Robert Lewis Brockenbrough was born October 13, 1846 in Lexington, Virginia, and died April 26, 1886 in Brunswick, Missouri. He married Mary Agnes Grasty June 12, 1876 in Austin, Texas, daughter of Rev. John Grasty, D.D., a Presbyterian minister.
He matriculated at V.M.I from Lexington, August 28, 1862, and was a cadet for two years. In the battle of New Market he was 3rd Corporal of Co. A. When Dr. Upshur delivered the address at the unveiling of the New Market Monument in 1903 he said: "In the battalion where all did well Evans, our color bearer, and the color guard, Wood, Atwill, Royster, and Brockenbrough are worthy of special commendation for their splendid valor." After the session he entered the military service and was assigned to Gen. Jos. E. Johnston's army, at the time in South Carolina. He was soon promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant and so served until the cessation of hostilities.
He then entered Washington College and was graduated in 1868, being the valedictorian of his class. While a professor at the Texas Military Institute he studied law and in after years of practiced that profession in St. Louis, Mo.
In his later years he was principal of the public schools in Brunswick, Mo.
After a short illness he died April 26, 1886 and was buried in Mexico, Mo., beside two of his children. A handsome monument was erected to his memory by the school children of Brunswick.
Children:
1. Mary Louisa Brockenbrough, born October 22, 1878.
2. Robert Stevenson Brockenbrough, born October 22, 1879.
3. Charles Grasty Brockenbrough*, b. Jan. 9, 1883.
~The Corps Forward: The Biographical Sketches of the VMI Cadets who Fought in the Battle of New Market; Mariner Companies, Inc., 2005; pg. 29-30.
*some sources give his name as Charles Page Brockenbrough.
The Bench and Bar of Missouri Cities, St. Louis and Chicago
published in 1884, pages 88-89
Robert L. Brockenbrough was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University, both located at Lexington, his birthplace, he receiving the degree of bachelor of arts in 1868. In the spring of 1864, while a cadet, he and his fellow students were called out and placed as a corps under General J. C. Breckenridge, and took part in the battle of New Market, Virginia, in May of that year. In the following autumn, he went into the confederate army with the rank of first lieutenant and served till the war ended. During the session of 1867-68 at the university, he was an assistant teacher of French, and from 1868 to 1870 he taught a private school in Kentucky.
Mr. Brockenbrough went to Austin, Texas, and from 1870 to 1876 occupied the chair of ancient languages in the Texas Military Institute, studying law during the latter part of that period. When he left the institute the local papers spoke very highly of his success as a teacher of the classics. He was admitted to the bar at Austin, February 29, 1876, and the next September settled in Saint Louis.
Mr. Brockenbrough was formerly captain of Company C, 1st regiment national guards of Missouri, and he has quite a taste for military matters. At the time of the labor riots in Saint Louis in the summer of 1877, he was orderly sergeant of the Turner Guards and rendered such aid in suppressing those riots that the company deemed it proper to pass resolutions of commendation for his activity and efficiency, which resolutions were published in the Saint Louis daily papers.
In May 1879, he was appointed assistant circuit attorney of Saint Louis.
He matriculated at V.M.I from Lexington, August 28, 1862, and was a cadet for two years. In the battle of New Market he was 3rd Corporal of Co. A. When Dr. Upshur delivered the address at the unveiling of the New Market Monument in 1903 he said: "In the battalion where all did well Evans, our color bearer, and the color guard, Wood, Atwill, Royster, and Brockenbrough are worthy of special commendation for their splendid valor." After the session he entered the military service and was assigned to Gen. Jos. E. Johnston's army, at the time in South Carolina. He was soon promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant and so served until the cessation of hostilities.
He then entered Washington College and was graduated in 1868, being the valedictorian of his class. While a professor at the Texas Military Institute he studied law and in after years of practiced that profession in St. Louis, Mo.
In his later years he was principal of the public schools in Brunswick, Mo.
After a short illness he died April 26, 1886 and was buried in Mexico, Mo., beside two of his children. A handsome monument was erected to his memory by the school children of Brunswick.
Children:
1. Mary Louisa Brockenbrough, born October 22, 1878.
2. Robert Stevenson Brockenbrough, born October 22, 1879.
3. Charles Grasty Brockenbrough*, b. Jan. 9, 1883.
~The Corps Forward: The Biographical Sketches of the VMI Cadets who Fought in the Battle of New Market; Mariner Companies, Inc., 2005; pg. 29-30.
*some sources give his name as Charles Page Brockenbrough.
The Bench and Bar of Missouri Cities, St. Louis and Chicago
published in 1884, pages 88-89
Robert L. Brockenbrough was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University, both located at Lexington, his birthplace, he receiving the degree of bachelor of arts in 1868. In the spring of 1864, while a cadet, he and his fellow students were called out and placed as a corps under General J. C. Breckenridge, and took part in the battle of New Market, Virginia, in May of that year. In the following autumn, he went into the confederate army with the rank of first lieutenant and served till the war ended. During the session of 1867-68 at the university, he was an assistant teacher of French, and from 1868 to 1870 he taught a private school in Kentucky.
Mr. Brockenbrough went to Austin, Texas, and from 1870 to 1876 occupied the chair of ancient languages in the Texas Military Institute, studying law during the latter part of that period. When he left the institute the local papers spoke very highly of his success as a teacher of the classics. He was admitted to the bar at Austin, February 29, 1876, and the next September settled in Saint Louis.
Mr. Brockenbrough was formerly captain of Company C, 1st regiment national guards of Missouri, and he has quite a taste for military matters. At the time of the labor riots in Saint Louis in the summer of 1877, he was orderly sergeant of the Turner Guards and rendered such aid in suppressing those riots that the company deemed it proper to pass resolutions of commendation for his activity and efficiency, which resolutions were published in the Saint Louis daily papers.
In May 1879, he was appointed assistant circuit attorney of Saint Louis.
Robert Lewis Brockenbrough was born October 13, 1846 in Lexington, Virginia, and died April 26, 1886 in Brunswick, Missouri. He married Mary Agnes Grasty June 12, 1876 in Austin, Texas, daughter of Rev. John Grasty, D.D., a Presbyterian minister.
He matriculated at V.M.I from Lexington, August 28, 1862, and was a cadet for two years. In the battle of New Market he was 3rd Corporal of Co. A. When Dr. Upshur delivered the address at the unveiling of the New Market Monument in 1903 he said: "In the battalion where all did well Evans, our color bearer, and the color guard, Wood, Atwill, Royster, and Brockenbrough are worthy of special commendation for their splendid valor." After the session he entered the military service and was assigned to Gen. Jos. E. Johnston's army, at the time in South Carolina. He was soon promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant and so served until the cessation of hostilities.
He then entered Washington College and was graduated in 1868, being the valedictorian of his class. While a professor at the Texas Military Institute he studied law and in after years of practiced that profession in St. Louis, Mo.
In his later years he was principal of the public schools in Brunswick, Mo.
After a short illness he died April 26, 1886 and was buried in Mexico, Mo., beside two of his children. A handsome monument was erected to his memory by the school children of Brunswick.
Children:
1. Mary Louisa Brockenbrough, born October 22, 1878.
2. Robert Stevenson Brockenbrough, born October 22, 1879.
3. Charles Grasty Brockenbrough*, b. Jan. 9, 1883.
~The Corps Forward: The Biographical Sketches of the VMI Cadets who Fought in the Battle of New Market; Mariner Companies, Inc., 2005; pg. 29-30.
*some sources give his name as Charles Page Brockenbrough.
The Bench and Bar of Missouri Cities, St. Louis and Chicago
published in 1884, pages 88-89
Robert L. Brockenbrough was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University, both located at Lexington, his birthplace, he receiving the degree of bachelor of arts in 1868. In the spring of 1864, while a cadet, he and his fellow students were called out and placed as a corps under General J. C. Breckenridge, and took part in the battle of New Market, Virginia, in May of that year. In the following autumn, he went into the confederate army with the rank of first lieutenant and served till the war ended. During the session of 1867-68 at the university, he was an assistant teacher of French, and from 1868 to 1870 he taught a private school in Kentucky.
Mr. Brockenbrough went to Austin, Texas, and from 1870 to 1876 occupied the chair of ancient languages in the Texas Military Institute, studying law during the latter part of that period. When he left the institute the local papers spoke very highly of his success as a teacher of the classics. He was admitted to the bar at Austin, February 29, 1876, and the next September settled in Saint Louis.
Mr. Brockenbrough was formerly captain of Company C, 1st regiment national guards of Missouri, and he has quite a taste for military matters. At the time of the labor riots in Saint Louis in the summer of 1877, he was orderly sergeant of the Turner Guards and rendered such aid in suppressing those riots that the company deemed it proper to pass resolutions of commendation for his activity and efficiency, which resolutions were published in the Saint Louis daily papers.
In May 1879, he was appointed assistant circuit attorney of Saint Louis.
He matriculated at V.M.I from Lexington, August 28, 1862, and was a cadet for two years. In the battle of New Market he was 3rd Corporal of Co. A. When Dr. Upshur delivered the address at the unveiling of the New Market Monument in 1903 he said: "In the battalion where all did well Evans, our color bearer, and the color guard, Wood, Atwill, Royster, and Brockenbrough are worthy of special commendation for their splendid valor." After the session he entered the military service and was assigned to Gen. Jos. E. Johnston's army, at the time in South Carolina. He was soon promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant and so served until the cessation of hostilities.
He then entered Washington College and was graduated in 1868, being the valedictorian of his class. While a professor at the Texas Military Institute he studied law and in after years of practiced that profession in St. Louis, Mo.
In his later years he was principal of the public schools in Brunswick, Mo.
After a short illness he died April 26, 1886 and was buried in Mexico, Mo., beside two of his children. A handsome monument was erected to his memory by the school children of Brunswick.
Children:
1. Mary Louisa Brockenbrough, born October 22, 1878.
2. Robert Stevenson Brockenbrough, born October 22, 1879.
3. Charles Grasty Brockenbrough*, b. Jan. 9, 1883.
~The Corps Forward: The Biographical Sketches of the VMI Cadets who Fought in the Battle of New Market; Mariner Companies, Inc., 2005; pg. 29-30.
*some sources give his name as Charles Page Brockenbrough.
The Bench and Bar of Missouri Cities, St. Louis and Chicago
published in 1884, pages 88-89
Robert L. Brockenbrough was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University, both located at Lexington, his birthplace, he receiving the degree of bachelor of arts in 1868. In the spring of 1864, while a cadet, he and his fellow students were called out and placed as a corps under General J. C. Breckenridge, and took part in the battle of New Market, Virginia, in May of that year. In the following autumn, he went into the confederate army with the rank of first lieutenant and served till the war ended. During the session of 1867-68 at the university, he was an assistant teacher of French, and from 1868 to 1870 he taught a private school in Kentucky.
Mr. Brockenbrough went to Austin, Texas, and from 1870 to 1876 occupied the chair of ancient languages in the Texas Military Institute, studying law during the latter part of that period. When he left the institute the local papers spoke very highly of his success as a teacher of the classics. He was admitted to the bar at Austin, February 29, 1876, and the next September settled in Saint Louis.
Mr. Brockenbrough was formerly captain of Company C, 1st regiment national guards of Missouri, and he has quite a taste for military matters. At the time of the labor riots in Saint Louis in the summer of 1877, he was orderly sergeant of the Turner Guards and rendered such aid in suppressing those riots that the company deemed it proper to pass resolutions of commendation for his activity and efficiency, which resolutions were published in the Saint Louis daily papers.
In May 1879, he was appointed assistant circuit attorney of Saint Louis.
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