Hezekiah Brockett was born in 1757 in Connecticut. In 1776 he was enrolled in the Continental army, and was one of the few that followed the bold and adventurous "Mad Anthony" WAYNE in 1779 up the heights of Stony Point on the Hudson. He was one of the honest, earnest, God-fearing, hard-working forefathers, with the axe in one hand and the rifle in the other, who made the long, lonely journeys toward the setting sun, with the comforts and many of the necessities of civilization left far behind. The old veteran died April 11, 1851, in Oxford, at the age of 94, and was buried with military honors. The stars and stripes, which in life he loved so well, shrouded his coffin; the booming cannon echoed from hill to hill as his bier passed along; military with glittering muskets and muffled drums formed a guard of honor to the cemetery. Volleys of musketry were fired over his grave, and the old veteran was left to sleep peacefully, waiting the last great roll call.
Hezekiah Brockett was born in 1757 in Connecticut. In 1776 he was enrolled in the Continental army, and was one of the few that followed the bold and adventurous "Mad Anthony" WAYNE in 1779 up the heights of Stony Point on the Hudson. He was one of the honest, earnest, God-fearing, hard-working forefathers, with the axe in one hand and the rifle in the other, who made the long, lonely journeys toward the setting sun, with the comforts and many of the necessities of civilization left far behind. The old veteran died April 11, 1851, in Oxford, at the age of 94, and was buried with military honors. The stars and stripes, which in life he loved so well, shrouded his coffin; the booming cannon echoed from hill to hill as his bier passed along; military with glittering muskets and muffled drums formed a guard of honor to the cemetery. Volleys of musketry were fired over his grave, and the old veteran was left to sleep peacefully, waiting the last great roll call.
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