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Brown Brockenbrough

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Brown Brockenbrough

Birth
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, USA
Death
21 Jul 1905 (aged 71)
York Beach, York County, Maine, USA
Burial
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.4493861, Longitude: -86.8611514
Plot
sec 18 lot 65-66 page 223
Memorial ID
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Married September 18, 1860, at Rochester, New York, Eliza Rich, who was born in Penfield, New York, July 17, 1838, the daughter of Giles B. and Eleanor C. (Ross) Rich, both natives of New York.

Issue:
1. Kirby Rich Brockenbrough was born in Lafayette, June 19, 1862, married Grace Botsford, of Cleveland, Ohio, on October 13. 1886. and one child, Louise, born August 14, 1889, has graced this union. Mr.. Brockenbrough is agent for the Phoenix Life Insurance Company. and he lives at Providence, Rhode Island.
2. Brown Brockenbrough, Jr., was born in Lafayette, Indiana, April 29, 1869, married Grace Stillwell Anderson, of Lafayette, on June 9, 1897, and they have one bright little daughter, Matilda Belle, born November 1 3, 1907. Mr. Brockenbrough is connected with the National Fowler Bank, and he is also vice-president of the Mulberry State Bank, at Mulberry, Clinton county, Indiana. He is a very capable and successful business man as well as a refined gentleman in every respect.
3. Willard G. Brockenbrough was born in Lafayette. August 27, 1871, is an optician by profession, being an expert in his line; he has remained single and is living at home.
4. Franklin G. Brockenbrough was born in Lafayette, August 4, 1874, married Ruth Sutherland, September 9, 1903, of Riverside, California; they now reside at Oakland, California, where he is engaged in the insurance business and is known as a man of industry and integrity.
5. Eleanor Brockenbrough, born March 12, 1880, has remained single and is living at home. She received her primary education, as also did her brothers, in the local public and high schools. She then attended Ferry Hall Seminary at Lake Forest, Illinois. All her brothers were students at Purdue University.

~Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Volume 2; Richard Patten DeHart; B.F. Bowen, 1909.
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Married September 18, 1860, at Rochester, New York, Eliza Rich, who was born in Penfield, New York, July 17, 1838, the daughter of Giles B. and Eleanor C. (Ross) Rich, both natives of New York.

Issue:
1. Kirby Rich Brockenbrough was born in Lafayette, June 19, 1862, married Grace Botsford, of Cleveland, Ohio, on October 13. 1886. and one child, Louise, born August 14, 1889, has graced this union. Mr.. Brockenbrough is agent for the Phoenix Life Insurance Company. and he lives at Providence, Rhode Island.
2. Brown Brockenbrough, Jr., was born in Lafayette, Indiana, April 29, 1869, married Grace Stillwell Anderson, of Lafayette, on June 9, 1897, and they have one bright little daughter, Matilda Belle, born November 1 3, 1907. Mr. Brockenbrough is connected with the National Fowler Bank, and he is also vice-president of the Mulberry State Bank, at Mulberry, Clinton county, Indiana. He is a very capable and successful business man as well as a refined gentleman in every respect.
3. Willard G. Brockenbrough was born in Lafayette. August 27, 1871, is an optician by profession, being an expert in his line; he has remained single and is living at home.
4. Franklin G. Brockenbrough was born in Lafayette, August 4, 1874, married Ruth Sutherland, September 9, 1903, of Riverside, California; they now reside at Oakland, California, where he is engaged in the insurance business and is known as a man of industry and integrity.
5. Eleanor Brockenbrough, born March 12, 1880, has remained single and is living at home. She received her primary education, as also did her brothers, in the local public and high schools. She then attended Ferry Hall Seminary at Lake Forest, Illinois. All her brothers were students at Purdue University.

~Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Volume 2; Richard Patten DeHart; B.F. Bowen, 1909.
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Gravesite Details

age 72. Undertaker, Bradshaw and Schlesselman, Lafayette, Indiana.



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  • Maintained by: L. A. C.
  • Originally Created by: Ran
  • Added: Jul 26, 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7712643/brown-brockenbrough: accessed ), memorial page for Brown Brockenbrough (15 May 1834–21 Jul 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7712643, citing Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by L. A. C. (contributor 46486104).