Author: Brooks, James Gordon
Biography:
BROOKS, James Gordon (1801-41: ancestry.com)
Son of David Brooks, an officer of the Revolution and later a Member of Congress, and his wife Maria Nell, he was born at Claverack NY on 3 Sept. 1801. He graduated from Union College in 1818, then studied law but never applied for admission to the bar. He moved to New York City, where he worked as a literary editor and writer for various journals before becoming an editor of the Morning Courier. He contributed verse to periodicals using the pseudonym "Florio." On 23 Jan. 1829, he married Mary Elizabeth Aiken (q.v., Mary Elizabeth Brooks), whose pseudonym was "Norma." They had one daughter. The Rivals of Este, and Other Poems (1829) was a collaborative venture. In 1830 they moved to Winchester VA where he was editor of the Republican, but they returned to New York in 1838. He died in Albany NY on 20 Feb. 1841. (Albany and then New York City) to work on other journals. (DAB; ancestry.com 20 July 2025) HJ
Other Names:
- James G. Brooks, of the New York Alpha