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The first church was built by donation from the people of Brookfield and vicinity and from the men employed by the Hannibal & St. Joseph Rail- road Company, which was building through the township that and the year previous to its organization. In 1866 an addition costing $1,000 was added to the church. The church is ont of debt and in a flourishing con- dition.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, COLORED.
The Baptist Colored Church of Brookfield was organized in 1866 by a number of earnest men and women, among whom were the following well known colored citizens of Brookfield: David Wheeler, Calvin Wheeler, Reece Anderson, Thomas Harris, John Phillip, -Harris, Mrs. Minerva Wheeler, Mrs. Mary Anderson, and Mrs. Mary Ann Wheeler. The church grew stronger from year to year, and in 1879 they succeeded in building a neat frame church, which cost $475. Their first pastor was Rev. Jordan Cox, followed by the Rev. Barton Hillman, he by Rev. Blu- ford Hillman, and the latter was succeeded by their present able pastor, Rev. Jacob Dullin. The church is flourishing with a membership of thirty- five.
A. O. U. W.
Harper Lodge No. 29 of Ancient Order of United Workmen was insti- tuted in 1877, by D. G. M. W. M. W. Newton. The date of the charter is
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October 17, 1877. The charter members were J. T. Ross, G. W. Goldman, James Gamble, Ed White, W. D. Crandall Jr., C. D. Bennett, T. A. Bryan, H. Jackson, D. Young, M. Levi, J. D. Proud, G. W. Adams, J. C. Gardner, A. L. Hampton, J. C. Post, J. Abramouski, O. H. Wood, J. A. Best, B. A. Jones, J. R. Huffaker, J. R. Rose, O. Green, S. E. Utley, F. A. Eldred, C. H. Salmons, L. S. Bowden, E. F. Eaton, H. H. Clark, H. W. Fuison, Ed Lyons, and F. D. Farbrigar-thirty-one in all. On the order being fully organized the following were the officers elected: W. D. Cran- dall Jr., P. M. W; G. W. Adams, M. W .; J. C. Gardner, G. F .; C. D. Ben- nett, O .; Ed White, recorder; G. W. Goldman, receiver; L. T. Ross, fi- nancier; J. D. Proud, G .; A. L. Hampton, I. W .; J. C. Post, O. W. Since its organization the lodge has more than doubled its membership. It has now sixty-four names. One of its members, W. D. Crandall, Jr., is an of- ficer of the Grand Lodge. It has continued to be successful, but up to this time has failed to build a hall of its own. They use the hall of the Good Templars for holding their meetings. The present officers are H. H. Clark, P. M. W .; J. F. McArthur, M. W .; L. S. Bowden, G. F .; J. A. Ar- buthnot, O .; J. R. Huffaker, recorder; J. C. Kelley, receiver; C. D. Ben- nett, financier; D. Young, G .; B. F. Curtis, I. W .; G. R. Crithfield, O. W .; W. D. Crandall Jr., overseer.
GOOD TEMPLAR.
Good Templar Lodge No. 895 of Brookfield was instituted by R. P. Ellis, and the date of their charter, June 20, 1876. The names of the charter members were as follows: Mrs. J. P. Finley, Daniel Young. C. P. Hyatt, Rev. John Foster, Laura Crain, Minnie Corwin, Mrs. A. K. Lane, Maggie Palmer, C. S. Moore, Thomas Harrison, Mrs. Thomas Cary, Mrs. T. Har- rison, Andrew Bailey, Alice Harrison, Kittie Myers, B. J. G. Bettelheim, Mrs. B. J. G. Bettelheim, Maggie Fagan, George N. Elliott, D. D. Gilson, Mary Brineger, and Samuel Schenck. At the close of the proceedings of organization the following officers were duly installed: W. D. Crandall, W. C. T .; Mrs. G. Stocking, W. V. T .; Rev. J. P. Finley, chaplain; J. Abramouski, secretary; Jennie H. Finley, assistant secretary; L. T. Ross, F. secretary ; Thomas Cary, treasurer; George W. Goldman, marshal; Sa- rah J. Bohon, deputy marshal; Belle McGinnis, guard; J. B. Stanclift, sentinel; Annie Ford, R. S .; Sarah Linn, L. S .; Rev. G. S. Stocking, deputy and P. W. C. T. The order has grown quite rapidly, and has become a power in the cause of temperance. It now numbers two hundred mem- bers, and is steadily growing both in power and influence for good. The order use a leased hall for their meetings. W. I). Crandall of this lodge is the present Grand Secretary, and Miss Georgia M. Crandall Past Grand Treasurer. The lodge deputy is C. D. Bennett, and present officers: W. C. T., Prof. H. C. Campbell; W. V. T., Mrs. C. B. Simpson; chaplain, Rev.
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LeRoy S. Hand; secretary, H. W. Stuver, assistant secretary; Amelia Jones; F. secretary, Richard Bowden; treasurer, Lillian V. Scouten; mar- shal, Charles W. Green; deputy marshal, Carrie Scott; guard, Louie Crain; sentinel, W. D. Crandall; R. S., Florence Sluman; L. S., Hattie Rider; P. W. C. T., Hobert Rider. With increasing years this lodge is destined to become a beacon-light and guide to guard not only the present but the ris- ing generation from the allurements which surround the intoxicating cup.
I. O. O. F.
Brookfield Lodge No. 161 of Independent Order of Odd Fellows was or- ganized by the Hon. Charles H. Mansur, D. D. G. M., September 28, 1866. There is no record of the date of dispensation, but the charter is of date May 22, 1867, the charter members being A. W. Myers, William Don- aldson, James M. Scott, D. C. Strawbridge, L. K. Myers, and J. H. Brown. The officers first elected were A. W. Myers, N. G .; William Donaldson, V. G .; James M. Scott, secretary; and D. C. Strawbridge, treasurer. Their hall is at present a rented one, and the lodge, which now numbers forty -. seven members, is in good working order, with every prospect of steady in- crease. Its present officers are Daniel Young, N. G .; B. F. Curtis, V. G .; J. C. Gardner, recording secretary; D. A. Shepherd, permanent secretary, and J. C. Kelley, treasurer.
ENCAMPMENT NO. 70, I. O. O. F.
Linn Encampment No. 70, I. O. O. F., was instituted by E. H. Bennett, P. C. P., special deputy grand patriarch, July 11, 1873. The date of the charter is May 23, 1873. The charter members were: D. A. Shep- herd; J. C. Gardner, Daniel Young, James M. Scott, John D. Abell, C. P. Hyatt, and Jacob Fisher. The first officers installed are named below as follows: Daniel Young, C. P .; J. C. Gardner, H. P .; J. M. Scott, S. W .; J. D. Abell, J. W .; D. A. Shepherd, scribe; D. C. Strawbridge, treasurer. The Encampment now has a membership of sixteen, and of its members some are officers of the Grand Encampment: D. A. Shepherd, P. G. C. P., is now R. W. G. Representative to Sovereign Grand Lodge of I. O. of O. F. Present officers: C. P. Hyatt, C. P .; D. Young, H. P .; G. W. Martin, S. W .; M. Graff, J. W .; L. S. Bowden, scribe; and D. A. Shepherd, treas- urer. The Encampment seems to have a prosperous future.
LODGE NO. 86, A. F. & A. M.
Brookfield Lodge No. 86 of A. F. & A. M., was granted dispensation in January, 1866, and the date of the charter is June 2, 1866. Owing to the books of this lodge being burned at a fire in 1872, full particulars of its progress cannot be given, and the date of dispensation as above given is from memory. Its first officers were: L. K. Myers, W. M .; J. F. Rob-
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erts, S. W .; E. J. Crandall, J. W. It has eighty-nine members now upon its roll, and the lodge is in good working order. It uses a leased hall- Present officers are: G. W. Adams, W. M .; Gilliam Murrain, S. W .; T. S. Beeler, J. W .; W. E. Brott, secretary; W. T. Snow, treasurer; John Ford, S. D .; A. Y. Parker, J. D .; C. P. Hyatt, tyler.
CŒUR DE LEON COMMANDERY.
The Cœur De Leon, Commandery No. 14, was instituted by James F. Aglar, R. E. G. C. of Missouri. The date of dispensation was September 1, 1869, and of their charter October 5, 1869. Names of charter members: L. K. Myers, W. J. Dawson, William Wilmot, C. P. Hyatt, Jasper Arm- strong, John McCartney, W. D. Crandall, Thomas Jobson, B. G. Gerhart, J. F. Roberts, Joseph Brown, William A. Prall. Names of first officers: L. K. Myers, E. C .; C. P. Hyatt, generalissimo; W. D. Crandall, captain general; John W. McCartney, prelate; Jasper Armstrong, S. W .; W. J. Dawson, J. W .; W. T. Snow, treasurer; C. W. Freeman, recorder; H. L. Dunlap, standard bearer; L. F. Ranney, sword bearer; D. Cheney, warden .. Names of present officers: John H. Brown, E. C .; W. D. Crandall, gen- eralissimo; C. H. Chamberlain, captain general; T. S. Beeler, prelate ; W. T. Snow, treasurer; L. T. Ross, secretary; G. W. Adams, S. W .; John Ford, J. W .; E. C. Brott, standard bearer; Joseph Combs, sword bearer; A. K. Lane, warden; C. P. Hyatt, captain guard.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER.
Linn Royal Arch Chapter No. 41 was instituted by S. G. Howe, of Macon, Missouri, Chapter Deputy Grand High Priest of Missouri, the date of its charter being October 8, 1868. Names of charter members: D. Cheney, L. K. Myers, C. P. Hyatt, J. F. Roberts, W. D. Crandall, E. J. Crandall, H. Alexander, F. J. Fairbrass, C. A. Phillips, E. W. Weed, Thomas Jobson, L. F. Ranney, J. W. McCartney, John H. Brown, W. H. Leake, D. Phelps, E. H. Salsbury, L. Norton, W. J. Dawson, G. W. Adams, W. T. Snow, B. W. Dewey, Frank McGinness. Names of first officers: D. Cheney, H. P .; L. K. Myers, king; E. J. Crandall, scribe; W. D. Cran- dall, Capt. H .; G. W. Adams, P. S .; W. T. Snow, treasurer; W. J. Daw- son, secretary; C. P. Hyatt, R. A. C .; E. H. Salsbury, third veil; B. W. Dewey, second veil; W. H. Leake, first veil; J. F. Roberts, guard. Names of present officers: D. Cheney, H. P .; C. H. Chamberlain, king; John H. Brown, scribe; George W. Adams, Capt. H .; John Ford, principal sojour- ner; T. S. Beeler, R. A. Capt .; John McCartney, third veil; W. H. Clifton, second veil; A. J. Cartter, first veil; W. T. Snow, treasurer; L. T. Ross, secretary ; C. P. Hyatt, gaurd. Number of present membership, forty-one.
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BROOKFIELD ACADEMY,
This is a private school and stands deservedly high for the thorough in- struction given in every department and the religious influence which sur- rounds it. The school was first opened September 13, 1880, the academy building having been erected the previous summer. The course is such as to. prepare the student for the junior class in any good college. Its present instructors are: Rev. J. P. Finley, D. D., Mrs. M. A. Finley, Mrs. S. A. Irwin, and Miss F. I. Barnes. To this time, March, 1882, one hundred and fifty students have attended the academy.
THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY.
This organization, which is in operation in Brookfield, was formed five years ago, and has done much good. It meets oncelin every two weeks. The officers are: Mrs. Fannie Williams, president; Mrs. George W. Gold- man, treasurer; Mrs. W. D. Crandall, secretary. A board of directors is elected monthly.
THE BROOKFIELD LIBRARY
was organized in 1881. At present it numbers sixty-three members, the fee for membership being two dollars per year, and twenty-five cents for quarterly dues. There are now two hundred and twenty-five handsome volumes in the library. The officers are: W. D. Crandall, senior, presi- dent; L. A. Eaton, vice-president; J. C. Kelley, secretary; Walter Brown- lee, treasurer. The board of directors is composed of H. C. Campbell and G. W. Martin. ·
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES-BROOKFIELD AND BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP.
JAMES A. ARBUTHNOT.
This gentlemen was born in Greenfield, Highland county, Ohio, Septem- ber 3, 1841. He is the son of Rev. James and Elizabeth Arbuthnot, and lost his mother by death when five years of age. He made his home with his father, however, who moved to Adams county, Ohio, when James was ten years old, and lived there till the war began. James received his education in Liberty Academy, in Adams county, and in 1862 joined the army in de- fense of the Union, in Company E, of the Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer In- fantry. He was soon promoted to second lieutenant of the Nineteenth United States Infantry. Subsequently promoted to the rank of adjutant of the regiment, which he resigned in January, 1866. His service was at first
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in the west, but latterly, in the "Army of the Potomac," in the east. He returned to Adams county, Ohio, after his resignation, and after a short so- journ, came to Missouri [and settled on a farm five miles south of Brook- field, where he lived till 1875, when he moved to Chariton county, and con- tinued farming there till March, 1878. He then came to Brookfield and established himself as a real estate and loan agent and continued alone till Jan- nary 1880, when he associated himself with Mr. A. W. Myers, the firm being styled Myers & Arbuthnot. On July 3d, 1867, he was married to Miss Sarah E. Beemer, of Chariton county. Five children have been born to bless this union, whose names are: Laura E., born in Linn county, June 24, 1868; James B., also born in Linn, August 6, 1870; Gertrude E., born in Chariton, February 3, 1873; Charles W., born in Chariton, July 27, 1876, and Effie M., born in Brookfield, October 25, 1878. Mr. Arbuthnot, his wife and daughter, Laura, are members of the Presbyterian Church at Brookfield. He is a member of Hope Lodge No. 29, of the A. O. U. W. All the property that he has accumulated he has earned since starting out, in 1862. He is a thorough business man, and his merits are duly appreci- ated by the people of Brookfield.
GEORGE W. ADAMS.
assistant postmaster of Brookfield, was born in Jackson county, Ohio, April 29, 1840. When seventeen years of age, and while living with his parents, he entered the county auditor's office of Jackson county as a clerk, and filled that position for six years, until 1863, when he was employed as clerk in the United States Army Commissary Department, at Nashville, Tennessee, till 1865. He came to Missouri the same year, and located at Brookfield, where he engaged in business and was variously employed until 1873, when he became assistant postmaster, under W. T. Snow, being an incumbent of that office for nine years. He is a prominent Mason, and belongs to the lodge, chapter, and commandery of Brookfield, and at this writing is the worshipful master of his lodge.
JOSEPH GILMER BANNING.
The subject of this sketch was born on a farm in McDonough county, Illinois, March 8, 1843. He is the son of Ephraim and Louisa Banning, and when he was twelve years old the family moved to Kansas and located on a farm near Topeka. There they continued to live till 1860 when they returned to Missouri and in 1862 settled on. a farm near the city limits of Brookfield in this county. On July 26th, 1861, Mr. Banning was enrolled in the State militia and served till December 19, 1863. He then entered the regular United States service in Company F of the Twelfth Missouri Vol- unteer Cavalry, and served till April 9, 1866, doing duty as private and subsequently as corporal, and still later as sergeant. His regiment served
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in Nelson's cavalry corps, and Mr. Banning participated in all the battles and skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged, the most important of which were Nashville and Spring Hill. In May, 1868, his regiment was assigned to frontier duty to fight the Sioux Indians in the Black Hills, where he served till the date of his discharge at Fort Leavenworth. He at once returned to Linn county and farmed with his father on the old home- stead till the spring of 1870. Then renting a place near Brookfield he be- gan to farm for himself and so continued till 1876, when he purchased a farın five miles north of Brookfield, which he worked till October, 1881. He then sold it and bought his present place adjoining Brookfield on the west.
Mr. Banning was married on the thirtieth of November, 1870, to Miss Letitia A. Millar, of Brookfield. They are the parents of four children, named, respectively, Ephraim P., Margaret Ellen, Letitia Louisa, and Thomas Gilmer. Both Mr. and Mrs. Banning are members of the Presby- terian Church of Brookfield, of which he is a deacon.
JOSEPH BARBELING
was born near the city of Nancy, republic of France, March 17, 1832. His parents died when he was five years old and he lived with his relatives till his fifteenth year, when he was apprenticed to learn the tailor's trade to a workman of that calling in the city of Hemmin, France. He was two years under this master, when he began work as a journeyman in various places of his native country till his seventeenth year, when he came to America, arriving in New York City in the month of June. There he worked at tailoring some six months, when he was employed as confectioner in the Delmonico Hotel till 1851., After that he resumed his trade, work- ing as foreman for H. L. Lucas, clothier, till 1853. Returning to France in that year he worked at his trade for about twelve months in Lorquein when he again began bis return trip to the United States, stopping for a short time each in Liverpool and Plymouth, England. He arrived in New York in 1856 and opened a merchant tailoring establishmentand continued the same until the financial crisis of 1857, when he again engaged in journey work in various States till 185S, then set up in his foriner line at Mexico, New York, and remained till 1860, when he returned to New York City. After spending some years in different cities he made a second trip to his native country in 1867, and attended the Paris Exposition. He came back to New York in September, 1867, and in August, 1868, came to Linn county, Missouri and located at Brookfield, and was there in merchant tail- oring business till 1876, when he closed out and began grape and fruit cul- ture and wine making, which he still follows.
On February 14th, 1866, Mr. Barbeling was married to Miss Mary Louisa Barico, of Syracuse, New York. They have had two children, one living and one dead. Mr. Barbeling and wife are both members of the Catholic
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Church. He was formerly a member of the Ancient Odd Fellows at New York City, and also of the Guards La Fayette De New York.
HENRY BARBER.
This gentleman was born in North Granville, New York, April 10, 1844. He was reared and educated in the place of his birth, and also attended the academy at East Bloomfield in the same State. In 1862, while a student at the latter institution, he enlisted in the government service, in company "F," One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry: His term of enlistment was for three years, but he was discharged for phys- ical disability in April, 1863, and he at once returned to his birth-place. There he engaged in farming, as a vocation conducive to health, and con- tinned for two years. Mr. Barber came to Brookfield, this county, in October, 1866, and, the ensuing winter, purchased a farm in the vicinity of the town, and engaged in farming till 1880. Then, renting his farm, he moved to Brookfield and studied law with Messrs. Brownlee & Huston till the following October, when he entered the law department of Wash- ington University, at St. Louis, in due time graduated from that institution and was licensed to the practice. Mr. Barber was married, December 25, 1863, to Miss Ellen G. Barber, of Bloomfield, New York. The have one child, a son, named Charles L., born in Brookfield December 31, 1867. They lost one child by death, a son named Jarvis, who died at Brookfield January 1, 1867. Both Mr. Barber and wife belong to the First Presby- terian Church of Brookfield, they being the first to join by letter after its organization.
RANSLAR BAKER.
Mr. Baker was born on a farm in Schoharie county, New York, March 16, 1824, and is the son of Silas and Elizabeth Baker, both natives of that county. When Ranslar was ten years old the family moved to Brown county, in the same State, and there resided till he became of age. He was reared a farmer and received his education at the public school, and at the age of eighteen, his father having met with reverses by which he lost all his property, including his home, young Ranslar at once began the effort to procure another home for his unfortunate parents, in which he succeeded by the time he was twenty-two. At the latter age he began life for himself by purchasing thirty acres of timbered land near Binghamton, New York, on which he " lumbered " for three years, realizing several hundred dollars, besides paying for the land. In 1849 he sold out and went to Steuben county, same State, and began the mercantile and lumber business, in which he continued till 1858, when he sold his interest and removed to Westfield, purchasing a farm near by, and engaged in farming one year. From there he came west to Lee county, Illinois, purchased a farm, and pursued farm-
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ing till his coming to Missouri in 1867. He bought a farm of three hun- dred and sixty acres in Chariton county, which he operated till 1876, and then divided it among his three sons, and retired to Brookfield in this county. Mr. Baker owns a pleasant home in the suburbs of Brookfield, situated on rising ground and commanding a fine view of the town. He was married on the first of April, 1852, to Miss Clara Peas, daughter of Ezra Peas, of New York. They are the parents of five children. Elizabeth is now the wife of Beecher Rowel, of Brookfield, while the three sons, Schuyler, Frank, and William, live on the Chariton county farm. The other daughter, Josephine, lives at home with her parents.
CLARK BANNING,
one of the old settlers of Brookfield township, was born in Virginia, Wash- ington county, on the twelfth day of February, 1802. He is a son of Clark and Catharine (Wiley) Banning, who removed from Maryland, Virginia, eight years before our subject was born. When but a small boy they re- moved to Cumberland county, Kentucky. Here he grew to manhood, al- ways actively engaged in the pursuit of farming. While living in Ken- tucky he was married to Miss Jane Beaty, of Tennessee, on March 7th, 1822. She was born September 7,1800. Four years after their marriage, in 1826, they removed to Greene county, Illinois. In the fall of 1832 they came to Missouri and settled in Randolph county, and in 1835 to Chariton county,and to this county in 1850, and located on the farm on which he now lives. Mrs. Banning died on December 15th, 1871. They have reared a family of six children, three of whom are living; namely, Annie, An- drew, Catharine, now Mrs. M. L. Smith, all living in this township. Those deceased are, Pleasant W., Williamson, and Henry.
JOSEPH BANNING,
son of Clark Banning, was born in Greene county, Illinois, June 5, 1832. He was married to Miss Melissa T. Banning March 5, 1855. She is a na- tive of Macon county, Missouri. They have by this union two children, Eugene and Fay.
COLONEL ELIJAH C. BROTT.
Colonel Brott is a native of the Empire State, having been born in Bath, Steuben county, December 7, 1824. His parents were Martin and Sarah (Crandall) Brott, his father being a native of New York, and his mother of Hartford, Connecticut. The latter died when the subject of this sketch was but ten years of age, since which time he has made his own way in the world. He received such an education as the common schools afforded, supplemented with two terms at the Bath, Ohio, select school. His time was occupied when out of school as a clerk, until his nineteenth year, when
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he followed the ." Star of Empire," and located on a farm in Knox county, Illinois, working as a farm hand until he reached the age of twenty-three years. For part pay for this service he took eighty acres of land. The following year, 1848, on February 15th, Mr. Brott took a partner for life, being married to Miss Frances Vickery, daughter of Ebenezer and Esther K. (Sheldon) Vickery, of Tompkins county, New York, and the same year moved on to his farm in Illinois. There he engaged both in grain and stock dealing quite extensively for several years, and at the time of the construction of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad took a contract from that company to build twenty miles of road and the bridging of sixty miles, which work gave entire satisfaction. While a resident of Knox county Colonel Brott was elected to many offices of trust, being treasurer of his township for seven years and collector eight years. In 1860 he was elected sheriff of Knox county, which office he held until 1862, when he enlisted, in June of that year, in Company E, of the Eighty. third Illinois Regiment of Volunteer Infantry, of which company he was elected cap- tain. It might be said here that he was offered the position of lieutenant- colonel in three different regiments, but not being well posted or drilled in military tactics he declined them. The company first went into quar- ters at Monmouth, Illinois, for one week, and was then ordered to Cairo, Illinois. In this latter place the company remained but a few days, when they were ordered to join the Federal forces at Fort Henry and subsequently Fort Donelson. At the formation of the regiment at Monmouth, Illi- nois, Captain Brott received the commission of major. The first engage- ment he was in was at Waverly, Tennessee, in which the Federal troops were successful, and the next that of the second battle of Fort Donelson. After this battle Major Brott was placed on detached service being placed in command of Fort Donelson by General Thomas. He held charge of that post for eighteen months, and was then ordered to Nashville, Ten- nessee, having charge of the train to that city. In the advance of the Fed- eral troops on Atlanta, Georgia, Major Brott was, for meritorious service, given the command of a brigade, which command he held until his return to Nashville, where he was ordered to report to General Thomas, who had received a petition signed by several hundred citizens in and around Fort Donelson for Colonel Brott again to have command of that post. This compliment to an honorable man and brave soldier caused the request to be granted, and Colonel Brott returned to take command, holding the position until the close of the war. On his discharge he returned to Galesburg, Illinois, and was soon after appointed deputy collector of internal revenue, which position he filled until his removal to Linn county, Missouri, where he purchased a farm in 1866. Soon after settling in this county he took charge of the tie laying on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad from Cameron to Kansas City for that railroad company, and on the completion
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