A Portrait And Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind.
Published 1895 by A.W. Bowen Co. in Chicago.
BROOKIE, John A , a thriving farmer of Jackson township, Clinton county, Ind. was born in Oldham county, Ky., February 6, 1821, and is the second son of William and Mary (DOUGHERTY) BROOKIE, also natives of Kentucky and of Scotch-Irish ancestry. William, the father, was the son of John BROOKIE, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who was shot in the left shoulder at the battle of Lexington, and crippled for life; William Brookie, his son, served in the war of 1812. John, the grandfather, was the progenitor of the American family, and in coming from Scotland to America settled in Pennsylvania, where he was married, and subsequently moved to Kentucky, locating in Lexington. After the death of his wife he came to Madison county, Ind, and lived until his death with his daughter, Mrs. Catherine ANDERSON. The father of our subject, William BROOKIE, was born December 8, 1782, was married May 30, 1816, and died July 23, 1838. Mary (DOUGHERTY) BROOKIE was born January 9, 1794, and died May 14, 1868. On coming from Kentucky to Indiana, William made a temporary sojourn in Madison county, where he followed carpentering the while, and then returned to Kentucky, lived there until 1834, and then again came to Indiana, and for four years resided in Clinton county, and finally went to Carroll county, where he died in 1838, his widow surviving until 1868. They were the parents of thirteen children, ten of whom lived to maturity, namely: Mary A., James D., John A., Sarah A.. Robert H., Catherine E., Eliza F., Louisa J., Amanda D., and Harvey E. The father of these children was a member of the Social Reform church and his wife of the Presbyterian church.
John A. BROOKIE was fourteen years of age when he came to Clinton county; a year later he moved to Carroll county, where he resided until the death of his father, at which time his mother, with her family, returned to Clinton county. John A. remained with his mother until he was twenty-five years of age. May 13, 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss May McCOLLOM, the daughter of David and Elizabeth McCOLLOM, the former of Irish and the latter of Welsh descent. Mrs. Brookie is a native of Mason county, Ky., where her father died when she was three years of age, after which her mother moved to Adams county, Ohio, and thence, in 1845, to Clinton county, Ind. After his marriage, Mr. Brookie purchased a part of the old homestead on the Twelve Mile Prairie, where he lived six years, then settled on his present farm, which was then a dense wilderness, and comprised 218 acres, forty of which lie in Boone county. Mr. and Mrs. Brookie are the parents of eleven children, namely: Eliza M., born March 18, 1851, wife of Isaac N. IRVIN, they were married August 15, 1888; Mary E., born February 17, 1853; James R., February 15, 1855, died January 2, 1857; Harvey, born May 5, 1857, married Hannah PARIS March 15, 1880; Hester H.; born September 16, 1859, married James BERRY January 1, 1885; Elmira, born March 1, 1862; Thomas, born November 1, 1864, married Mary E. BENNETT April 4, 1888; William A., born May 8, 1867, married Luetta STRANGE December 4, 1889; Martha E., born January 15, 1870, married William STERN December 5, 1889; John E., born July 9, 1872, died August 22, 1872; infant child, August 11, 1874, died September 17, 1874. Pages 599-600
Published 1895 by A.W. Bowen Co. in Chicago.
BROOKIE, John A , a thriving farmer of Jackson township, Clinton county, Ind. was born in Oldham county, Ky., February 6, 1821, and is the second son of William and Mary (DOUGHERTY) BROOKIE, also natives of Kentucky and of Scotch-Irish ancestry. William, the father, was the son of John BROOKIE, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who was shot in the left shoulder at the battle of Lexington, and crippled for life; William Brookie, his son, served in the war of 1812. John, the grandfather, was the progenitor of the American family, and in coming from Scotland to America settled in Pennsylvania, where he was married, and subsequently moved to Kentucky, locating in Lexington. After the death of his wife he came to Madison county, Ind, and lived until his death with his daughter, Mrs. Catherine ANDERSON. The father of our subject, William BROOKIE, was born December 8, 1782, was married May 30, 1816, and died July 23, 1838. Mary (DOUGHERTY) BROOKIE was born January 9, 1794, and died May 14, 1868. On coming from Kentucky to Indiana, William made a temporary sojourn in Madison county, where he followed carpentering the while, and then returned to Kentucky, lived there until 1834, and then again came to Indiana, and for four years resided in Clinton county, and finally went to Carroll county, where he died in 1838, his widow surviving until 1868. They were the parents of thirteen children, ten of whom lived to maturity, namely: Mary A., James D., John A., Sarah A.. Robert H., Catherine E., Eliza F., Louisa J., Amanda D., and Harvey E. The father of these children was a member of the Social Reform church and his wife of the Presbyterian church.
John A. BROOKIE was fourteen years of age when he came to Clinton county; a year later he moved to Carroll county, where he resided until the death of his father, at which time his mother, with her family, returned to Clinton county. John A. remained with his mother until he was twenty-five years of age. May 13, 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss May McCOLLOM, the daughter of David and Elizabeth McCOLLOM, the former of Irish and the latter of Welsh descent. Mrs. Brookie is a native of Mason county, Ky., where her father died when she was three years of age, after which her mother moved to Adams county, Ohio, and thence, in 1845, to Clinton county, Ind. After his marriage, Mr. Brookie purchased a part of the old homestead on the Twelve Mile Prairie, where he lived six years, then settled on his present farm, which was then a dense wilderness, and comprised 218 acres, forty of which lie in Boone county. Mr. and Mrs. Brookie are the parents of eleven children, namely: Eliza M., born March 18, 1851, wife of Isaac N. IRVIN, they were married August 15, 1888; Mary E., born February 17, 1853; James R., February 15, 1855, died January 2, 1857; Harvey, born May 5, 1857, married Hannah PARIS March 15, 1880; Hester H.; born September 16, 1859, married James BERRY January 1, 1885; Elmira, born March 1, 1862; Thomas, born November 1, 1864, married Mary E. BENNETT April 4, 1888; William A., born May 8, 1867, married Luetta STRANGE December 4, 1889; Martha E., born January 15, 1870, married William STERN December 5, 1889; John E., born July 9, 1872, died August 22, 1872; infant child, August 11, 1874, died September 17, 1874. Pages 599-600
A Portrait And Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind.
Published 1895 by A.W. Bowen Co. in Chicago.
BROOKIE, John A , a thriving farmer of Jackson township, Clinton county, Ind. was born in Oldham county, Ky., February 6, 1821, and is the second son of William and Mary (DOUGHERTY) BROOKIE, also natives of Kentucky and of Scotch-Irish ancestry. William, the father, was the son of John BROOKIE, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who was shot in the left shoulder at the battle of Lexington, and crippled for life; William Brookie, his son, served in the war of 1812. John, the grandfather, was the progenitor of the American family, and in coming from Scotland to America settled in Pennsylvania, where he was married, and subsequently moved to Kentucky, locating in Lexington. After the death of his wife he came to Madison county, Ind, and lived until his death with his daughter, Mrs. Catherine ANDERSON. The father of our subject, William BROOKIE, was born December 8, 1782, was married May 30, 1816, and died July 23, 1838. Mary (DOUGHERTY) BROOKIE was born January 9, 1794, and died May 14, 1868. On coming from Kentucky to Indiana, William made a temporary sojourn in Madison county, where he followed carpentering the while, and then returned to Kentucky, lived there until 1834, and then again came to Indiana, and for four years resided in Clinton county, and finally went to Carroll county, where he died in 1838, his widow surviving until 1868. They were the parents of thirteen children, ten of whom lived to maturity, namely: Mary A., James D., John A., Sarah A.. Robert H., Catherine E., Eliza F., Louisa J., Amanda D., and Harvey E. The father of these children was a member of the Social Reform church and his wife of the Presbyterian church.
John A. BROOKIE was fourteen years of age when he came to Clinton county; a year later he moved to Carroll county, where he resided until the death of his father, at which time his mother, with her family, returned to Clinton county. John A. remained with his mother until he was twenty-five years of age. May 13, 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss May McCOLLOM, the daughter of David and Elizabeth McCOLLOM, the former of Irish and the latter of Welsh descent. Mrs. Brookie is a native of Mason county, Ky., where her father died when she was three years of age, after which her mother moved to Adams county, Ohio, and thence, in 1845, to Clinton county, Ind. After his marriage, Mr. Brookie purchased a part of the old homestead on the Twelve Mile Prairie, where he lived six years, then settled on his present farm, which was then a dense wilderness, and comprised 218 acres, forty of which lie in Boone county. Mr. and Mrs. Brookie are the parents of eleven children, namely: Eliza M., born March 18, 1851, wife of Isaac N. IRVIN, they were married August 15, 1888; Mary E., born February 17, 1853; James R., February 15, 1855, died January 2, 1857; Harvey, born May 5, 1857, married Hannah PARIS March 15, 1880; Hester H.; born September 16, 1859, married James BERRY January 1, 1885; Elmira, born March 1, 1862; Thomas, born November 1, 1864, married Mary E. BENNETT April 4, 1888; William A., born May 8, 1867, married Luetta STRANGE December 4, 1889; Martha E., born January 15, 1870, married William STERN December 5, 1889; John E., born July 9, 1872, died August 22, 1872; infant child, August 11, 1874, died September 17, 1874. Pages 599-600
Published 1895 by A.W. Bowen Co. in Chicago.
BROOKIE, John A , a thriving farmer of Jackson township, Clinton county, Ind. was born in Oldham county, Ky., February 6, 1821, and is the second son of William and Mary (DOUGHERTY) BROOKIE, also natives of Kentucky and of Scotch-Irish ancestry. William, the father, was the son of John BROOKIE, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who was shot in the left shoulder at the battle of Lexington, and crippled for life; William Brookie, his son, served in the war of 1812. John, the grandfather, was the progenitor of the American family, and in coming from Scotland to America settled in Pennsylvania, where he was married, and subsequently moved to Kentucky, locating in Lexington. After the death of his wife he came to Madison county, Ind, and lived until his death with his daughter, Mrs. Catherine ANDERSON. The father of our subject, William BROOKIE, was born December 8, 1782, was married May 30, 1816, and died July 23, 1838. Mary (DOUGHERTY) BROOKIE was born January 9, 1794, and died May 14, 1868. On coming from Kentucky to Indiana, William made a temporary sojourn in Madison county, where he followed carpentering the while, and then returned to Kentucky, lived there until 1834, and then again came to Indiana, and for four years resided in Clinton county, and finally went to Carroll county, where he died in 1838, his widow surviving until 1868. They were the parents of thirteen children, ten of whom lived to maturity, namely: Mary A., James D., John A., Sarah A.. Robert H., Catherine E., Eliza F., Louisa J., Amanda D., and Harvey E. The father of these children was a member of the Social Reform church and his wife of the Presbyterian church.
John A. BROOKIE was fourteen years of age when he came to Clinton county; a year later he moved to Carroll county, where he resided until the death of his father, at which time his mother, with her family, returned to Clinton county. John A. remained with his mother until he was twenty-five years of age. May 13, 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss May McCOLLOM, the daughter of David and Elizabeth McCOLLOM, the former of Irish and the latter of Welsh descent. Mrs. Brookie is a native of Mason county, Ky., where her father died when she was three years of age, after which her mother moved to Adams county, Ohio, and thence, in 1845, to Clinton county, Ind. After his marriage, Mr. Brookie purchased a part of the old homestead on the Twelve Mile Prairie, where he lived six years, then settled on his present farm, which was then a dense wilderness, and comprised 218 acres, forty of which lie in Boone county. Mr. and Mrs. Brookie are the parents of eleven children, namely: Eliza M., born March 18, 1851, wife of Isaac N. IRVIN, they were married August 15, 1888; Mary E., born February 17, 1853; James R., February 15, 1855, died January 2, 1857; Harvey, born May 5, 1857, married Hannah PARIS March 15, 1880; Hester H.; born September 16, 1859, married James BERRY January 1, 1885; Elmira, born March 1, 1862; Thomas, born November 1, 1864, married Mary E. BENNETT April 4, 1888; William A., born May 8, 1867, married Luetta STRANGE December 4, 1889; Martha E., born January 15, 1870, married William STERN December 5, 1889; John E., born July 9, 1872, died August 22, 1872; infant child, August 11, 1874, died September 17, 1874. Pages 599-600
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