Lewis Owen BROCKMAN

1. Elizabeth Jane (Winke) Brockman died of stomach trouble and was buried

2 miles south of the Stanley Switch on the Frisco railroad at Clayton,

Oklahoma.

2. Laura Alice Shannon was a widow (her first husband was James Leard

Shannon) and school teacher when she married Lewis on 13 Oct 1894 at

Muskogee, Indian Territory. Her father, William A. Davis, was original-

ly from Indiana and her mother, Martha Kilburn, was from Tennessee.

The U.S. census of 1900 records Lewis married to Alice and living with

them were their daughter, Mary, age of 3 years (Aunt Mary Holt of Vian,

OK), Lewis's stepson Owen Shannon, age 5, and Clara, age 1. Owen Shan-

non was born in 1895 and Mary in 1897. It is possible that Lewis and

Alice got married when she was pregnant with Owen Shannon since this

child carried carried the Shannon name. Another son was Alec Shannon.

Alice died while she was visiting one of her sons in Texas and she was

buried next to one of her grandchildren.

3. Lewis Owen had a small farm (45 acres) north of John Tandy Brockman's in

Sec 2 T55 R17 of Chariton county, MO.

4. He must have moved to a farm near Sedalia, MO for the Hist. Sequoyah

county OK tells that he moved from this farm (near Sedalia, due to a

drought). The family moved by wagon to Callahan county, TX (near

Abilene) where Lewis started a small horse raising operation; here he

purchased 78 acres of land from A.B. and Bertha Warner on 23 Sep 1885.

(This was probably in the mid to late 1880's. This land is about 5.5

miles south of Putnam, TX, east on I-20. His next move was to Vian, OK

but his wife died during this move in 1889. He settled his family in

Vian in the Winter of 1889.

5. Lewis Owen enlisted in the C.S.A. in Captain Charles Powell's Company,

1st Regiment, Northeast Missouri Calvery on 21 Jul 1862 for one year.

He enlisted at a company muster in Ralls county by Major Snider. It is

suggested, by David A. Page, that his was probably a "home guard" unit.

6. Lewis Owen lived around Vian until his death in 1920 at the age of 76.

He is fondly remembered by his grandchildren Rena Mae and Lewis. Mae

recalls that Lewis talked to himself. When she chided him he replied,

"What difference does it make, I'm talking to the smartest man in town."

Lewis remembers an incident when Lewis Owen reputedly patted an old

Negro woman on the rump and asked her (she was doing laundry behind

Clemmy's house), "Granny, how ole do you have to be before you don't

want it anymore?" She replied, "Lawse Master Lewis, you'd have to ask

someone much older than me." Family members also remember Lewis Owen

as drinking "quite a bit."

7. Copied from the History of Sequoyah County, OK:

"BROCKMAN, LEWIS

by Ruth Cook

Being a farmer at heart, Lewis Owen Brockman became discouraged with

his drought stricken farm in Sedalia, Missouri, so he and his wife,

Jane, and children packed their belongings into a wagon and headed

toward Texas. Upon reaching Texas, he found that it, too, had been hard

hit by dry weather.

His wife, and mother of his six children, was a frail woman and soon

after arriving in Texas, she suffered a fatal illness and died.

Remembering the beautiful green country he had passed through in

Indian Territory, Mr. Brockman headed his team back to eastern Oklahoma.

After reaching Vian around 1890, he pulled his team to a halt and spent

the rest of his life here, farming in the Vian area until retirement.

Sometime after settling in Vian, he met a school teacher, Mrs. Alice

Shannon, who had been left with three sons. Following a short court-

ship, they were married, and from this union four more Brockman children

were added to the family. Of these thirteen children only three remain:

Mrs. Mary Holt and Mrs. Clara Roark both of Vian and Walter Brockman of

Porum.

A love for the land and an abiding faith in his fellowman characterize

Mr. Brockman. His oldest son, Jake, his partner, owned and operated

Tate and Brockman's Department store before statehood. Jake later

bought his partner's interest and he operated it and other businesses

until his retirement. A sister, Clara Brockman Roark, worked as book-

keeper for the store for several years. Two sons, Lewis and Albert,

continued in the business. Only recently, they sold the department

store, but the hardware store is still Brockman owned and operated; Don

Brockman being the manager.

Jake often left the store and took his team and slip and spent all day

working roads for people in rural areas. He would never accept pay for

this benevolent act.

Another son, Jim, served as judge of Sequoyah County almost continu-

ously from 1928 to 1952, there being only four years during this time

that he did not sit on the bench.

Still another son, Jack, following in his dad's footsteps, was elected

county commissioner in 1940 an served until 1946.

A fourth son, John, served at U.S. Marshall under John Brown during

Indian Territory days.

Lewis Brockman had two grandsons who also held political offices. These

were sons of Jake and Clemmie Brockman. One son, named Lewis for his

grandfather, was elected county commissioner in 1956 and served until

his retirement in 1972. The other grandson, the late Bill Brockman,

served one term as county assessor from 1952 to 1954.

Another Son, Sample Brockman, is a retired army major. Major Brockman

is a former teacher, and spent several years working in the State

Department of Education. He is now retired from this position.

After Lewis Brockman's death, his wife, Alice, lived with their

daughter's family, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Roark, a few years before moving

to Texas to spend some time with a son, Alec Shannon. While visiting

there she became ill and died. By request, she was buried there beside

a grandchild.

Several members of the late Lewis Brockman family are employed by the

Vian Public Schools. Ed Brockman, a great-grandson, is business manager

for the school, Mrs. Albert Brockman, granddaughgter-in-law; Mrs. Ed

Brockman, great-granddaughter-in-law; Mrs. Neal Pack, great-grand-

daughter; and Mrs. Ed Cook, granddaughter, are all teachers in the Vian

School system at the present time."

8. In the 1870 Chariton co., MO census two of his McCart nieces were

living with him:

Brockman, Lewis 25 MO

Jane 20 MO

Jacob 8m MO

Lucinda McCart 8 MO

Ann E. McCart 12 MO

SOURCES INCLUDE:

Cemeteries of Sequoyah county, OK, Vol. 1-7.

1870 AND 1880 [ED 164.46] Chariton county, MO census.

1900 Indian Territory, Cherokee County [ED 47, Sheet 19A].

1910 Sequoyah co., OK census (Vian) [ED 211, Sheet 6A].

1920 Sequoyah co., OK census (Vian) [ED 167, Sheet 1A].

Marriage and probate records of Sequoyah county, OK.

History of Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.

1876 Chariton county, MO atlas.

Marriage Record Book A & B, Chariton county, MO, page 154.

Correspondence with David A. Page of Alexandria, VA.

bibbs.com) of Clearfield, UT.

Correspondence with Valerie Collins of Abilene, TX (she

searched for, and found the Callahan co., TX land settled

by L.O. Brockman...before and after his purchase.

WFT 9:250,

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