Brooke, John R. (1838-1926)
- Name:
- Brooke, John R. (1838-1926)
- Title:
- Captain, 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, 1861
Colonel, 53rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army, 1866
Colonel, U. S. Army, 1879
Brigadier General, 7th Cavalry, U. S. Army, 1888
Major General, U. S. Army, 1897
Military Governor, Puerto Rico, 1898
Military Governor, Cuba, 1898-1899
Brigadier General, Department of the East, U. S. Army -1902 - Other Names:
- Brooke, John Rutter
- Born:
- 07/21/1838
- Birthplace:
- Pottstown, PA
- Died:
- 09/05/1926
- Death Location:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Residence:
- Pottstown, PA
Fort Shaw, MT 1880
St. Paul, MN 1895
Washington, DC
Philadelphia, PA
Rosemont, PA - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- U. S. Army Officer
- Father:
- Brooke, William
- Mother:
- Rutter, Martha
- Spouse:
- (1) Louisa Roberts, 1863
(2) Mary Laurinda Stearns (1849-1921), 1877 - Children:
- William, born November 22, 1864; died 1943
Louis Robert, born 1867; died 1920 - Notes:
- Official Army Register for 1912. Document No. 408. Adjutant General's Office. Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1911, 458.
John R. Brooke Papers, Histoical Society of Pennsylvania
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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