iowa L, 18; dau Ada P, 5 months (b. January); sister Mattie Rose, 24, single. All born in West Virginia except for Iowa, born in Ohio.

1900 Census, Taylor Co, WV (City of Grafton), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
Thomas J. Rose, 52, b. May 1848, widowed, baggage master for railroad; dau Carrrie O, 18, b. Jul 1881, single; son James J, 14, b. Sep 1885; son John H, 12, b. Aug 1887; brother Burton D, 56, b. Feb 1844, single, insurance salesman; sister Mattie O, 34, b. Jul 1865, single.

1910 Census, Taylor Co, WV (City of Grafton), enumerated on Apr 25 1910:
Thomas J. Rose, 60, widowed, baggage master for railroad; sister Martha Rose, 56, single; son John, 23, retail dry goods merchant, married under 1 yr; wife (sic) Rosa, 23, married under 1 yr, no children; brother Berton, 70, single, fire insurance agent.