Biographical Sketch of Isaac N. Brooks, Marion Township, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Isaac N. Brooks, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19, Postoffice Easton,
was born July 15, 1819, in Madison County, Kentucky, and accompanied
his parents to Orange County, Indiana in 1827, and he remained there
until 1833, when he emigrated West, and settled in what is now known
as Johnson County, Missouri.  In 1837, he took a trip through the 
Platte Purchase.  He and his father took up claims on Contrary Creek,
in 1838, and engaged in the cattle business.  They moved to Platte
County in 1839, and here Isaac has made his home and in Buchanan County
since.  He is a pioneer of this country, and relates many interesting
reminiscences of his early struggles.  In 1852, he opned a general
store at Platte River Postoffice, which he continued to keep for three
years.  He made two trips to Texas, one in 1861 and the other in 1862,
and came to this county to reside permanently in 1865.  He engaged in
clerking in various stores for three years, in St. Joseph, and then
commenced the livery business, running the Allen House in connection.
This he followed for three years.  For two years he kept the Buchanan
County Jail.  He filled the poistion of Street Commissioner of St.
Joseph three years, longer than any other person had done, and resigned
on February 8, 1881, and moved to his farm.  This consists of 155 acres
of well improved and well watered land.  Mr. Brooks is a member of the
Knights Templar No. 4, and of Mitchell Chapter of St. Joseph, and was
one of the charter members in the Chapter.  He has been twice married;
first in 1841, to Miss Elizabeth Owens, who was the second white child
born in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri.  He birth was March 18, 1824.
She died on January 10, 1874, leaving eight children: Lydia, William G.,
Sanford O., Brydon F., Isaac J., Rosalie, Florence and Mollie.  He was
married again November 5, 1879, to Miss B. Denney, a native of Ohio,
born November 17, 1846.  She is a member of the Congregational Church.

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