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History of Linn County,
Missouri
An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and A Compendium of
Actual Facts.
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It Contains
A Condensed History of the State of Missouri and Its Chief
Cities -
St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph;
A Reliable History of Lynn County -
Its Pioneer Record, War History,
Resources, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of
Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of great
Value, and a Large Amount of Miscellaneous
Matter, Incidents, etc. Etc.
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ILLUSTRATED
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Publ. Kansas City, Mo.
Birdsall & Dean.
1882
CHAPTER XX.
CITY OF BROOKFIELD
Its Location - The Scatters - The Usual
Remarks About Game, etc. - Who Gave it a Local Habitation and a
Name - Boarding Shanties and Several Other Things - Laid Out and
How it Grew and Prospered - In 1861 Had Grown to About fifteen
Houses and Some Other Buildings - The First Child Born and What
Followed - Deaths and Burials - Father Hogan - The First School
- Brookfield in the Civil War - Some Facts and Some Rumors Upon
Which Facts Were Based - Brookfield Survived - Small-pox Scare -
Tragedies Growing out of the Great Strife - The New Era and the
Past to be Buried in Oblivion - Churches, Schools, Societies,
etc.
BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri - Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882)
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