Today's introduction to the Brokaw surname is a thrill for me because our Brokaw ancestry has been traced back to the 1500s!! I purchased the book, "OUR BROKAW-BRAGAW HERITAGE" compiled by Mrs. Elsie Foster, sometime around 1985. Some of our Mary Brokaw's family history is entered on pages 98 and 99 in this huge volume of 829 pages and includes our great grandgrandparents, Emma Morrison and David Spitzer's family. And, of course, the beginning pages are about the history of the emigrant ancestor of the Brokaw name which I will reveal to you in my future stories about the Brokaws.
Mary was born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio in 1815. Her parents were early arrivals to this area, locating in Flushing, Belmont County, Ohio for a number of years,
Mary's family moved to Jackson Twp., Crawford, Ohio after Mary's father, Abram, bought several acres there in 1831. Soon after this move, Mary married John Morrison on the 21st day of February in 1833. Here is a list of their children:
James, born abt. 1834
Margaret, 1835
George, 1837
David, 1839
Andrew, 1841
Matthew, 1844
Martha, 1847
William, 1849
Mary E., 1853
Sarah Emeline ("Emma", 1855, our great grandmother)
Mary Brokaw Morrison
Born: 1815 in Cadiz, Harrison, OH
Married: 21 Feb 1833 in Jackson, Crawford, OH
Died: 13 Apr 1880 in Jackson, Crawford, OH
Buried: Fairview Cemetery in Galion, Crawford, OH
Sources: Census of 1850; 1860; 1870; and 1880; Abram Brokaw's BLM land patent; Book: "Cemeteries of Crawford County, Ohio Vol. 2A"; Book: "Our Brokaw-Bragaw Heritage" compiled by Elsie Foster.
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