Cass County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brookins, William H. May 31, 1901
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Niles Republican II, June 6, 1901 Page 5
William Brookins, Dowagiac's oldest soldier, who disappeared from his home in 
that city several weeks ago died Friday morning in the Homeopathic hospital at 
Rochester, N.Y. where he has been confined with pneumonia for at least six 
weeks, he having wandered to that city in a delerium.  He was 85 years old and 
had served in the Mexican war and war of the rebellion doing meritorius 
service in both.  He had been granted $30 a month pension, through the efforts 
of Congressman Hamilton.  

Additional Comments:
William's birthdate was probably between 1824 and 1826.  Death certificate 
showed him as 76 years old, tombstone shows birth in 1825; military pension 
file has several ages shown.   

William is buried in Riverside Cemetery (Dowagiac, Cass, Michigan) beside his 
second wife Mary Ann Rasco Brookins and her parents S.S. & W.J. Rasco. 

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