QM Sgt.
Fred
Moses
Brooker
Born in Wisconsin, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Lois Annette (Huntley) Sohr
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Quartermaster Sergeant Fred Brooker served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: 28 Apr 1898
Unit(s): Co. F, 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Service Ended: 21 Oct 1898
Service Started: 28 Apr 1898
Unit(s): Co. F, 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Service Ended: 21 Oct 1898
Fred was born on 5 August 1876.[1][2]
He served in Co. F, 1st Wisconsin Infantry during the Spanish-American War.[3]
He married Lois (Huntley) Diven,[4] probably in 1910 as she was enumerated in both his household and her ex-husband's.[5]
In late December 1919 and early January 1920, he was in the Racine, Wisconsin county Jail[6] for contempt because he did not comply with a court order to pay $75 in attorney's fees for his divorce.[7]
He was a justice of the peace[8] for more than twenty-five years.[9]
He was a member of Racine Lodge no. 18, F.&.A.M., the Knights of Pythias, and Bancroft Camp, United Spanish War Veterans,[10]
He passed away on 9 May 1947.[11][12]
Sources
- ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K878-HH6 : 24 December 2021), Fred Moses Brooker, 1917-1918.
- ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHZ-G7CJ : Wed Oct 25 17:19:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Fred M Brooker, 21 Oct 1898.
- ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHZ-G7CJ : Wed Oct 25 17:19:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Fred M Brooker, 21 Oct 1898.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJ1-2VY : Fri Oct 06 21:22:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Fred M Brooker and Lois Brooker, 1910.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJ1-7SF : Wed Oct 04 22:46:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Erinay E Diven and Lois A Diven, 1910.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF2R-JNX : Fri Dec 08 00:26:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Fred M Brooker, 1920.
- ↑ "In Municipal Court." Racine Journal-News, 27 Dec 1919, p. 8.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9SN-SNP : Fri Oct 06 01:20:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Guy E Benson and Carl E McCluny, 1930.
- ↑ "Fred Brooker Dies at Wood." Racine Journal-Times, 9 May 1947, p. 4.
- ↑ "Fred Brooker Dies at Wood." Racine Journal-Times, 9 May 1947, p. 4.
- ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHZ-G7CJ : Wed Oct 25 17:19:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Fred M Brooker, 21 Oct 1898.
- ↑ "Fred Brooker Dies at Wood." Racine Journal-Times, 9 May 1947, p. 4.
- "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNH8-PDD : Wed Oct 04 15:19:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Brooker and Hannah Brooker, 1880.
- "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJ1-2VY : Fri Oct 06 21:22:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Fred M Brooker and Lois Brooker, 1910.
- "United States Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF2R-JNX : Fri Dec 08 00:26:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Fred M Brooker, 1920.
- "United States Census, 1930", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9SN-SNP : Fri Oct 06 01:20:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Guy E Benson and Carl E McCluny, 1930.
- "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K878-HH6 : 24 December 2021), Fred Moses Brooker, 1917-1918.
- "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHZ-G7CJ : Wed Oct 25 17:19:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Fred M Brooker, 21 Oct 1898.
- "In Municipal Court." Racine Journal-News, 27 Dec 1919, p. 8.
- "Fred Brooker Dies at Wood." Racine Journal-Times, 9 May 1947, p. 4.
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