Dr. Alexander Lane Brobeck
(1853-1939) |
Dr. Alexander Lane Brobeck 1 2 3 4 5
FamilySearch ID: K89M-FPJ. Noted events in his life were: 1. Book: Portrait and Biographical Record of Iroquois County, Illinois, 1893. 1 2. Census in 1900 in Wellington, Iroquois, IL. 6 The 1900 census recorded Alexander Brobeck, doctor, 47, born Jan 1853, living with wife Dollie, 32, May 1868; daughters Nellie, 9, Dec 1891, and Yzel, 8, Dec 1892; and son James, 5, Dec 1895. Alexander and his parents were born in Tennessee. Dollie, her parents, and her children were born in Illinois. Alexander and Dollie were married for 15 years and she had birthed 3 children all alive in 1900. 3. Census in 1910 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. 7 The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 748 Penn Street: Alexander L. Brobeck, 57, living with wife Dollie, 49; daughter Zazel, 18; son James V., 16; and brother John Brobeck, 46. Alexander and John and their parents were born in Tennessee. Dollie was born in Illinois, her father in Ohio and mother in Michigan. The children were born in Illinois. Alexander and Dollier were married for 20 years and she had birthed 3 children, all alive in 1910. 4. Census in 1920 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. 8 The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 748 East Penn Street: Alexander L. Brobeck, physician, 63, living with wife Dollie A., 50. Alexander and his parents were born in Tennessee. Dollie was born in Illinois, her parents in Michigan. 5. Census in 1930 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. 9 The 1930 census recorded owning a $4000 home at 748 E. Penn Street: Alexander Brobeck, doctor, general practice, 76, living with wife Dallie [sic] A. Brobeck, 66. Alexander was married at age 33 and Dollie A. at 18. Alexander and his parents were born in Tennessee. Dollie was born in Illinois, her father in Indiana and mother in Michigan. 6. Occupation: physician on 16 Jan 1939 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. 5 7. Obituary: St. Louis Star and Times: Aged Illinois Doctor Dies on 17 Jan 1939 in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. 4 DANVILLE, ILL., Jan 17. -- Dr. Alexander Brobeck, 88, eastern Illinois' oldest practicing physician, was dead today. He was born in Limeston, Tenn., and was graduated from Washington Medical College, St. Louis, and the Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville. Alexander married Dollie Alice Pruitt, daughter of Joseph Austin Pruitt and Augusta Lydia Hurd, on 28 Oct 1886 in , Iroquois, IL.1 2 (Dollie Alice Pruitt was born on 2 May 1868 in Wellington, Iroquois, IL,10 died on 17 Nov 1948 10 and was buried in Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL 10.) |
1 "Portrait and Biographical Record of Iroquois County, Illinois" (Chicago, Lake City Publishing Co., 1893.), http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilicgs/bio/page3.htm Biography of A. L. Brobeck M.D.
2 FamilySearch.org, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF2M-BLN A. L. Brobeck and Dolly Pruitt, 28 Nov 1886; citing Iroquois, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,321,548.
3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29249375.
4 The St. Louis Star and Times (St. Louis, MO), 17 Jan 1939, page 5. Obituary of Dr. Alexander Brobeck.
5 FamilySearch.org, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, ttps://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQQ9-J3P : 9 March 2018), Alexander Lane Brobeck, 16 Jan 1939; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,819,605.
6 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWD-GCT Alexander Brobeck, Lovejoy Township Wellington village, Iroquois, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 9A, family 177.
7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKF9-W18 Alexander L Brobeck, Hoopeston Ward 4, Vermilion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 171, sheet 4B, family 96.
8 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJZ9-NYW Alexander L Brobeck, Hoopeston Ward 4, Vermilion, Illinois, United States; citing ED 190, sheet 2B, line 99, family 44.
9 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3MG-7TQ Alexander Brobeck, Hoopeston, Vermilion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 50, sheet 7B, line 61, family 180.
10 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29249349.
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