Edmund Brooks (March 8, 1879 - December 20, 1916) was an English-American surveyor and civil engineer. Born in England in 1879, Brooks was educated as a civil engineer in England. He immigrated to the United States in 1905 in Illinois with his mother Ellen and sister Beatrice. In the 1910 U.S. Census, Brooks lists himself as a draftsman in a surveyor's office, living in Cicero, Illinois. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1911. By May 1913, Brooks was working in West Palm Beach and Stuart, Florida, as a surveyor and civil engineer who would conduct surveys on request. In 1914, his newspaper advertisement stated, 'Blueprinting done on short notice.' Brooks was elected County Surveyor for Palm Beach County, Florida, in November 1916. He died suddenly on the morning of December 20, 1916, after complaining of an ulcerated tooth, which, according to newspaper accounts, at least indirectly caused his death.



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