Robert Lewis Brockenbrough (b. October 13, 1846, d. April 26, 1886)
Robert Lewis Brockenbrough (son of John White Brockenbrough and Mary Colston Bowyer)101 was born October 13, 1846 in Lexington, Virginia, and died April 26, 1886 in Brunswick, Missouri. He married Mary A. Grasty on June 12, 1876 in Austin, Texas.
Notes for Robert Lewis Brockenbrough: VMI Class of 1866 He matriculated at V.M.I from Lexington, August 28, 1862, and was a cadet for two years. In the battle of New Market he was 3rd Corporal of Co. A. When Dr. Upshur delivered the address at the unveiling of the New Market Monument in 1903 he said: "In the battalion where all did well Evans, our color bearer, and the color guard, Wood, Atwill, Royster, and Brockenbrough are worthy of special commendation for their splendid valor." After the session he entered the military service and was assigned to Gen. Jos. E. Johnston's army, at the time in South Carolina. He was soon promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant and so served until the cessation of hostilities. He then entered Washington College and was graduated in 1868, being the valedictorian of his class. While a professor at the Texas Military Institute he studied law and in after years of practiced that profession in St. Louis, Mo. In his later years he was principal of the public schools in Brunswick, Mo. After a short illness he died April 26, 1886 and was buried in Mexico, Mo., beside two of his children. A handsome monument was erected to his memory by the school children of Brunswick.
More About Robert Lewis Brockenbrough and Mary A. Grasty: Marriage: June 12, 1876, Austin, Texas.
Children of Robert Lewis Brockenbrough and Mary A. Grasty are:
Robert Lewis Brockenbrough (b. October 13, 1846, d. April 26, 1886)
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