HENRY BRINKMAN, Sec. 28; P. O. Hurricane Grove; owns 80 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Germany in 1829; came to America in 1857, and settled in this county; in 1865, he settled on his present farm. Married Sophia Kuhn, a native of Germany; they have nine children - Mary Lizzie, Fred. H., Clara, Edward, William, Annie M., Albert, Ellen Nettie and Fanny Eve.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.