Henry F. BROKAW

Born: 10 Dec 1814 at Hillsborough, NJ
Died: 12 Dec 1897 at ?, OH

Father: Abraham C. Brokaw
Mother: Mariah Stryker

Spouse1: Louisa Coffing (1837-1875)
Spouse2: Tacy (Myers) DeBolt (1842-1???)
pic taken c1885 (Delmer in his early 20s) w/Louisa image pasted in

Children:

with Louisa:

  • Joshua C. b. 1 May 1838 at [Richmond,] Wayne County, IN m. 12 Aug 1862 at Mt. Gilead [OH?] Sarah Jane CHAMBERS b1842 d. 1 Jan 1929, he'd enlisted from Sparta (OH) 7 Aug 1862 (5 days before wedding?!) into Civil War, and was mustered into svc to Company C of the 96th OH infantry, he took ill w/fever while on duty and was left at Nicholasville, KY, later xfr'd to Bowling Green, KY, where he d. 21 Jan 1863. Sarah later m2. Alford RANDOLPH.

  • Joanna Lavina, b. 11 Jan 1840 at Knox County, OH m. 5 Jun 1854 William KILE (KYLE) and settled in Richmond and Dayton, OH. 2 daus. Joanna d. Jun 1876

  • Maria L., b. 13 Dec 1841 at " m. 10 Apr 1864 George L. McCRACKEN and lived at Centerburg, OH. 10 kids. She d. 15 Feb 1900.

  • Mary A., b. 28 Oct 1843 at S Bloomfield Twp., Morrow Co., OH raised on a farm, m. 10 Apr 1864 Addison RILEY (d1927), settled locally, 5 kids, she d. 7 Dec 1916.

  • William Henry, b. 4 Sep 1845 at S Bloomfield Twp, raised on farm, enlisted at 18yo in Civil War on 5 May 1864 from Mt. Vernon, Knox Co., OH, didn't file for pension (?), was a carpenter, lived at Centerburg, Hilliar Twp, m1. 23 Mar 1872 Maria SLACK (d1892) 1 son Verner, m2. c1894 Edythe BEAN (d1959). He d. 12 Mar 1909 at Columbus, OH.

  • Emaline M., b. 28 Nov 1847 at Knox Co., OH and raised in Morrow Co (didn't move, their land xfr'd from Knox to Morrow 1848). She m1867 Byron H OSBORNE (d1912), 10 kids. She d. 10 Oct 1925.

  • Jackson C., b. 7 Aug 1849 m1871 Ella Laura COE, 1 dau Olive DY, in 1880 he was living as a huckster at Bettsville, Seneca Co., OH and had served in Civil War, but wasn't very strong and shortly after this moved in 1880 to Colorado Sprgs, CO, and built a new home, but having moved in too early before the paster dried, he contracted quick-consumption and d. 21 Mar 1884. His widow moved to Cannon City, CO and lived there to 1899, but being alone and ill, her bro-in-law Delmer and his new bride Rosa travelled from MI to CO (for their honeymoon, hiked Pike's Peak, etc.) and brought her back w/them where she d1901 (bur. in CO beside hubby and dau).

  • Jane A., b. 9 Feb 1851 d. 3 Apr 1853

  • Effa (Effie) E., b. 30 Apr 1853 near Lyons Lake, Morrow Co., OH, attended 'Red Hill' schoolhouse there, m1871 Lemuel BEDELL, a carpenter, 3 kids, later moved to Knox Co. She d. 1 Mar 1953, just 2mos shy of 100yo.

  • Abraham, b. 20 Mar 1855, k. in school accident 8 Feb 1875 at 20yo (hmmm, his mom died later that year [13 Oct], related?).

  • Charles, b. 28 Feb 1857 m. Flavia BARRICK, no kids, he d1919.

  • Francis [Frank] Lambert, b. 22 Jun 1859 on farm at S Bloomfield Twp, Morrow, OH, attended school there and later in Hilliar Twp, Knox, OH near Centerburg. He m1881 Mary VORHEES of Sandusky, OH. He was a farmer and after wedding they moved to MI and had a farm in Danby Twp, Ionia Co., MI (where Delmer/Rosa lived, bros went together). Later he took up a homestead claim near a small town called Eagle, Clinton Co., MI? Both d. in Eagle, he in 1935, she in 1940 (hmmm, [Lucy] VORHEES on Dad's side too, connected?).

  • Delmar Ellsworth, b. 25 Jan 1862 near Sparta, Morrow, OH, In his early 20s (c1885) he and bro Frank drove a wagon pulled by a team of mules from OH to MI, spending their 1st night there at a livery stable/tavern and sleeping above the stable. This was a the corner of Washington and South Streets in Lansing, MI, on the exact location where 25yrs later he built and managed a grocery store.

    with Tacy:

  • Bertha Ida, b. 4 Jul 1886 at "

    Henry was born and raised in Somerset County, NJ until 1823 (he was 8yo) when his family moved to OH to live on land awarded for his father's service in the War of 1812. They settled in Warren Twp., Jefferson County. After a little more than 2-1/2 years there, Abraham died and is buried there. They apparently later moved to Knox County, OH [near Akron]. There Henry was married, by Rev. Z. Bell on 16 Feb 1837, to Louisa COFFING. Louisa was born in Union County, PA, but was living in Knox County, OH when married.

    Henry and Louisa went, with his brother Peter, to Richmond, IN (Wayne County) where Joshua was born. By 1840, they were back in Knox County, OH and farming in S. Bloomfield Twp., Morrow County, near Chesterville. In 1880, records show them living and farming near Centerburg (Hilliar Twp.). At that time, Tacy's daughter Olive DeBolt was with them.


    from Dave's, annotated by him (following ?, Rosena? Marguerite Thelma?) as follows:
    Back: Effie Bedell, Delmer Brokaw, Mollie O., Frank Brokaw, Emma Osborn, Charlie Brokaw
    Front: (Rosa? or Tacy DeBolt?, Henry's 2nd wife m1878) ?, Louisa (Coffing) Brokaw, Henry Brokaw, William Brokaw

    Hmmm, Louisa must've been added later since she d1875 and her son Delmer would've been only 13yo at that time and he's clearly older than that in this picture, so her image must've been added to the later picture taken sometime before Henry d1897! So perhaps the woman at left front is Henry's 2nd wife Tacy (MYERS) DeBOLT (m1878)? Hmmm, it looks a bit like Rosa, but no other wives are shown. Not sure who Mollie O. was? Hmmm, not a sister OR a wife of a son. Possibly a sis-in-law of Emma Osborn? I'm guessing this pic was taken c1885 when Delmer was in early 20s (b1862), possibly shortly before he and Frank headed from OH to MI (see above). But if so, that isn't Rosa since he met her AFTER moving to Lansing.

    Source: Our Brokaw-Bragaw Heritage