A.T. Brookins

BROOKINS, DODGE

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 12/23/2003 at 04:10:57

A.T. BROOKINS
Senator from the forty-fourth district, composed of Floyd and Chickasaw counties, was born December 16, 1883, at Ionia, Chickasaw county, Iowa; graduated from the high school at Charles City in 1902; taught in rural and high schools; engaged in farming and stock raising in Chickasaw county; was married to Ruth Dodge of Orchard, Iowa, July 24, 1907; left the farm to accept position in First Savings Bank at Ionia, Iowa; a member of St. Charles Lodge 141 A.F.& A.M.; Almond Chapter 53 R.A.M.; Joppa Commandery 55 K.T.; A.:A.:O.:N.:M.:S. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A republican in politics.

-source: Iowa Official Register 1927-1928; Biographies of State Senators; pg. 228