Shelby County AlArchives Biographies.....Brinkerhoff, William E. 1861 - 
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Author: "Memorial Record of Alabama", volume 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), pages 892-893

W. E. Brinkerhoff, banker at Calera, is a native of New York city, and was born 
in 1861.  He is a son of Albert R. and Susanna (Edwards) Brinkerhoff, the 
former of whom was born in the city of New York, and is able to trace his 
ancestry back to the Puritans who came over in the Mayflower.  Albert R. 
Brinkerhoff was for many years in the wholesale coal business, in the old 
Trinity building, in New York city.  Mrs. Brinkerhoff was also a native of New 
York state.  W. C. Brinkerhoff received a common school education, and at an 
early age accepted a position as clerk in Chicago.  After remaining in this 
position a short time he went to New York city, where he accepted a position as 
clerk in a wholesale grocery store, owned by Moore, Jenkins & Co., where he 
remained four years.  He then removed to Oxford, Ala., and was there office man 
for C. J. Cooper & Co., two years, when he removed to Wetumka, Ala., and 
engaged in general merchandising for two years, as clerk.  He then removed to 
Calera, where he engaged with J. D. Hardy & Co. as clerk in the lime and lumber 
business, continuing in this business nearly two years, and he was then 
assistant secretary for the South Calera Land and Improvement company, for 
about the same length of time.  In 1890, he established himself in the private 
banking business at Calera, under the name of W. E. Brinkerhoff & Co., with a 
working capital of $10,000, which is capable of, and subject to, increase at 
any time.  The company is composed of Mr. Brinkerhoff and Joseph T. May, of 
Fremont, Neb., a prominent banker of that place.  In 1887 (1) Mr. Brinkerhoff 
married Miss Lizzie McKibbon, daughter of Capt. Robert F. and Julia J. (Cook) 
McKibbon, by whom he has one child, Celeste.  Mrs. Brinkerhoff was born in 
Talladega county, was a member of the Presbyterian church, and died in 1890 
(2).  In 1892 Mr. Brinkerhoff married Ida A. Brown (3), daughter of George W. 
and Anna (Petterson) Brown.  Mr. Brinkerhoff is a member of the Knights of 
Pythias, and one of the leading young businessmen of Shelby county.

Additional Comments:
(1) Shelby County Marriage Records 1889-1891, page 229, shows William E. 
Brinkerhoff married Ann Elizabeth McKibbon on January 12, 1888.
(2) Obituary in the Advocate gives Lizzie McKibbon Brinkerhoff’s death date as 
Dec 19, 1890.
(3) Shelby County Marriage Records 1891-1896, page 209, shows W. E. Brinkerhoff 
married Ida K. Avery on June 13, 1892


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