BLACKSMITH AND CIVIL WAR SOLDIER
"T.J." is best remembered as a Civil War Soldier who served in several units of the Union Army throughout the war (1861-1865). He enlisted as Pvt. in the 4th Mass. Cavalry, Co."B". and saw active service in South Carolina, Florida and Virginia. He was promoted to Sgt. in the 5th Mass. Cavalry ("colored"), Co. "E" as Farrier (blacksmith) and soldier, seeing battle throughout the war. He was an ardent Abolitionist, staying in South after the war, volunteering at Freedman Bureau schools teaching trades, primarily blacksmith skills."
"He later moved to Janesville, WI. where his brother, Oscar and other family members had moved before the war. There in Wisconsin, he operated a family farm near Beloit, and maintained a livery business and adjacent tavern together with his brothers and nephews. He was a GAR member(veteran group of Civil War soldiers)in Janesville for many years. He was described as a strong, "large, muscular man" who commanded authority and "had a quick temper". As the family's eldest son, he had taken on many adult responsibilities during his youth, caring for his mother and siblings after the early death of their father. His father, also named Thomas Jefferson, had died in an industrial accident in Manchester, NH when "T.J." was an adolescent. Thereafter left school then and went to work to support the family."
"T. J." married Mary Ferron before the Civil War(Jan 25 1846) in Manchester, NH; they had four children: Frank(1850), George (1853) Tom (1848), Mary Ann (1856). She died in 1872; he remarried to Martha Augusta "Fanny" Young.She survived him. "TJ" died in 1884 from typhoid fever in Janesville, WI.
His Civil War uniform, pistol, rifle and sword have been passed down in the family as proud artifacts of his war service."
quoted from: "Biographies of the Early Brooks Family of Massachusetts" by Wright W.Brooks (1973).
"T.J." is best remembered as a Civil War Soldier who served in several units of the Union Army throughout the war (1861-1865). He enlisted as Pvt. in the 4th Mass. Cavalry, Co."B". and saw active service in South Carolina, Florida and Virginia. He was promoted to Sgt. in the 5th Mass. Cavalry ("colored"), Co. "E" as Farrier (blacksmith) and soldier, seeing battle throughout the war. He was an ardent Abolitionist, staying in South after the war, volunteering at Freedman Bureau schools teaching trades, primarily blacksmith skills."
"He later moved to Janesville, WI. where his brother, Oscar and other family members had moved before the war. There in Wisconsin, he operated a family farm near Beloit, and maintained a livery business and adjacent tavern together with his brothers and nephews. He was a GAR member(veteran group of Civil War soldiers)in Janesville for many years. He was described as a strong, "large, muscular man" who commanded authority and "had a quick temper". As the family's eldest son, he had taken on many adult responsibilities during his youth, caring for his mother and siblings after the early death of their father. His father, also named Thomas Jefferson, had died in an industrial accident in Manchester, NH when "T.J." was an adolescent. Thereafter left school then and went to work to support the family."
"T. J." married Mary Ferron before the Civil War(Jan 25 1846) in Manchester, NH; they had four children: Frank(1850), George (1853) Tom (1848), Mary Ann (1856). She died in 1872; he remarried to Martha Augusta "Fanny" Young.She survived him. "TJ" died in 1884 from typhoid fever in Janesville, WI.
His Civil War uniform, pistol, rifle and sword have been passed down in the family as proud artifacts of his war service."
quoted from: "Biographies of the Early Brooks Family of Massachusetts" by Wright W.Brooks (1973).
BLACKSMITH AND CIVIL WAR SOLDIER
"T.J." is best remembered as a Civil War Soldier who served in several units of the Union Army throughout the war (1861-1865). He enlisted as Pvt. in the 4th Mass. Cavalry, Co."B". and saw active service in South Carolina, Florida and Virginia. He was promoted to Sgt. in the 5th Mass. Cavalry ("colored"), Co. "E" as Farrier (blacksmith) and soldier, seeing battle throughout the war. He was an ardent Abolitionist, staying in South after the war, volunteering at Freedman Bureau schools teaching trades, primarily blacksmith skills."
"He later moved to Janesville, WI. where his brother, Oscar and other family members had moved before the war. There in Wisconsin, he operated a family farm near Beloit, and maintained a livery business and adjacent tavern together with his brothers and nephews. He was a GAR member(veteran group of Civil War soldiers)in Janesville for many years. He was described as a strong, "large, muscular man" who commanded authority and "had a quick temper". As the family's eldest son, he had taken on many adult responsibilities during his youth, caring for his mother and siblings after the early death of their father. His father, also named Thomas Jefferson, had died in an industrial accident in Manchester, NH when "T.J." was an adolescent. Thereafter left school then and went to work to support the family."
"T. J." married Mary Ferron before the Civil War(Jan 25 1846) in Manchester, NH; they had four children: Frank(1850), George (1853) Tom (1848), Mary Ann (1856). She died in 1872; he remarried to Martha Augusta "Fanny" Young.She survived him. "TJ" died in 1884 from typhoid fever in Janesville, WI.
His Civil War uniform, pistol, rifle and sword have been passed down in the family as proud artifacts of his war service."
quoted from: "Biographies of the Early Brooks Family of Massachusetts" by Wright W.Brooks (1973).
"T.J." is best remembered as a Civil War Soldier who served in several units of the Union Army throughout the war (1861-1865). He enlisted as Pvt. in the 4th Mass. Cavalry, Co."B". and saw active service in South Carolina, Florida and Virginia. He was promoted to Sgt. in the 5th Mass. Cavalry ("colored"), Co. "E" as Farrier (blacksmith) and soldier, seeing battle throughout the war. He was an ardent Abolitionist, staying in South after the war, volunteering at Freedman Bureau schools teaching trades, primarily blacksmith skills."
"He later moved to Janesville, WI. where his brother, Oscar and other family members had moved before the war. There in Wisconsin, he operated a family farm near Beloit, and maintained a livery business and adjacent tavern together with his brothers and nephews. He was a GAR member(veteran group of Civil War soldiers)in Janesville for many years. He was described as a strong, "large, muscular man" who commanded authority and "had a quick temper". As the family's eldest son, he had taken on many adult responsibilities during his youth, caring for his mother and siblings after the early death of their father. His father, also named Thomas Jefferson, had died in an industrial accident in Manchester, NH when "T.J." was an adolescent. Thereafter left school then and went to work to support the family."
"T. J." married Mary Ferron before the Civil War(Jan 25 1846) in Manchester, NH; they had four children: Frank(1850), George (1853) Tom (1848), Mary Ann (1856). She died in 1872; he remarried to Martha Augusta "Fanny" Young.She survived him. "TJ" died in 1884 from typhoid fever in Janesville, WI.
His Civil War uniform, pistol, rifle and sword have been passed down in the family as proud artifacts of his war service."
quoted from: "Biographies of the Early Brooks Family of Massachusetts" by Wright W.Brooks (1973).
Inscription
The current Janesville cemetery family monument was originally white marble, It had medallion discs on each of the four sides of the obelisk, each filled with lettering for each family member.
Family Members
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