Biographical Sketch of F.M. Brockus - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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F. M. Brockus, a successful and practical farmer of Platte Township,
Andrew County, MO., was born in Carroll County, IN., January 22, 1841,
and is the son of William H. and Sarah (Gibson) Brockus.  The father
was a native of Wayne County, IN., but immigrated to Bremer County,
Iowa, in 1856, where he died in April, 1861.  He was an extensive and
successful farmer, who never aspired to public office.  The mother was
a native of Putnam County, IN.  They had five sons and five daughters,
of whom four sons and two daughters are living.  F.M., the eldest of the
children, was reared on the farm, and being but a boy when his father
removed to Iowa, received his education in the common schools of that
State.  When he was eighteen years of age, he commenced teaching school,
which occupation he followed for four years, when he began agricultural
pursuits.  On October 27, 1861, he was joined in marriage with Lucy A.
Mitchell.  One son and two daughters have blessed their marriage, as
follows:  Florence E., born May 24, 1863; Emma M., born January 4, 1865;
Jay G., born July 17, 1879.  Mr. Brockus lived in Iowa until 1865, when
he removed to Andrew County, MO., where he has since resided, with the
exception of two and a half years that he lived in Kansas.  He owns a
good farm of 120 acres in Platte Township.  For more than eight years he
has had charge of the Andrew County Infirmary, which position he has 
filled with credit.  He is a member of the Christian Church, and in 
politics is a Republican.