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John W. Brookover (Huntington, Brown County, Ohio, farmer and soldier.)

b. 1828-11-15 d. 1884-09-19

Huntington, Brown County, Ohio, farmer and soldier. Brown County, Ohio native. Son of Richard Brookover and Isabell Brookover. Married to Amanda Brookover. Father of David B. Brookover, Richard Brookover, Mary E. Brookover, James C. Brookover, Samuel Brookover, and John F. Brookover. Farmer in Brown County, Ohio in 1850. Farmer in Brown County, Ohio in 1860. Served in the 5th Kansas Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private and a sergeant from August 12, 1861 to September 3, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, District No. 12, Huntington Township, p. 99A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Huntington Township, p. 577.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, County, Huntington Township, p. 94A-B.
Find A Grave, "John Brookover (1828-1884)," Memorial #9978596, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9978596 (accessed June 6, 2019).
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kansas, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M542, Roll 0001.
Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T289, Roll 151.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, 1861-1865, vol 1., reprint (Topeka, Kansas, 1896), 130.

Citation

Brookover, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202200 (November 12, 2026).

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