For
Muscatine County Iowa
1879
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1879 | |
Here is what the abbreviations in the bios stand for: far: farm; Co.: company or county; dir: dealer; IVA: Iowa Volunteer Artillery; IVC: Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; IVI: Iowa Volunteer Infantry; P.O.: Post Office; S. or Sec.: section; and st.: street.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 640
ALBERT J. BROCKWAY, far., Sec.4; P. O. Conesville; son of James M. and Lydia Brockway, born Sept. 18, 1830, in Jefferson Co., Penn.; in the spring of 1842, parents emigrated to Muscatine Co., Iowa, locating in this township, then called Cedar; Muscatine, was the nearest post office---15 miles; Mr. B. engaged in the lumbering business during the years 1847-48, in what is now Jackson Co., Wis. Married Miss Mary Nichols, daughter of Samuel Nichols, Dec.6, 1866; she was born in 1835 and died March 19, 1861; was again married to Elizabeth Nichols, cousin to his first wife, June 4, 1862; she was born in 1841 in Iowa; children by his first wife are---Ida O. and Merton W.; by second wife---Alice M., Lydia, Grace and Marcus L.; lost three infants. Mr. B. Purchased his home farm from the Government in 1850; he now owns a little over 700 acres, valued at $25 per acre. Members of Reformed Church ; Republican.
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