Ross-Brown County OhArchives Obituaries.....Brookover, Allen G. (Bob) August 2, 1987
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From the 3 August 1987 Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times". 

                                    BROOKOVER.
         Allen G. Brookover, 87, of 60 Marietta Road, Chillicothe, and 
formerly of South Salem, died at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, August 2, 1987 at Marietta 
Place, Chillicothe.
         Born May 19, 1900 in Brown County, he was the son of John O. and Mary 
M. Dietrich Brookover.
        A member of the South Salem United Methodist Church, Mr. Brookover was 
a farmer and a member of the Highland County Senior Citizens.
        He was preceded by his wife, the former Ethel M. Cokonougher, on Oct. 
9, 1982.
        He is survived by two sons William and Ralph E., both of Frankfort; a 
daughter, Mrs. Wendell (Lenore) Lauderman of Frankfort; a foster daughter, 
Dorothy Davis of Chillicothe; two foster sons, Rick Jenkins of Chillicothe and 
Roger Jenkins of Greenfield; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and a 
sister, Nellie Grice of Greenfield.
        He was preceded by a granddaughter, two brothers and six sisters.
        Service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Murray's Funeral Home with 
the Rev. Gregory Swann officiating.  Burial will be in South Salem Cemetery.
        Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Monday.

Additional Comments:
The following article is from the 28 March 1979 Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield 
Daily Times".  A photo of Allen and Ethel Brookover is part of the article.

        BROOKOVERS TO MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
        Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Brookover, Lyndon Rt. 1, will observe their 60th 
wedding anniversary Tuesday, April 3.
        Mr. Brookover and the former Ethel Cokonougher were married in 
Chillicothe on April 3, 1919.  Born in Brown County, his family moved to Rapid 
Forge rd, near Greenfield.  Mrs. Brookover is a native of South Salem.
        They are the parents of Mrs. Wendell (Lenore) Lauderman, William Allen 
Brookover and Ralph Brookover, all of the Frankfort area, and Dorothy 
Brookover, at home.  They have 13 grandchildren and several great 
grandchildren.
        At various times through the years, the Brookovers have cared for 32 
foster children in their home.
        Mr. Brookover is a retired farmer.  He and Mrs. Brookover are members 
of the South Salem United Methodist Church, the Highland County Senior 
Citizens and the Greenfield Unit of Senior Citizens.  He is now serving his 
sixth year as president of the local unit.
        On Sunday, April 1, the celebrants will be honored at a family dinner 
at the Windmill Restaurant, Washington C.H.
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 The following family history story was told by Howard Bill Cokonougher to 
Ralph Cokonougher on 17 Oct. 1978:

	During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Bob Brookover got a job as a 
carpenter with a U.S. government program that was  building houses in 
northeastern Ross County.  Under the program, the government would take land 
that they owned, build a house upon it, and then sell it to a local person for 
$2500, with payments of $125.00 a year for 33 years.  The program was designed 
to buildup the local and national economy by creating jobs and cheap available 
housing.  
	Bob, as a worker on the govenment project, knew when a new farm was 
going to become available.  By talking with the people in charge of the 
program, he also learned how to apply for one.  Therefore, at the first 
opportunity, Bob applied for a farm, and his application went through without 
a hitch.  He got his farm.
	Since it turned out to be so easy to get a farm, Bob also helped Bill 
Cokonougher, Howard Cokonougher's uncle, put in his application.  It also went 
through quickly and easily.   Bill, like everyone else, paid $125.00 a year 
for 33 years, with a purchase price of $2500.00.  
	At the same time as the farm purchase program was being implemented, 
the government also started up the Land Bank farm conservation program.  Under 
this program, the government paid farmers for letting their land lay fallow 
instead of farming it.  Bill signed up.  
	As it turned out, Bill ended up, after all was said and done,  paying 
$125.00 a year to the U.S. government to buy a farm that he was being paid 
$150.00 a year by the same government not to farm.  That worked out to $25.00 
a year profit, not to mention free housing too!

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