Brockman, J. A.

BROCKMAN

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Date: 3/10/2007 at 20:53:31

J. A. Brockman

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.230, Silver Creek Twp.)
J. A Brockman, farmer, P. O. Carson. Mr. Brockman is a German by birth, and was born in 1841 in Holstein, and came to America in 1852. His own parents being dead, he was adopted by his aunt, and after she was married came with her to America; they settled in Iowa. His father, Frederick Brockman, was in the Holstein and Denmark war in 1847, and died during the war. Mr. Brockman was educated in Iowa. August, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Second Iowa Cavalry. He served three years, serving under Col. Elliott and Col. Hedge, in Gen. Hooker's division; Atlanta was the leading engagement. he stood on guard at Memphis when Gen. Forrest made his raid. After his discharge, he returned to his home in Scott County, Iowa, and remained there till he came to Pottawattamie County in 1869, fall of the year. He was raised on a farm but had not followed farming for himself till he came to this county. He had been in the hotel business in Davenport. In Durant, Cedar Co., Iowa, he ran a hotel for about eighteen months, and was burned out May, 1869, and then came out here. He was married in Scott County, in 1868, to Miss T. G. Suser; she is a native of Germany, coming from near Mr. Brockman's old home. They have six children, two sons and four daughters. When he came to his present farm, it was wild land. His farm now consists of 136 acres, all in cultivation; corn and hogs are his principal business. He is Republican in politics. He and wife are members of the Lutheran church. He is one of the Township Trustees, and has been three years. Mr. Brockman has been influential in bringing in about twenty families who have settled in Silver Creek, Keg Creek and Washington Townships.