Major Brooke was a great admirer of Robert E. Lee. Major Brooke came to Montana and bought the stage stop the only wooden building between Helena and Virginia City. He named his stage stop Whitehall (which is the how the town of Whitehall got it's name) MAJ Brooke was married three times. First to, Eliza Kizar whom he married in Morgantown, WV on 9 APRIL 1846. Eliza died in 1847, a few months after giving birth to their son, Fielding L. Brooke. Major Brooke married Elizabeth Woolverton on 10 MAY 1852 and she died in 1855. He and Elizabeth had one son Walter. His first two wives died before he came to Montana. He married Rachel Woolverton December 31, 1857. He had four children: Charles Walter, Mrs Robert W (Mary) Noble, Mrs. E. J.(Lulu) Stanley, and E. Marvin. He was greatly thought of and was very generous. He never charged a man or woman who were members of the clergy, no matter what religion. He was a Methodist by faith.
Major Brooke was a great admirer of Robert E. Lee. Major Brooke came to Montana and bought the stage stop the only wooden building between Helena and Virginia City. He named his stage stop Whitehall (which is the how the town of Whitehall got it's name) MAJ Brooke was married three times. First to, Eliza Kizar whom he married in Morgantown, WV on 9 APRIL 1846. Eliza died in 1847, a few months after giving birth to their son, Fielding L. Brooke. Major Brooke married Elizabeth Woolverton on 10 MAY 1852 and she died in 1855. He and Elizabeth had one son Walter. His first two wives died before he came to Montana. He married Rachel Woolverton December 31, 1857. He had four children: Charles Walter, Mrs Robert W (Mary) Noble, Mrs. E. J.(Lulu) Stanley, and E. Marvin. He was greatly thought of and was very generous. He never charged a man or woman who were members of the clergy, no matter what religion. He was a Methodist by faith.
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