Jacob Matterson "Jake" BROCKMAN

1. "Jake" was Lewis Owen's eldest son. When the family traveled from MO to

TX he and has brother, John, were left in the Cherokee country near Vian.

Jacob would have been between 10-15 years old and John was two years

younger. They were left behind because there were not enough horses to

carry the load over the mountains in SE Oklahoma. When the family

returned to the Vian area, Lewis Owen farmed one of Jacob's farms.

2. Jake first went into the drug business in Vian with the pioneer doctor,

Dr. W.T. Bryan. This venture lasted only a couple of years and then

Jake went into the merchantile business with Mr. Tate and they operated

the Tate & Brockman store (hardware first and later it became a

department store). After a short time Jake bought Tate out and he

continued to operate the store until he retired. Clara, his sister, was

the book keeper at the store for several years. Jake's sons, Albert and

Lewis, continued the business. The department store was sold but the

hardware store is owned and operated by Don Brockman. Albert was with

the Brockman Store when it became the Vian IGA and he continued to be

the manager of this grocery store." (copied from the History of Sequoyah

County, OK, p. 158).

3. Copied from the History of the State of Oklahoma, p. 210:

"JACOB M. BROCKMAN is a member of the merchantile firm of Tate &

Brockman at Vian, and has resided in this vicinity and been engaged

in the promotion of its business affairs since 1884, so that he is in

many respects a pioneer citizen. He came here with his father Lewis,

who is still identified with Vian and the community around it.

His grandfather was Jacob Brockman, who was of German descent, and

one of the pioneer settlers of Chariton county, Missouri. The names of

his children as now remembered were John, Matthew, James, Joseph and

Lewis.

Lewis Brockman was born in Missouri in the forties, was brought up on

a farm, with only rural advantages of education, and being a younger

son did not enter the Confederate service with his father and brothers

but was enrolled in the home-guard service. During the [eighties] he

migrated to Texas, and conducted a small horse ranch in Callahan county

until he moved into the Cherokee country in [1886-7]. He has since

farmed and raised stock, and is one of the well known citizens of Vian.

He married Miss Jane Wink, of German lineage, who died near [Clayton,

OK 13 Mar 1887]. Their children were: Jacob M; John, of the Osage

country; Annie, wife of John Barney of Colorado; Jack, a resident of

Vian; Stella, wife of Samuel Gault; and James, of Vian."

SOURCES INCLUDE:

1900 Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation county [ED 47, Sheet 19A]

1910 Sequoyah county, OK census.

1920 Sequoyah co., OK census (Vian) [ED 167, Sheet 6B].

1930 Sequoyah co., OK census [ED 27, Sheet 5B].

History of Sequoyah county, OK.

Garden of Memories Cemetery, Vian, OK.

Marriage records of Sequoyah county, OK.

Probate records of Sequoyah county, OK.

A History of the State of

Oklahoma, Vol. II, page 210 (1910).

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