John Broebeck Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: John Broebeck: miller, at present proprietor of the Eureka Mills, formerly known as the Fairview Mills, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, near Strasburg, Va., in 1837. Followed farming there for several years, and then removed to Hancock County in 1859; married Miss Rebecca Pugh. In 1862, enlisted in Company I, 12th Regiment West Virginia, serving three years. Was under General Milroy, when he was driven from Winchester, and also in a charge made near Petersburg. Come in possession of his mill in 1873. This mill was erected in 1828, by a Mr. Silverthorn, and is an old but substantial mill yet, and still retains its reputation for the manufacture of excellent flour.