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Note: 1. He was a wagon maker, surgeon, preacher (Disciples of Christ) and he commanded the Brown County Militia against the Mormons at Nauvoo, IL. 2. His blacksmith shop in Mt. Sterling was at the NE corner of N. Cross and Main St; his bother, Lewis, had a wagon shop on the same property. 3. Was a follower of Barton Stone and preached throughout Brown county, IL. 4. Served on the first board of county (Brown) commissioners, 1839-1840. 5. Was a colonel (36 IL Rgt.) on 28 Jun 1844 at the time of the death of Joseph Smith; also headed the posse that helped expell the Mormans from Nauvoo, IL. 6. Moved to Fort Scott, KS in the 1850's and took part in the border conflict; he was often in danger from the pro-slavery movement. According to information posted on the Brockman Family Forum by Paul R. Brockman (1 Aug 2001), Thomas S. Brockman "went to Xenia, Bourbon County, KS, where he was a Campbellite preacher and a founder of the first Masonic Lodge in Kansas." 7. In the Ritchey book he was described as an abolitionist. The following statement is from page 121 of this book and it describes the feeling of the Ritchey family toward their in-law, Thomas Brockman...."He had gone eagerly into the Union army in 1862, and even before that, had frequently left his wife and family alone on the Kansas farm. The fact that she was obliged to apply to the aid society for assistance touched her brothers' pride. Samuel's scorn for one he considered an improvished husband and father was fully expressed in the terse comment that his sister and her children "may be suffering now for something to eat, and he eating big dinners and preaching big sermons about suffering Kansas." Yet, in view of the disturbances on the border, they could do little for her." 8. Pages 5 and 6 of the Ritchey Family book contain much information about the Thomas and Jane Ritchey family. 9. Have also seen his dod as 14 Nov 1867 and the name of the cemetery as Boulware Cemetery. 10. Have also seen his dob as 21 Oct 1811 (One WorldTree Service (Ancestry.com)). 11. He was described as being a blacksmith in the 1850 and 1860 census. 12. In the 27 Jul 1865 census he was identified as being a Campbellite preacher. 13. He was living in Freedom, Bourbon co., KS when he enlisted as a private on 30 Aug 1862 in Company H, of the12th Kansas Infantry Regiment. He was mustered out at Fort Levenworth, KS on 13 Jul 1863. SOURCES INCLUDE: Brockman Family Genealogy Forum information posted by Paul R. Brockman on 10 Aug 2001 (Re: Thomas Brockman/Jane Richie). Clark, Meribah E. (1976) The James and Eliza Ritchey Family, 1700 - 1976. Stevens Publ. Co., Astoria, IL. 1850 Mt. Sterling, Brown co., IL census. 1860 Bourbon county, KS Territory. 1865 Franklin, Bourbon co. KS State Census. World Family Tree CD 89, pedigree 205. .
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