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Dr James Wilburn Brock

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Dr James Wilburn Brock

Birth
Barren County, Kentucky, USA
Death
28 Mar 1916 (aged 88)
Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Fidelity, Jasper County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.0574339, Longitude: -94.3541677
Plot
Lot 1
Memorial ID
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Husband of Nancy E. (Hickey) Brock (She died in 1877), Eliza A. (Burris) Hickey Brock (She died Nov.14,1900), and Anna A. (Walls) Grimm Brock (She died May 9,1907).

Son of James Brock, bp. TN. & Laodocea "Dicy" (Moore) Brock, bp. TN.

Brother of Terry W. Brock.

In 1844 James came with his family to Jasper County when it was a territory.
He was a physician and surgeon and enlisted in Co. G 15th Mo. Cavalry and was in charge of a hospital during the Civil War. After the war, he and some others of the area went to East Texas until conditions were suitable to return home.
Dr. Brock's farm was 1 3/4 miles north of the cemetery and was later lived on by Heltzell and Allen Patrick families. The newer home site was taken by I-44 Right of Way.
Dr. Brock killed a panther near his property with a pack of hounds. He assigned land for the Stony Point School for as long as it was used for school purposes.
He was a member of Fidelity Masonic Lodge 345 and still a member when the Lodge was moved to Joplin.
In 1878 and 1879 He owned a drug store in Carterville.
Husband of Nancy E. (Hickey) Brock (She died in 1877), Eliza A. (Burris) Hickey Brock (She died Nov.14,1900), and Anna A. (Walls) Grimm Brock (She died May 9,1907).

Son of James Brock, bp. TN. & Laodocea "Dicy" (Moore) Brock, bp. TN.

Brother of Terry W. Brock.

In 1844 James came with his family to Jasper County when it was a territory.
He was a physician and surgeon and enlisted in Co. G 15th Mo. Cavalry and was in charge of a hospital during the Civil War. After the war, he and some others of the area went to East Texas until conditions were suitable to return home.
Dr. Brock's farm was 1 3/4 miles north of the cemetery and was later lived on by Heltzell and Allen Patrick families. The newer home site was taken by I-44 Right of Way.
Dr. Brock killed a panther near his property with a pack of hounds. He assigned land for the Stony Point School for as long as it was used for school purposes.
He was a member of Fidelity Masonic Lodge 345 and still a member when the Lodge was moved to Joplin.
In 1878 and 1879 He owned a drug store in Carterville.


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