Brokaw, Norman H.

Abt 1857 - 1900  (~ 43 years)    Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Brokaw, Norman H.
  Born	Abt 1857	Centerville, Michigan
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1891
  Biography in Lion of the Fox
  1900 Census	1900	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Norman Brokaw 42 Kate E Brokaw 40 Jessy B Brokaw 16 Norman E Brokaw 6 Lottie E Shillcox 22
  Died	30 Oct 1900	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	31 Oct 1900
  New York Times
  Norman Brokaw, a millionaire paper manufacturer, died yesterday at Kaukauna, Wis., from appendicitis. He was one of the most prominent paper manufacturers in the country, owning mills at Kaukauna, Little Chute, Appleton, and Wausau. Source: New York Times (31 Oct. 1900)
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1007
  N. H. BROKAW, deceased. In the death of N. H. Brokaw, which occurred October 30, 1900, at Kaukauna, that city lost one of its most representative men, and one who was for many years connected with the business, religious and social interests of the section. Born at Centerville, Michigan, in 1857, he was a son of William C. and Mary (Hoffman) Brokaw, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of St. Joseph county, Michigan. William C. Brokaw was a millwright by trade, and for several years operated a mill at Centerville, Michigan, but in 1874 sold out and moved to Three Oaks, Berrien county, Michigan. His wife, who died in 1889, at Kaukauna, Wisconsin, was a daughter of Philip and Catherine (Bowman) Hoffman, early settlers of Three Rivers. N. H. Brokaw was educated in the public schools of Centerville, in the high school at Three Rivers from which he was graduated in 1874, and the college at Kalamazoo, from which he was given the degree of B. S. in 1877. He then studied law at Three Rivers, and in 1878 was admitted to the bar, but after spending one year in practice he decided to accept the position of superintendent of the pulp mill at Three Rivers, where he had spent his vacations while attending college and law school. In 1881 he became manager of the Marinette and Menominee Paper Company, and moved to the latter city, where he superintended the erection of two paper mills, and three years later organized the Falls Manufacturing Company, at Oconto Falls, where were built a ground wood pulp mill, a sulphite plant and a paper mill employing 120 men. Mr. Brokaw's ability as an organizer was demonstrated when he organized the Kaukauna Fiber Company, after being identified with the firm of Bradner, Smith & Company, in their Little Badger mill at Kaukauna, later sold to the Badger Paper Company. He was identified with the Kaukauna Fiber Company as secretary-treasurer and manager, and in 1889 superintended the erection of its large buildings, which were destroyed by fire in June, 1893. New structures were immediately built under Mr. Brokaw's supervision. He was a member of the Methodist Church, of which he was a trustee, and from the time of its organization until his death he served as superintendent of the Sunday school, trustee of Lawrence College and president of the Pulp Wood Supply Company from its organization until his death. Politically he was a staunch Prohibitionist, and his fraternal connection was with the Masonic fraternity at Kaukauna, in which order he had become a Knight Templar at Appleton. Under an unassuming and unobtrusive exterior, Mr. Brokaw had the force to plan and carry out ventures of a large nature, and his death undoubtedly took from Outagamie county one of its most able business men. His charities were many, but he was so modest in his philanthropy that the extent of it will never be known. September 1, 1880, Mr. Brokaw married, in Climax, Michigan, Miss Kate Edmonds, the estimable daughter of Rev. L. M. Edmonds, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Climax, Michigan. One son, Norman Edmonds, was born to them on the thirteenth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Brokaw's wedding.
  	Brokaw, Norman H. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Reference Number	2809
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I308005	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	Edmonds, Kate,   b. Abt 1859, Climax, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA ,   d. Abt 1948  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1880	Climax, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
  Children	1. Brokaw, Norman,   b. 1 Sep 1893,   d. Abt Nov 1973, Russellville, Franklin, Alabama, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F203290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - Abt 1857 - Centerville, Michigan Married - 1 Sep 1880 - Climax, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 1900 Census - 1900 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 30 Oct 1900 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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