Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . his father in his farm duties and caresuntil 1882, when he purchased one-half of the oldhomestead. Five years later, he bought the re-mainder of S. W. Brooke, administrator of his fa-thers estate. The farm comprises one hundredand sixty acres of well-tiled and improved pleasant home, neat buildings and carefullykept farm bespeak the thrifty and enterprisingowner. In March, 1887, Mr. Brooke married Miss MatildaHeise, the ceremony being performed i


Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . his father in his farm duties and caresuntil 1882, when he purchased one-half of the oldhomestead. Five years later, he bought the re-mainder of S. W. Brooke, administrator of his fa-thers estate. The farm comprises one hundredand sixty acres of well-tiled and improved pleasant home, neat buildings and carefullykept farm bespeak the thrifty and enterprisingowner. In March, 1887, Mr. Brooke married Miss MatildaHeise, the ceremony being performed in DouglasTownship. The lady is a native of Indiana, andgrew to womanhood in this county. One childgraces the union: Lindsey, who is now two jearsold. Politicallj, Mr. Brooke uses his right of fran-chise in favor of the Democratic party and cast hisfirst Presidential vote for Hancock. He is strongand self-reliant and discharges his duties of citi-zenship as a man who holds the welfare of thecommunity paramount to all ppvsonal gives his undivided atteot-iop U) liis agricul- LIBRARYUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS :^^i ^4>.


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