William Harvey Brock
Born: May 24, 1858 in London, Laurel Co., Kentucky
Died: May 17, 1933 Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 212, plot 3
Lot Owner: W. H. Brock, purchased in 1905
Married: Clara Miller on March 9, 1882 near Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Myra Emmack, Ira A. and Wilma Parsons
Parents: John and Margaret (Carrier) Brock
 
W. H. Brock, 75, Dies Today After Prolonged Illness
Was Prominent Retired Farmer and
Political Farm Writer.
Funeral Services To Be Held Sunday Afternoon at 2:00 at
Methodist Episcopal Church
William H. Brock, philosopher, political farm writer and
prominent retired farmer, died this morning of uremic
poisoning at 4:25 o'clock at his home at 413 West Second
street South. His death occurred just a week before his
seventy -fifth birthday anniversary.
Mr. Brock suffered an attack of influenza the first of
the year, with the resulting complications causing his
death. His widow and three children were at his bedside when
the end came.
Funeral Services
Funeral services will be
held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the First Methodist
Episcopal church. Dr. L. B. Logan, pastor, will be in
charge, assisted by Dr. W. H. Blancke of the First
Evangelical Lutheran church.
Mr. Brock occupied a place of prominence in the
community, being a member of the Rotary club, the First
Methodist Episcopal church, secretary of the Palo Alto
Grange, in which he held a life membership. A devoted church
member, he was a member of the board of trustees, the
official board, the finance committee, and the Men's Sunday
school class of the local M. E. church.
A year ago March 9, Mr. and Mrs. Brock celebrated their
Golden Wedding anniversary with numerous friends and
relatives calling at the home during the day. The couple was
also honored on that Callison by the Palo Alto Grange with a
dinner and program, at which time the grange conferred a
life membership on them.
Born in 1858
William H. Brock, son of John and Margaret (Currier)
Brock, was born in London, Laurel county, Kentucky on
May 25, 1858. He was the oldest of a family of nine
children, of whom only two survive.
When he was 12 years of age, he came to Jasper county,
Iowa, with his parents and located on a farm west of Metz.
Mr. Brock had made his home in this county since that time,
with the exception of the year of 1888, when he and his wife
settled on a homestead in Kansas.
On March 9, 1882, he was united in marriage to Clara A.
Miller at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Miller, near Metz. During the first years of their wedded
life, they lived on a rented farm near Metz, later
purchasing in 1889 an 80-acre farm in Mound Prairie
township, where they lived until moving to the present home
in Newton 13 years ago.
A son, Ira Brock, lives on the old homestead, and two
daughters, Mrs. Guy Emmack and Mrs. W. H. Parsons reside on
adjoining farms.
Mr. Brock was a staunch supporter of the Republican party
and was appointed by Ex-Gov. Dan Turner as grange
representative on the Iowa Corn committee, which went to
Washington, D. C. in the fall of 1931. During the World War,
he served on the Jasper County Council of Defense, which was
one of the most important war service organizations in the
state.
He wrote many political articles for the Newton Daily
News, under the pen name of John Schockfodder, and also
contributed to other publications of the county.
Besides his widow, he is survived by his two daughters,
Mrs. Myra Emmack and Mrs. Wilma Parsons of near Newton; one
son Ira Brock, of near Newton; one sister, Mrs. Mollie
Thompson of McCracken, Kan; one brother George Brock of
Prairie City, and 11 grandchildren, Lyle Emmack of Chicago,
Ill., Mrs. Donald Williams, Elva and Oleta Emmack, Marjorie
Brock, William H. Brock, J. Worthing Brock, Ragan Brock,
Bonnilee Brock, Galen Parsons, Vivian Parsons all of this
city. ~ The Newton Daily News, May 17, 1933.
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Clara (Miller) Brock
Born: May 5, 1862 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: August 17, 1952 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 212, plot 5
Lot Owner: W. H. Brock, purchased in 1905
Married: William Harvey Brock on March 9, 1882 near Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Myra Emmack, Ira A. and Wilma Parsons
Parents: G. W. and Emily (Helphrey) Miller
Mrs. Clara Brock Dies At Her Home Sunday
Pioneer Jasper County Woman Spent 90 Years in
Jasper County Area
Mrs. Clara Almeda Brock, 90, pioneer Jasper County woman,
died at her home here, 413 West Second Street South, at 8:30
o'clock Sunday night following an illness of two months. She
was the widow of the late William H. Brock, prominent farmer
and political writer, who died May 17, 1933 and was a member
of one of the early settler families of the county. Her
parents were the late George W. and Emily Miller.
A native of Jasper county, Mrs. Brock was born on a farm
four miles west of Newton May 5, 1862. Her father was one of
the earliest pioneers of the county, coming here in 1854
from New York state. Mrs. Brock's ancestors also came to
this country in colonial times, locating in New York. Both
her father and her mother were of Dutch descent.
Her late husband was a farmer, philosopher and political
farm writer and was a member of former Gov. Dan Turner's
Iowa corn committee in the 1930's and went to Washington,
D.C. and represented Iowa State Grangers on the
committee.
On March 9, 1882 she was married to Mr. Brock at the home of
her parents near Metz. She and her husband lived southwest
of Newton for 57 years moving into Newton in 1919. Mrs.
Brock was a life member of the Palo Alto Grange, W.S.C.S.
First Methodist Church, Good Samaritan class, Daily News
Three Quarter Century Club, N.N. club and the W.R.C.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. W.H. (Wilma) Parsons,
Elberon, Iowa and Mrs. G.B. (Myra) Emmack, Monroe; one
brother, Clarence Miller, Metz; one sister, Mrs.
Elmer Emmack, Metz, and 10 grandchildren and 19 great
grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in
1933 and a son in 1937.
Funeral services are pending but burial will be in the Sugar
Grove Cemetery under the direction of the Johnson-Murdock
Funeral Home. ~ Newton Daily News August 18, 1952
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