JESSE BROOKS, general collecting agent and conveyancer, Bloomington; born in Norwich, N. Y., in 1830, a son of Socrates and Lucretia Brooks; came to Wisconsin in 1849, and located at Beetown, embarked in the land, law and Justice business, where he remained six years; was a teacher of schools for seven years in Grant County; came to Bloomington and located in 1864, where he established his present business, which has been increasing continually. In 1855, he was married in Beetown, to Josephene Hayden, a native of Maine, by whom he has six children - four sons and two daughters. Was charter member of I. O. O. F. in 1868, passed all the chairs, and is a member of Encampment; has been Justice of the Peace for seventeen years; always taken an active part in all school affairs, and all matters pertaining to the good of the town. Republican in politics.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.