Westbrook, A. J.

WESTBROOK, SWETLAND

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WESTBROOK, A. J.
Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Newton; born in Knox Co., Ohio, Sept. 30, 1833. He learned the carpenter trade which he followed mostly till he came to this county. He enlisted in Co. E., 121 O. V. I., August 1862 for three years, but was discharged for disability in about five months. He married Livona C. SWETLAND November 24, 1859. They have four children - Artemas F., Charles B., H. Burr and William S. Mr. W. and family came to this county in 1865, and engaged in farming, carrying on his father's place. Politically, he is a Republican. Has been Assessor of the Township four years. His brother L. B. is now Clerk of Courts in this county. ~ "Sherman Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)