Civil War veteran
Andersonville P.O.W. camp survivor.
Minister of the Gospel.
Daniel Brookhart, Jr., was born in Perry County, Ohio, and died in Oklahoma Territory, living in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska at times between.
Having grown up, married, and started his family in Ohio, Daniel migrated to Muscatine County, Iowa, in the early 1850s, bringing his family and either accompanying or being accompanied by his parents. His father died in Muscatine County that same year.
Daniel married Mary Martha Montgomery on November 11, 1847, in Perry County, Ohio, and at least two children were born there. At least four more were born in Iowa.
Daniel volunteered in 1861 and served in Company "H" of the Iowa 11th Infantry in the American Civil War. He was captured during the Union attack on Atlanta, Georgia, and was imprisoned at the infamous Andersonville POW Camp.
"At Andersonville Prison the death rate exceeded that of many skirmishes and engagements. Malnutrition and disease claimed many prisoners, while dozens of others are believed to have been shot by guards when they crossed a clearly marked deadline. During a period of two months, an average of 127 persons died each day, meaning that bodies were pitched into trenches and graves at the rate of one every eleven minutes." -- from "Civil War Curiosities" by Webb Garrison
Surviving that, he returned to his family in 1865. His first wife Mary died in Decatur County, Iowa, in 1869. He then married Sara Elizabeth (Parker) Chenoweth, whose husband had died in the Colorado goldfields. They married in Decatur County. Daniel and Sarah migrated about 1872 to Russell County, Kansas, and raised the remainder of their combined families until moving just a bit north to Nuckolls County, Nebraska, and then to the Oklahoma Territory, where they participated in the Cherokee Strip Land Run in 1893. Daniel was a farmer, but was also a minister of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He died in what is now Woods County, Oklahoma, in 1902.
Andersonville P.O.W. camp survivor.
Minister of the Gospel.
Daniel Brookhart, Jr., was born in Perry County, Ohio, and died in Oklahoma Territory, living in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska at times between.
Having grown up, married, and started his family in Ohio, Daniel migrated to Muscatine County, Iowa, in the early 1850s, bringing his family and either accompanying or being accompanied by his parents. His father died in Muscatine County that same year.
Daniel married Mary Martha Montgomery on November 11, 1847, in Perry County, Ohio, and at least two children were born there. At least four more were born in Iowa.
Daniel volunteered in 1861 and served in Company "H" of the Iowa 11th Infantry in the American Civil War. He was captured during the Union attack on Atlanta, Georgia, and was imprisoned at the infamous Andersonville POW Camp.
"At Andersonville Prison the death rate exceeded that of many skirmishes and engagements. Malnutrition and disease claimed many prisoners, while dozens of others are believed to have been shot by guards when they crossed a clearly marked deadline. During a period of two months, an average of 127 persons died each day, meaning that bodies were pitched into trenches and graves at the rate of one every eleven minutes." -- from "Civil War Curiosities" by Webb Garrison
Surviving that, he returned to his family in 1865. His first wife Mary died in Decatur County, Iowa, in 1869. He then married Sara Elizabeth (Parker) Chenoweth, whose husband had died in the Colorado goldfields. They married in Decatur County. Daniel and Sarah migrated about 1872 to Russell County, Kansas, and raised the remainder of their combined families until moving just a bit north to Nuckolls County, Nebraska, and then to the Oklahoma Territory, where they participated in the Cherokee Strip Land Run in 1893. Daniel was a farmer, but was also a minister of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He died in what is now Woods County, Oklahoma, in 1902.
Civil War veteran
Andersonville P.O.W. camp survivor.
Minister of the Gospel.
Daniel Brookhart, Jr., was born in Perry County, Ohio, and died in Oklahoma Territory, living in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska at times between.
Having grown up, married, and started his family in Ohio, Daniel migrated to Muscatine County, Iowa, in the early 1850s, bringing his family and either accompanying or being accompanied by his parents. His father died in Muscatine County that same year.
Daniel married Mary Martha Montgomery on November 11, 1847, in Perry County, Ohio, and at least two children were born there. At least four more were born in Iowa.
Daniel volunteered in 1861 and served in Company "H" of the Iowa 11th Infantry in the American Civil War. He was captured during the Union attack on Atlanta, Georgia, and was imprisoned at the infamous Andersonville POW Camp.
"At Andersonville Prison the death rate exceeded that of many skirmishes and engagements. Malnutrition and disease claimed many prisoners, while dozens of others are believed to have been shot by guards when they crossed a clearly marked deadline. During a period of two months, an average of 127 persons died each day, meaning that bodies were pitched into trenches and graves at the rate of one every eleven minutes." -- from "Civil War Curiosities" by Webb Garrison
Surviving that, he returned to his family in 1865. His first wife Mary died in Decatur County, Iowa, in 1869. He then married Sara Elizabeth (Parker) Chenoweth, whose husband had died in the Colorado goldfields. They married in Decatur County. Daniel and Sarah migrated about 1872 to Russell County, Kansas, and raised the remainder of their combined families until moving just a bit north to Nuckolls County, Nebraska, and then to the Oklahoma Territory, where they participated in the Cherokee Strip Land Run in 1893. Daniel was a farmer, but was also a minister of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He died in what is now Woods County, Oklahoma, in 1902.
Andersonville P.O.W. camp survivor.
Minister of the Gospel.
Daniel Brookhart, Jr., was born in Perry County, Ohio, and died in Oklahoma Territory, living in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska at times between.
Having grown up, married, and started his family in Ohio, Daniel migrated to Muscatine County, Iowa, in the early 1850s, bringing his family and either accompanying or being accompanied by his parents. His father died in Muscatine County that same year.
Daniel married Mary Martha Montgomery on November 11, 1847, in Perry County, Ohio, and at least two children were born there. At least four more were born in Iowa.
Daniel volunteered in 1861 and served in Company "H" of the Iowa 11th Infantry in the American Civil War. He was captured during the Union attack on Atlanta, Georgia, and was imprisoned at the infamous Andersonville POW Camp.
"At Andersonville Prison the death rate exceeded that of many skirmishes and engagements. Malnutrition and disease claimed many prisoners, while dozens of others are believed to have been shot by guards when they crossed a clearly marked deadline. During a period of two months, an average of 127 persons died each day, meaning that bodies were pitched into trenches and graves at the rate of one every eleven minutes." -- from "Civil War Curiosities" by Webb Garrison
Surviving that, he returned to his family in 1865. His first wife Mary died in Decatur County, Iowa, in 1869. He then married Sara Elizabeth (Parker) Chenoweth, whose husband had died in the Colorado goldfields. They married in Decatur County. Daniel and Sarah migrated about 1872 to Russell County, Kansas, and raised the remainder of their combined families until moving just a bit north to Nuckolls County, Nebraska, and then to the Oklahoma Territory, where they participated in the Cherokee Strip Land Run in 1893. Daniel was a farmer, but was also a minister of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He died in what is now Woods County, Oklahoma, in 1902.
Inscription
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
Family Members
Siblings
