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Hannah Caroline Bush Brokaw
Birth: 	Jun. 20, 1809
Bound Brook
Somerset County
New Jersey, USA
Death: 	May 8, 1885
Mount Liberty
Knox County
Ohio, USA

Hannah Caroline Bush was born Jun 20, 1809 in Bound Brook, Somerset County,
New Jersey, and died May 8, 1885 at Mount Liberty, Knox County, Ohio at
the age of 75.

She was baptized on Jan 16, 1810 in the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church,
Somerset County, New Jersey. The Reverend James Patterson served this church
from 1809 to 1813. (Bound Brook Presbyterian Church Baptisms, Genealogical
Magazine of New Jersey Volume 37, pages 65, 67)

She married John Andrew Brokaw on Oct 24, 1827 in Somerset County, New
Jersey. He was the son of Abraham C. Brokaw and Maria Stryker. He was born
Jul 4, 1804 and died Jan 17, 1893 at the age of 88.

Hannah Caroline Bush and John Andrew Brokaw lived in New Jersey until the
spring of 1831, and then moved to Ohio.

She was buried in the Bird Cemetery, Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio near
her husband. Her death record indicates she was the wife of John Brokaw. Bird
Cemetery is located south of Mt. Vernon, Ohio on the north side of State
Route 36, Columbus Road, exactly one mile west of the west edge of Bangs,
Ohio. She shares a tall stone with John Andrew Brokaw. Her side of the stone
reads, "Caroline wife of J. A. Brokaw born June 20, 1809 died May 8, 1885."

Family links: 
 Parents:
  Abraham Bush (1775 - 1840)
  Sarah Prall Bush (1786 - ____)

 Spouse:
  John Andrew Brokaw (1804 - 1893)

 Children:
  Mariah S. Brokaw Spracklen (1831 - 1855)*
  Effie Brokaw Barr (1833 - 1912)*
  Elizabeth Brokaw Breckenridge (1834 - 1872)*
  Phoebe Ann Brokaw Lambert (1838 - 1935)*
  Caroline A Brokaw Bird (1842 - 1923)*
  William B Brokaw (1848 - 1914)*
  Gabriel Duvall Brokaw (1850 - 1931)*
  Abram Brokaw (1850 - 1870)*

 Siblings:
  Eliza Ann Bush Runyon (1807 - 1875)*
  Hannah Caroline Bush Brokaw (1809 - 1885)
  John Prall Bush (1811 - 1897)*
  Hiram Bush (1814 - 1894)*
  Rachel Bush Teeter (1817 - 1875)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
Caroline
wife of
J. A. Brokaw
Born
June 20, 1809
Died
May 8, 1885

Burial:
Bird Cemetery
Bangs
Knox County
Ohio, USA

Created by: Larry Cornwell
Record added: Jan 03, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 32600435

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John Andrew Brokaw
Birth: 	Jul. 4, 1804
Raritan
Somerset County
New Jersey, USA
Death: 	Jan. 17, 1893
Mount Liberty
Knox County
Ohio, USA

John Andrew Brokaw was born Jul 4, 1804 in Raritan, Somerset County, New
Jersey, baptized Aug 26, 1804 in the Raritan Dutch Church, and died Jan 17,
1893 at Mt. Liberty, Knox County, Ohio at the age of 88.

He married Hannah Caroline Bush on Oct 27, 1827 in Somerset County, New
Jersey. She was born Jun 20, 1809, and died May 8, 1885 at the age of
75. She was the daughter of Abraham Bush and Sarah (Sally) Prall.

John Andrew Brokaw was raised on the farm until the age of 17, at which
time he learned the shoemaker trade and became self-employed. He moved
to Ohio with his parents two years later (ca. 1823). After 18 months in
Ohio, he moved back to New Jersey (ca. 1825). After a year, he returned to
Ohio. Shortly after his father died in 1826, he again moved back to New
Jersey, this time with his mother and five of his brothers and sisters,
leaving sister Jane, and brothers Caleb and Abraham in Ohio.

The 1830 census for Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey (Roll
83, page 80) lists the John A. Brokaw family as follows: 1 male 20-30
(John Andrew, 26); 1 female under 5 (Sarah Van Nest, 1); 1 female 20-30
(Hannah Caroline Bush, 21); and 1 free colored female under 10.

The young couple and their two children moved back to Ohio in the spring
of 1831. They stayed one year in Jefferson County, and records show them
living in Morris Township, Knox County; Liberty Township, Bloomfield
Township, and Chester Township (now Morrow County), where they remained
until 1876. Counties were divided up in forming new counties at the time,
so they may have been living in one place.

The 1850 census of South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio (Roll 716,
page 524 typed, page 1051 in pencil, dwelling 2470, family 2510) listed the
family as follows: John Brokaw, 45, farmer, value of real estate owned 500,
born in NJ; Caroline, 40, born in NJ; Maria S., 19, born in NJ; (all the
remaining children were born in Ohio): Effa, 17; Elizabeth, 15; Phebe A.,
12; Caroline, 9; Mary, 7; Andrew J., 5; William, 3; and Abram, 7/12.

The 1860 census of Chesterville P.O., South Bloomfield Township, Morrow
County, Ohio (Roll 1017, page 22 typed, page 42 in pen, line 29, dwelling 337,
family 336) lists the family as follows: John Brokaw, 56, farmer, value of
real estate 879, value of personal estate 380, born in NJ; Caroline, 50,
born in NJ; and the children, all born in Ohio: Caroline, 19, domestic;
Mary, 17, domestic; Andrew J., 15, domestic; William, 12; Gabriel, 10;
and John, 8. All the children were in school.

The 1880 census for Mt. Gilead (Columbus Street), Liberty Township, Knox
County, Ohio (e.d. 137, page 26 in pen, line 24-25, dwelling 193, family 198)
lists the family as Jno A. Brokaw, 75, farming 12 months the previous year,
born in Va, both parents born in Va; Caroline, 71, born in NJ, both parents
born in NJ; and Jno B., 27, selling farm utensils, born in O, both parents
born in NJ.

Hill wrote in 1881, "He followed farming and shoemaking, by which he gained
a competence for his old age. Mr. and Mrs. Brokaw started poor in life. When
they arrived in Knox County, he had a horse and wagon, with a few household
effects and three dollars twelve and one-half cents in cash. They had thirteen
children, all of whom did well, thus showing that they were carefully and
judicially trained. . . ."

He was buried in Bird Cemetery, Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio. His
death record was dated Feb 19, 1893. Bird Cemetery is located south of
Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio on the north side of State Route 36, Columbus
Road, exactly one mile west of the west edge of Bangs, Ohio. The day of his
death on his tombstone doesn't appear to match other records, nor does his
age shown compute with other records.

The children of John Andrew Brokaw and Hannah Caroline Bush were:

i Sarah Van Nest, b. May 12, 1829, bap. Jul 26, 1829, m. Henry Slack on
  Oct 12, 1847, d. 1852. No children
ii Maria S., b. Feb 21, 1831, m. Peter Sprocklen on Jun 23, 1851, d. Nov 14,
   1892. 1 child
iii Effa M., b. Feb 26, 1833, m. George F. Barr on Feb 2, 1853, d. Oct 24,
    1912. 3 children
iv Elizabeth, b. Nov 22, 1834, m. David L. Breckenridge on Feb 25, 1854,
   d. Dec 25, 1872. 13 children
v Unnamed daughter, b. Jan 25, 1837, d. young
*vi Phoebe Ann, b. Jun 17, 1838, m. Francis William Lambert on Mar 10,
    1859, d. Sep 22, 1935. 1 child
vii Caroline (Carrie) A., b. Jan 27, 1842, m. John H. Bird on Oct 7, 1865,
    d. May 10, 1923. 1 child
viii Mary Louise, b. Feb 11, 1844, m. Jesse Smith Gearhart on Jun 10, 1865,
     d. Dec 4, 1921. 1 child
ix Andrew J., b. Jun 6, 1845, m. Mrs. Elizabeth (Norton) Bishop on Feb 2,
   1875, d. Apr 25, 1928. 3 children
x William B., b. Aug 8, 1847, m. Viola Fisher on Mar 28, 1871, d. Sep 5,
  1914. 4 children
xi Abraham (later, Gabriel DuVall), b. Feb 4, 1850, m. Alcestia Jane
   McCracken on Feb 4, 1873, d. Apr 15, 1931. 4 children
xii John Bush, b. Jul 25, 1852, m. Ida Higgins on Nov 16, 1882, d. Aug 8,
    1926. No children
xiii Marcus, b. Jul 8, 1855, d. 6 months of age

Family links: 
 Parents:
  Abraham C. Brokaw (1773 - 1826)
  Maria Polly Stryker Brokaw (1775 - 1856)

 Spouse:
  Hannah Caroline Bush Brokaw (1809 - 1885)*

 Children:
  Mariah S. Brokaw Spracklen (1831 - 1855)*
  Effie Brokaw Barr (1833 - 1912)*
  Elizabeth Brokaw Breckenridge (1834 - 1872)*
  Phoebe Ann Brokaw Lambert (1838 - 1935)*
  Caroline A Brokaw Bird (1842 - 1923)*
  William B Brokaw (1848 - 1914)*
  Gabriel Duvall Brokaw (1850 - 1931)*
  Abram Brokaw (1850 - 1870)*

 Siblings:
  Marie Brokaw DeHart (1792 - 1865)*
  Caleb Abraham Brokaw (1797 - 1889)*
  Simon Stryker Brokaw (1800 - 1880)*
  John Andrew Brokaw (1804 - 1893)
  Jane Ann Brokaw Duval (1806 - 1881)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
JOHN A.
BROKAW
DIED
JAN ? 1893
AGED
88Y 6M 15D

Burial:
Bird Cemetery
Bangs
Knox County
Ohio, USA

Created by: Larry Cornwell
Record added: Jan 03, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 32600214

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