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Brockenbrough, John

bishop coadjutor of Virginia, was born Feb. 7, 1839, in Westmoreland county, Va. During the civil war he was first an assistant and then a full surgeon in the Confederate states army, and served throughout the war. When peace was restored, he practiced medicine for a time in Westmoreland county. He was elected bishopcoadjutor in 1894, and consecrated the same year.

BROCKENBROUGH, LAWRENCE RUSH, railroad manager, was born Nov. 18, 1853, in Louisville, Ky. He has been connected with the management of several railroads; and since 1895 has been general passenger agent of the Ohio Southern railroad at Springfield, Ohio.

BROCKENBROUGH, WILLIAM H., lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1813. He went to Florida, and under the territorial government he was a senator from the western district and at one time president of the senate. He was United States district attorney, and also judge; and was a representative in congress from Florida from 1845 to 1847. He was also a presidential elector on several occasions. He died June, 1850, in Tallahassee, Fla.

BROCKETT, HATTIE FOSTER FOSTER NOURSE, philanthropist, was born Feb. 22, 1866, in Charleston, W. Va. She is prominently connected with various societies; and is the vice-president of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.