Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Brock, Andrew J. 1843 - 1906
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Brock, Andrew J. Born October 13, 1843, at Bono, Lawrence County, Indiana;
father, Ephraim, (born in Kentucky), mother, Hannah Brewer (born in Virginia).
Married to Florence A. Healy September 18, 1872; one son, Herbert E. Enlisted
October 25, 1861, at Milledgeville, Ill., in Company H, Fifty-fifth Illinois
Infantry, First Division, Fifteenth Corps; served in battles at Chickasaw Bayou,
Shiloh, Arkansas Post, Champion Hill, Siege Vicksburg, Jackson, Missionary
Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Johesboro, Bentonville, Goldsboro, Knoxville;
held office First Sergeant; discharged October 30, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Settled in O'Brien County, July 27, 1864, and later resided at Primghar. Died
May 24, 1906; buried at Milledgeville, Ill. Member Congregational Church; the
first Masonic lodge in the county (Abiff, at Sutherland) and G. A. R.; county
surveyor of the county from 1872 to 1876, and platted an addition to Primghar
that bears his name; county recorder of deeds, 1873 to 1877 inclusive, in
O'Brien County.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS
Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa
COMPILED BY
Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer
Published Privately 
PRIMGHAR, IOWA
1909

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