Asa M. Rooks was born on the 30th of December 1824 to Frederick Rooks and Lydia Bailey.
Through the years
Asa M. Rooks married Sarah Simpson on the 10th of March 1867 in Worth County, Georgia. They had one daughter, Francis Jane Rooks. In 1880 Federal Census, it shows his wife as Nancy, I do not believe that this is Sarah Simpson because of the age difference between 1870 and 1880. He then married Juda Paulk on the 10th of February 1889 in Irwin County, Georgia. Juda Fletcher Paulk was first married to Azor Paulk, who died cir. 1885 and she married Asa Rooks 4 years later. More information can be found about Juda Flether here. She reverted back to the Paulk name, she is listed as a widow with the surname Paulk, even though Asa Rooks did not died until 1901. I do not believe that Asa and Juda had any children, given their ages. I have found records that Asa Rooks was at sometime in 1854 made guardian of his younger sister, Elizabeth Rooks.
Death
Asa M. Rooks died on the 7th of November 1901 and is buried in the Daniel Willis Family Cemetery in Poulan, Worth County, Georgia. His daughter, Francis Jane Rooks is buried in the same cemetery. I do not know where his first wife, Sarah is buried. Juda Fletcher Paulk is buried with her first husband, Azor Paulk in the Paulk Cemetery, in Tift County, Georgia. Several of their children are buried there also.
