Grundy-Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Brinckerhoff, John J, M. D. January 18, 1869 - 
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Author: Bio/Gen Rec LaSalle/Grundy Counties 1900

It is said “Gray hairs are honorable,” but gray hairs do not necessarily imply 
a monopoly by those they adorn of all the wisdom in the walk of life to which 
such persons belong. This is the age of the young man, especially in 
professional circles, as is illustrated by the career of Dr. John J. 
Brinckerhoff, of Minooka, who, although one of the younger members of the 
medical profession, has already taken a prominent place in the ranks of the 
fraternity in Grundy county, Illinois, notwithstanding he located at Minooka 
as late as 1897.

Doctor Brinckerhoff is a native of Illinois, having been born in Will county, 
January 18, 1869, a son of John Brinckerhoff, who was born at Watervliet, New 
York. The latter was a son of Martin Brinckerhoff, who was one of the pioneers 
of Will county, Illinois. John Brinckerhoff married Rebecca Breckinridge, a 
native of Canada. Martin Brinckerhoff, a brother of John, was a soldier in the 
war of the rebellion and died in the service.

Dr. Brinckerhoff is one of six brothers, the two oldest of whom are also 
physicians, viz.: Dr. C. E. Brinckerhoff, of Chicago, Illinois, and Dr. G. E. 
Brinckerhoff, of Oakland, California. Martin S. is next in order of birth, 
followed in the sequence of their names by Dr. John J., subject of this 
sketch; Howard H.; Gertrude R., and Elmer E., the youngest.

Dr. Brinckerhoff received his early education at the public schools and at 
Joliet high school. In 1889 he entered the University of Michigan at Ann 
Arbor, where he did regular work for four years, receiving, in 1893, from that 
institution the degree of Ph. B. For a year thereafter he was engaged in 
teaching, and in 1894 took his first course of medical lectures at the College 
of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, from which institution he was graduated 
in the class of 1897, with the degree of M. D.; and soon afterward he located 
at Minooka and engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1898 he 
established a drug store, which he has developed into a mercantile success.
November 10, 1897, Dr. Brinckerhoff was married to Miss Julia Scheibe, a 
native of Lockport, Illinois. He is a member of the Order of Modern Woodmen 
and of the Court of Honor. Possessed of a thorough literary and professional 
education, of winning manners and exemplary business methods, public-spirited 
to an extraordinary degree, he is achieving a thorough and permanent success 
and making friends among all classes of people.

Source:  Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy County, 
Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, p612-613

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