Veteran Civil War - Co H & E 12th Illinois infantry

Alexander was the son of Alexander Holbrook and Elizabeth Tompkins. He married Laetitia R Nelson on 26 Feb 1863 in Bureau Co, Illinois. They were the parents of 8 children, 6 living in 1900: Mattie (1864), George (1866), Amy (1867, Amy was a teacher in Council Bluffs, George A. Stavely), Mary Eva (1869), Maude L (1873-1948)and May Viola (1873-1954), Edith Idella (1877), and another son.

CENSUS 1850 Princeton, Bureau, Illinois
Alexander Holbrook Male 43 Kentucky
Elizabeth Holbrook Female 35 Tennessee
William A Holbrook Male 20 Illinois
Isaac Holbrook Male 18 Illinois
Rhoda Holbrook Female 17 Illinois
Nina Holbrook Female 15 Illinois
Alfred Holbrook Male 14 Illinois
Harriet Holbrook Female 12 Illinois
Joseph W Holbrook Male 10 Illinois
Alexander Holbrook Male 9 Illinois
Jeremiah Holbrook Male 8 Illinois
George Holbrook Male 1 Illinois

Civil War Record: Enlisted April 19, Mustered May 2, 1861 3 months
Mustered out Aug 1, 1861 Co H 3 months
Leititia R pentioned Nov 4, 1907

Name Alexander H Holbrook
Death Date 23 Sep 1907
Birthplace Tiskilwa, Illinois
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 1861-1949
Event Place Iowa, United States

CENSUS 1880 Manlius, Bureau, Illinois
Alexander Holbrook Self Male 39 Illinois, United States
Lastia Holbrook Wife Female 36 Canada
Martha Holbrook Daughter Female 16 Illinois, United States
George W. Holbrook Son Male 14 Illinois, United States
Emma B. Holbrook Daughter Female 13 Illinois, United States
Mary E. Holbrook Daughter Female 10 Illinois, United States
May Holbrook Daughter Female 7 Illinois, United States
Maud Holbrook Daughter Female 7 Illinois, United States
Charles Smith Other Male 20 Illinois

Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992
Name Alexander Holbrook
Sex Male
Age 66
Burial Date 26 Sep 1907
Death Date 23 Sep 1907
Death Place Sac City, Sac, Iowa, United States
Death Place (Original) Sac City, Sac, Iowa
Birth Date 17 Apr 1841
Birthplace Illinois
Marital Status Married
Occupation Farmer
Father's Name A. Holbrook
Father's Sex Male
Father's Birthplace Kentucky
Mother's Name Eliz. Tompkins
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Death
Reference p 15A
Cemetery Oakland Cem.

The Sac Sun - Thursday , October 3rd, 1907 - The funeral of Alexander Holbrook, whose demise occurred Monday night Sept 23, 1907, was held at the Methodist Episcopal church in this city on Thursday afternoon of last week.

After a brief service at the late home of the decedent at 3, the remains were borne to the church where Rev William Black delivered a funeral discourse. As Mr Holbrook was a veteran of the civil war, the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic and Woodman's Relief Corps attended the funeral.

Among the friends present at the funeral were 3 of the sons-in-law and daughters namely: Mr and Mrs BH Marple of Douglas township; Mr and Mrs George Stavely of Council Bluffs; and Mr and Mrs OR Layton of Eden townships, another daughter Mrs WC Honeycomb of Shellsberg, WI, a brother Jeremiah Holbrook of Princeton, IL; Mrs Holbrooks brother James Nelson of Spring Valley, IL, Mrs Holbrooks brother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs Gideon Richtmyer of Estherville, Mrs Holbrooks brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs JB Nelson of Orr, ND and John Johnson of Eldora, IA, an old neighbor.