Israel Emory BROCKMAN

Name: Israel Brockman

Age: 26

Birth Year: abt 1824

Birthplace: Kentucky

Home in 1850: Sonoma, Sonoma, California, USA

Gender: Male

Family Number: 92

Household Members:

Name Age

Israel Brockman 26

Sarah J Brookman 19

M A M Brockman 0

1. Israel Brockman traveled to California with the Craig and

Stanley Wagon Party (according to Rick Russell who also

recommended the book authored by Edwin Bryant entitled

"What I Saw in California." ) On Oct. 6, 1864 he became a

member of the California Militia, Company D, and held the

rank of sergeant. This company was under the command

of Lt. Col. John C. Freemont.

2. The Israel Brockman tombstone in San Diego reads:

Israel Brockman

California (Genevive (Brockman) Allison,

SGT sister of William Everett

CALIFORNIA BN Brockman, was responsible for

Mexican War getting the state of CA to put

November 12, 1824 up this marker).

January 20, 1871

His tombstone is in Row "C," Grave "," Division "C" in the

Masonic Section of the Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego.

3. Israel was the first sheriff of Sonoma co., CA, 1850-54 and

was also the mayor of the city of Sonoma..

4. In 1854-55 he was the City Treasurer of Sonoma, CA.

5. In 1865 he went to Mazatlan, Mexico and left all of his children,

except his oldest son, Joseph Emory, with his parents.

6. About 1869-70 he returned to CA and settled near Julian,

south of San Diego.

7. He died from a broken blood vessel in his lung that occurred

while he was lifting a log.

SOURCES INCLUDE:

AFN:26SZ-PK.

Orange County Virginia Families IV:54-74.

1850 Sonoma co., CA census, page 14.

1860 Sonoma co., CA census, page 634.

1870 San Diego, San Diego co., CA census, page 504.

Correspondence with K. Paul Boggs, of Mountain Center, CA

Correspondence (1999) with Rick Russell of Clovis, CA

San Diego Union, 26 Jan 1871 (obituary).

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