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Dr James S Brookens

Birth	:	16 Mar 1843 Mount Eaton, Wayne County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	18 Jan 1914
Burial	:	St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard, Kingston, Frontenac County, Canada
Coordinate	:	44.2331467, -76.4850159
Plot	:	Section 4 (west), Lot 5, Block 111
Description	:	The Holton Recorder, January 22, 1914: Dr. James S. Brookens was born near Mount Easton, Ohio, March 16, 1843, and died January 18, 1914, aged 70 years, 10 months and 2 days. His parents, Joseph Brookens and Mary McDonald Brookens were of Pennsylvania ancestry and were inured to the hardships of frontier life. He grew to manhood on the farm where he was born. He taught school in Ohio and Wisconsin. He acquired his education at Westfield College, Westfield, Ill., and Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio. Later he decided to become a physician and was graduated from a medical college in Philadelphia... Read More	The Holton Recorder, January 22, 1914: Dr. James S. Brookens was born near Mount Easton, Ohio, March 16, 1843, and died January 18, 1914, aged 70 years, 10 months and 2 days. His parents, Joseph Brookens and Mary McDonald Brookens were of Pennsylvania ancestry and were inured to the hardships of frontier life. He grew to manhood on the farm where he was born. He taught school in Ohio and Wisconsin. He acquired his education at Westfield College, Westfield, Ill., and Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio. Later he decided to become a physician and was graduated from a medical college in Philadelphia in 1872. In the fall of the same year he began the practice of his chosen profession at Hicksville, Ohio. While attending Westfield college he met Miss Hester Elizabeth Collins, to whom he was married Oct. 20, 1872. To this union were born six children - Misses Angie and Floretta and Mrs. Mary Makison, Holton, Kan.; Elgie Clifford, of Westmoreland, Kan.; Edwin E., of Topeka, and Wilbur O., of Gentry, Arkansas. In 1884 Dr. Brookens moved to Harlan, Smith county, Kansas, where he continued the practice of medicine until he moved to Holton, in October, 1906 .... For more than half a century he was a member of the United Brethren church, he was an ordained minister in the North Kansas Conference. While he gave but a little time to the ministry, yet he was always held in high esteem .... The interment was in the Holton cemetery, by the side of his wife, who was laid to rest seven years ago .... Besides his children he leaves four grand children, two brothers and three sisters to mourn their loss. Relatives and friends from a distance … were Mrs. John Resler, a sister, of Caledona, Ohio; Mrs. C. W. Shambaugh and Willis Weiser, of Harlan, Kan.; E. Ray Reynolds, Kirkville, Mo., and Mrs. Ernest Bailey, of Baileyville, Kan.

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Dr James S Brookens's memorial is located at: St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard, Kingston, Frontenac County, Canada.
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Latitude: 44.2331467
Longitude: -76.4850159

Family Members:

Spouse

Hester Elizabeth Collins Brookens

(1843 - 1908)

Children

Angeletta “Angie” Brookens

(1873 - 1921)

Edwin Elden Brookens Sr.

(1877 - 1928)

Wilbur O Brookens

(1880 - 1928)

Mary L. Brookens Makinson

(1883 - 1939)

Floretta Brookens Reynolds

(1887 - 1936)

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Kingston, Frontenac County, Canada
Coordinate: 44.2331467, -76.4850159

2. Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral
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Coordinate: 44.2312040, -76.4898250

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Coordinate: 44.1891900, -76.3854100

14. Glenhaven Memorial Gardens
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Coordinate: 44.3249100, -76.5049900

15. Wolfe Island United Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.1345100, -76.3769600

16. Latimer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3622000, -76.5004000

17. Pentland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.1858700, -76.6565700

18. Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2094400, -76.2812100

19. Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.1244400, -76.3391980

20. Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.1248100, -76.3351100

21. Market Street Cemetery
Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1222200, -76.3352900

22. Saint James Anglican Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3549500, -76.3489700

23. New Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery
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