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Brown County Biographies
From "The Annals of Brown County", Grant Harrington, 1903


R. V. Brokaw.

R. V. Brokaw, proprietor of the Family Drug Store was born in Middlebush, New Jersey, January 2, 1864. He comes from French Huguenot stock his ancestors settling in New York and New Jersey in an early day. In 1870 the family came to Paola, Kansas and here he resided for thirteen years. In 1870 he went to work for the Missouri Pacific Railway. In 1881 he studied pharmacy at Louisburg, Kansas and later went into the drug business In the town of Jetmore. In January 1888 he removed to Caldwell, where he continued in the drug business, until 1889 when he went to Belle Plaine where he continued the same business. In September 1891 he came to Hiawatha entering the establishment of L. R. Yates as prescription clerk. Here he remained until a year ago when he purchased the Family Drug Store of R. D. McFadden. He is recognized as one of the pushers of the community. He is an active worker in the Knights of Pythias Lodge and is at the present time Deputy Grand Chancellor for the Eleventh District. He Is also an active and influential member of the Woodmen fraternity. In politics he is a Republican and has served on the county central committee and was secretary of the committee for two years. Mr. Brokaw was married December 29, 1887 to Miss Luella Parker. They have one child, a daughter.



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