John BROCKMAN

1. He was a farmer in Johnson co., IN.

2. In the 1860 census he was identified as a "clerk in store" in his

brother's household, Austin S. Brockman. In 1870 he was a

"country merchant."

3. The following was transcribed by Cheryl Zufall Parker and was copied

from: http://www.rootsweb.com/~injohnson/biosketch/blueriver/

brockmanj.txt.

"John Brockman (deceased), the subject of this sketch, was a native of

Shelby County, Ind., born on the 21st day of June, 1828. He was raised a

farmer, and early began working at that useful occupation, which he followed

successfully all his life. July 12, 1861 he married Miss Mary Beeson,

whose father, Isaac Beeson, was born in North Carolina in the year 1801.

Mr. Beeson came to Indiana many years ago, and was a leading farmer

in Blue River township, where his death occurred March 29, 1884. He

had a family of nine children, two of whom fell in defense of the old flag

in the late Civil War. Mrs. Beeson died in the year 1871. For several

years after his marriage Mr. Brockman lived with his father-in-law, and

in 1884 erected a beautiful residence, which was his home for a little less

than two years. He met his death under the following painful circumstances:

"One Friday afternoon he took his gun for the purpose of shooting a hawk,

but failing this he started to go out where his dogs were chasing a rabbit.

In the act of climbing a fence near the house, the gun by some means was

discharged, the shot taking effect in his body severing an artery near the

heart." Mrs. Brockman seeing him fall, ran to his assisstance and reached

him in time to see him expire. He died in her arms without a sign of recognition.

His funeral was largely attended, and the sermon on the occasion, preached

by Rev. Mr. Turner, of Edinburg, was a glowing and eloquent tribute to a

loving husband and father, and a deserved encomium to his worth as an

honorable citizen and respected neighbor. At the time of his death Mr.

Brockman was fifty-eight years and six months old. Mr. and Mrs. Brockman

raised a family of five children, namely: Vinson, Ulysses, Isaac, Annie and

Charles, all of whom are living with their mother on the farm in Blue River

township."

SOURCES INCLUDE:

Brockman Scrapbook, pages 79 and 237.

WFT 8:3133.

1860 Johnson co., IN census, page 615.

1870 Johnson co., IN census, page 236.

1880 Johnson co., IN census soundex [ED 158.10].

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