 1820 - 1864
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| Name |
James Trask Holbrook |
| Born |
25 Dec 1820 |
Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
21 Jun 1864 |
Hubbardston, Ionia Co, Michigan |
| Buried |
East Side Cemetery, Hubbardston, Ionia Co, Michigan |
- The headstone index reads J.T. Hoolbrook.
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| Notes |
- James T. HOLBROOK was among those who voted 2 March 1829, to form a religious society called the Evangelical Congregational Society of Oakham, Massachusetts.
!Records of the Evangelical Congregational Church, Oakham, MA.
James was "Surveyor of Highways" for Oakham in 1845. According to the Settlement and Story of Oakham, Mass., He lived in the "Tottingham House."
James T. Holbrook was a member of the Fobes Memorial Library Association (Oakham) in 1848. He is also a member of the Oakham Lyceum, 1851-52. pp 108-109
In October, 1855, James and D. F. Hunter, another Massachusetts native, built the first store at Hubbardston, Ionia Co, the village containing at that time the saw-mill, the mill boardinghouse in charge of Mr. Crippen, and the dwelling-house of Albert Collister, the manager of the mill and representative of Hubbard, Taylor & Co. The store built and occupied by Holbrook & Hunter in 1855 was still in use in 1881 as a hardware store. The last child born in Oakham in Jan 1856, was George. It seems likely then that James came to Michigan alone (or with the older children) and the remainder of his family joined him in Ionia Co sometime in 1856. It was not until 14 May 1858 at a church meeting of the Evangelical Congregational Church of Oakham, MA, that the HOLBROOK family was dismissed by letter to the Congregational Church in Hubbardston. The church record erroneously gives the state as Wisconsin, not Michigan. !Records of the Evangelical Congregational Church, Oakham, MA.
Voter Registry of North Plains (1859-1882) James Holbrook 12 May 1859.
Holbrook & Hunter, (James T Holbrook and D S Hunter), general store North Plains 1863 Michigan Business Directory
James T. HOLBROOK was appointed the first postmaster of North Plains (later Hubbardston) 29 July 1861 and served in that capacity until June 1862. The small village of Hubbardston grew and in 1863 the saw-mill firm of Hubbard, Hitchcock & Co. and the mercantile firm of Holbrook & Hunter consolidated their interests under the firm-title of Homer, Holbrook & Co, and carried on saw-mill, grist-mill, and store, besides dealing also largely in pine-lands. By this time the village had a physician, a drug store and the first schoolhouse. In November, 1864, the death of James T. Holbrook caused a dissolution of the mill-firm and an immediate reorganization which by 1870 became the Hubbardston Lumber Company. In 1865, Hubbardston was laid out and platted to become incorporated as a village in 1867. !History of Ionia Co, Michigan by John S. Schenck, 1881
After the deaths of James T. and Electa B. (MORSE) HOLBROOK, the minor children seem to have been adopted by area families. The 1870 census for Ionia Co gives some clues. George H. HOLBROOK appears in the household of Mont. Spaulding, age 30, and his wife Adelia, age 28. Young George is listed age 13, born in Massachusetts, "at home by adoption". Henry M. Robinson and Maria (Holbrook) have the two youngest Ella and Frank at the time of the 1870 enumeration. They lived in nearby Bloomer Township, Montcalm County.
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| Person ID |
I1672 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
25 Sep 2006 |
| Father |
Henry Holbrook, Jr., b. 31 Jul 1790, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 09 Jul 1870, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| Mother |
Sarah (Sally) Trask, b. 30 Nov 1789, Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island , d. 27 Apr 1870, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
24 Nov 1813 |
Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts [2] |
| Family ID |
F238 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Electa Bothwell Morse, b. 30 May 1822, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 28 Jun 1864, Hubbardston, Ionia Co, Michigan |
| Married |
06 May 1841 |
Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts [3, 4, 5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Henry Eliakim Holbrook, b. 29 Apr 1842, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. Bef 1903 |
| | 2. James Morse Holbrook, b. 08 Aug 1843, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 07 Nov 1889, Michigan |
| | 3. Frederick Augustus Holbrook, b. 07 Nov 1845, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 11 May 1901, Hubbardston, Ionia Co, Michigan |
| | 4. Lucinda Maria Holbrook, b. 03 Sep 1847, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. Aft Jan 1920, probably, California |
| | 5. Catherine Trask Holbrook, b. 06 Sep 1849, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 1928, San Dimas, Los Angeles Co, California |
| | 6. Frank H. Holbrook, b. May 1852, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 02 Apr 1919, Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan |
| | 7. George H. Holbrook, b. 04 Feb 1854, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 13 Dec 1855, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| | 8. George H. Holbrook, b. 18 Jun 1856, Oakham, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. Bef 1910, California |
| | 9. Ella Frances Holbrook, b. Aug 1859, Hubbardston, Ionia Co, Michigan |
| | 10. Mary E. Holbrook, b. Sep 1862, Hubbardston, Ionia Co, Michigan , d. 12 May 1864, Michigan |
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| Family ID |
F191 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Bellingham:42.
- [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Bellingham;p.118.
- [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Oakham:49.
- [S166] Wright & Harvey, Story of Oakh, Wright, H. B. and E. D. Harvey, (Ernest L. Hayward, New HAven, CT, 1947), p.926.
- [S208] Harris, Pond, Harris, Edward Doubleday, (William Parsons Hunt, Boston, MA, 1878), p.51.
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