Posted By:	Peggy Hoffmann
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	Subject:	Re: Almon Jerome Brooks
	Post Date:	February 13, 2002 at 17:34:01
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	Forum:	Sheboygan County, WI Genealogy Forum
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Harold -- Your Almon appears with his parents in the 1860 Federal Census for the town of Lyndon in Sheboygan County. They are on page 503, dwelling 263, family 235 BROOKS, Jerom, age 29, carpenter, $500 prop/$100 persn, born NY BROOKS, Hannah J?, age 30, born NY BROOKS, Almon L., age 9, born WI BROOKS, Ralph F., age 8, born NY BROOKS, Hulda T., age 6, born NY BROOKS, Emma, age 4, born WI BROOKS, Linda, age 2, born WI It looks like the family returned to NY for a time from this census. I show them on the index for the 1850 Federal census in Sheboygan and also on an 1855 census for WI in the town of Sheboygan. There is a Jerome F. Brooks who served in the Civil War from Cascade, WI which is in the town of Lyndon. Chances are this is your Almon's father. Jerome F Brooks Residence: Cascade, Wisconsin Occupation: Service Record: Enlisted as a Lieutenant 2nd Class on 17 September 1861 Commission in Company I, 1st Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 17 September 1861 Resigned on 08 February 1862 Sources: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion. (WIRoster) Published in 1886 Jerome F Brooks Residence: Cascade, Wisconsin Occupation: Service Record: Enlisted as a Captain on 08 March 1864 Commission in Company E, 36th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 08 March 1864 was Detached service on 01 September 1864 was Returned on 01 July 1865 Resigned on 07 July 1865 Sources: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion. (WIRoster) Published in 1886 The pension record for Jerome F. Brooks shows that a pension was filed for him as an invalid on Feb. 26, 1869. In 1874, his wife Eliza J. files for his pension as his widow. This doesn't match with is wife's name on the 1860 census. I find no record of a marriage between Eliza and Jerome on the vital records index for Sheboygan County, so perhaps Hannah is a nickname for Eliza? I'm not sure of the middle initial for Hannah on the 1860 census, it could be a P or a J. Checking the 1850 census would probably clear this up, but those images aren't available to me now. Searching the cemetery index, I don't find Jermome buried in any of the old cemeteries in Lyndon township, but the indexes only have tombstone transcriptions and not actual burials. If he doesn't have a tombstone, he wouldn't appear. Since his widow applied for the pension in 1874, perhaps he went to MO with his son? Hope this helps. Peggy Hoffmann