Crawford County IA Archives Biographies.....Brockelsby, W. H. 1849 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

W. H. BR0CKELSBY, another one of the enterprising and successful farmers of
Crawford county, Iowa, resides on eighty acres of land in section 8, Hayes
township. Briefly given, the following ia scgstkh [sic] of his life:

  W. H. Brockelsby was born in Lincolnshire, England, April 14, 1849. His
parents, William and Martha (Cousins) Brockelsby, were also both natives of that
place. At the age of fifteen he came to the United States and located in Clinton
county, Iowa, where he remained, engaged in farming, until 1872. He then came to
Crawford county, and the following year, 1873, located upon the land where he
now lives. At that time this part of the country was wild land and frequently
deer and wolves were seen here. He has developed eighty acres into a fine farm,
the improvements on which are all first-class. His house is 14x18 feet, a story
and a half, with a one story L, 16 x 18 feet, and is located on a natural
building site, near which is an orchard and beautiful grove of maple trees. He
is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, having some thoroughbred
registered Poland-China hogs. He has a fine pond stocked with carp.

  Mr. Brocklesby was married at Rock Island, Illinois, May 17, 1870, to Malinda
Milligan, a native of Pennsylvania. Her parents, Joseph and Margaret Milligan,
now live at Manilla, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Brockelsby have five children, viz.:
Richard, Edward, Winfred, Margaret and Elisa.

  He is a Democrat and one of the wheel-horses of the party in the southeastern
part of the county. He has served as Township Clerk seven years and as Trustee
eight years. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, being Master of
 Diamond Lodge, No. 422, and a member of Ark Chapter at Dunlap; is also a member
of the K. of P. at Denison, and the I. O. O. F. at Vail. He is a man of general
information and of pleasing address and is an entertaining speaker. Honorable in
all his business dealings and always frank and cordial with his fellow-men, he
is one of the most popular citizens in the township.


Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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