Early Life and Education
Edward H. Brooks was born on 25 April 1893 in Concord, New Hampshire. His father, Edward Waite Brooks, was a salesman. His mother was the former Mary Frances Hale. Ted Brooks had three sisters, Harriet, Gretchen and Alice Brooks. Both Gretchen and Alice died in their infancy. He graduated from Concord High School in June 1911 (where he lettered in football), after which he attended Norwich University (The Military College of Vermont) in Northfield, Vermont, graduating in 1916 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. He later also received a master of science degree from Norwich University and an honorary doctoral degree in military science from Pennsylvania Military College.
General Brooks began his military career in June 1915 as a captain with the 1st Cavalry of the Vermont National Guard, a position he held until July 1916. For the following year, he applied his education in private industry as a civil engineer before his National Guard detail was called up for federal service.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1917, Ted Brooks married the former Miss Beatrice Aurora Leavitt. They had two children: Elizabeth Allen Brooks (b. 27 December 1918) and Edward Hale Brooks, Jr. (b. 6 June 1920).
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