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Birth: 02 Apr 1762 Amwell / Somerset / NJ Death: 05 Oct 1842 / Hamilton / OH
United States, Census Office. A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services
Spouse: (1) Bethiah Goodspeed; (2) Mary Lott Children: Moses;
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Author: Michael J. Blum
He was born about 1761-63. He appeared on the 1840 Ohio Census list of pensioners for Revolutionary or military services. An obituary for John Brooks in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette stated he died October 5, 1842, at the age of 81 in the fourth ward of Cincinnati. Burial location unknown. { Works Progress Administration (WPA) Revolutionary War Veteran burial records in Ohio; Cincinnati-Hamilton County Public Library, History/Genealogy department.} He was born about 1761-63. He appeared on the 1840 Ohio Census list of pensioners for Revolutionary or military services. At that time he resided in the 4th ward in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Revolutionary War Soldiers, Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio”; Little Miami Publ. Co. Milford, Ohio, 2010. By DAR, Cincinnati Chapter. Many veterans buried in family cemeteries, neighborhood plots or small church burial grounds which are now extinct and or built over during the disappearance of rural areas and the increase of urban communities in Hamilton County during the late 19th century or 20th century are now lost to our knowledge. Their families having re-located, their descendants now not knowing their homes, deeds, and/or burial locations lead to their obscurity.
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