Isaac Brobst - I4597 - Individual Information - Wisconsin and Illinois Genealogy

Isaac Brobst (I4597)

Surname: Brobst
Given Names: Isaac

Gender: Male

Birth: 2 April 1808 -- Berks Co, Pa
Death: 4 February 1890 -- Brodhead, Spring Grove Twp, Green Co, Wi

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BIOGRAPHY: Moved from PA to Rock Grove, IL in 1845; arrived there on Jun 20. Then moved in 1847 to Wisconsin; purchased land in Spring Grove, Green Co, WI ‎(county seat Monroe)‎; setttled in Spring Grove on Nov 4 1846, on the land he still owned in 1884. He was one of the earliest settlers in Green County. In 1848, he bought 40 acres near Brodhead. On Jan 1, 1850, he bought 50 acres more. Two months later, a Johann Brobst bought 40 acres in the same area. Who was Johann?They suffered great hardships in those early days; that part of Wisconsin was still inhabited by Indians, with only primitive living conditions for the settlers. The earliest settlers had arrived about 1835, only twelve years earlier than the arrival of the Brobsts. One of the early industries was mining of lead. The first church in Green Co was erected in 1869.Buried in Rock Grove, Stephenson Co, IL.History of Green County, Wisconsin,' ' published 1884 by Union Publishing Company, Springfield, IL, @ pg 1074: ' 'Isaac Brobst, Sr., was born April 2, 1808, in Berks Co., Penn. When a child, his father, John Brobst, moved to Union County, and there Isaac grew to manhood. His father died in 1846. His mother's death occurred in 1827. Of eleven children, only Isaac and a brother are now living. The brother lives in Akron, Ohio. The subject of this sketch, Isaac Brobst, was married Nov. 9, 1826, to Sarah Beaver, born in Union Co., Penn. Eleven children have been born to them: Daniel, born in 1829; Mary Ann, born 1831, deceased wife of A. Stayer; Amelia, born 1834, deceased wife of Jacob Hostetler; Elizabeth, born 1836, wife of Elijah Clark, Jo Daviess Co., Ill.; Martin, born 1838, resides at Stephenson Co., Ill.; Peter, born 1841 and died in 1859; Fanny, born 1843, and died 1860; John, born 1846, and died 1846; Harriet, born 1848, and died 1860; Isaac, Jr., born 1850; and William, born 1853. Isaac Brobst, Sr., reached the town of Rock Grove, Ill., June 20, 1845, and settled in Spring Grove, Nov. 4, 1846, on the land he still owns and resides upon on section 33. Mr. Brobst was one of the earliest and one of the best of the settlers of this town.' '


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	Events of close relatives
Birth	2 April 1808 Berks Co, Pa
Death of mother	1827 (Age 19) Catherine Salome Klose (I47012) - [Relationship Chart]
Marriage	9 November 1828 (Age 20) Sarah Beaver - ‎[View Family ‎(F3046)‎‎] Leavittsburg, Trumbull Co, Oh
Death of father	1846 (Age 38) Johann Jacob Brobst (I5008) - [Relationship Chart]
Death	4 February 1890 (Age 81) Brodhead, Spring Grove Twp, Green Co, Wi
Universal Identifier	02ABE4E093B5D511973400E02931A9519EF1
Burial	Frankenburger Cmty, Rock Grove,Stephenson Co, Il
Last Change	25 July 2006 - 12:29:54