Tarlton Fleming BROCK

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Ancestry Family Trees
1830 US Federal Census Greene,Illinois
1840 US Federal Census Jasper,Illinois
1850 US Federal Census Township 7 Range 12,Jersey,Illinois
1870 US Federal Census Jersey Co.,Illinois
FindAGrave.com
Illinois Marriages to 1850 (Ancestry.com)
1860 US Federal Census Otter Creek,Jersey,Illinois
Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (Ancestry.com), to Maude E Curtis
Letter - Howard Brock Elder to Charles Hosmer, 17 Dec 1987 (Linda Brock Fam. Records)

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                   Biography of Tarlton F. Brock, written 1872
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Biographies in the Atlas Map of Jersey County, Illinois 
by Andreas, Lyter & Co., Davenport, IA, 1872
Tarlton F. BROCK was born in Franklin county, Virginia, July 16, 1802. He is the fourth child of Tubal and Dosia Brock, who were natives of Virginia. They settled in Missouri in October, 1817, where they remained till the fall of 1821, when Mrs. Brock died, and Mr. B. returned east, visiting in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. He came to Illinois in January, 1836, and after visiting his sone, Tarlton F., he went to Missouri, and died in the southwestern part of that state in August, 1842, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. He had a family of five children, all deceased except Tarlton F. and Mrs. Martha, relict of James Johnson. The subject of this sketch was first married, September 3, 1821, to Mrs. Susanna Antrobuss, of Kentucky. By this marriage he had three children, two of whom are still living, viz: Joseph, engaged in merchandize at Elsa, Ill., and Sarah, present wife of Thomas L. Moss, of Mt. Vernon, Ill. Mrs. Brock died September 13, 1826. He was again married, February 15, 1827, to Miss Lucinda Slaten, daughter of Rev. George and Lucinda Slaten, of Carrollton, Ill. He had ten children by this union; nine attained mature years and eight are now living, and mostly well settled in life. Mrs. Brock died September 23(?), 1871. He was afterward married to his present wife, Miss Maud E. Curtis, daughter of Moses Curtis, of Iowa. Mr. Brock first settled in Greene county in April, 1825, near Carrollton, where he resided till the spring of 1829 (March 18), when he settled on the northeast quarter of section 25, township 7, range 12, where he now resides. Mr. Brock was educated in Virginia; has followed farming and teaching, having taught to some extent in Illinois and Missouri. He was the first postmaster appointed at Otter Creek post office (in 1832), which position he filled for several years. He was on the staff of Col. J. T. Askew during the Black Hawk campaign. Mr. Brock had endeavored to give his family the advantages of good education. Two of his daughters (Mary, present wife of H. Johnson, attorney, of Carrollton, Ill., and Elizabeth, present wife of George Merritt, artist, of Winchester, Ill.) were educated at the Illinois Female College, Jacksonville. Two of his sons (Tubal C.(?) of southwest Missouri, and John W., of Live Oak, Florida) were educated at McKendree College, Illinois. Mr. B. has been a member of the M. E. Church since May, 1823, and the length of his official service in the church exceeds that of any member in the Alton district. As an active, intelligent, and upright citizen, Mr. Brock is highly respected in the community where nearly forty years of his life has been passed, and in which he has been successful and useful.
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Old Settler Society, Jersey County, Illinois
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Old Settler Society 1877 
From the Jersey County Democrat, August 30, 1877. 
Thirteen of their number have gone to their long homes since their last annual meeting one year ago, namely: 
John F. SMITH John UTT J. M. TERRY W. P. JARBOE T. F. BROCK P. C. WALKER O. H. KNAPP Mrs. Samuel HENSON Mrs. Joel HENSON J. W. LOFTON Solomon RICE Sebastian WATSON Geo. HOFFMAN 
Thirty have died since the organization of the society in 1872. There are but few left, and these few are fast dwindling away, and by the time the next annual reunion rolls around there will be many absent ones at the roll call.
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Obituary from http://jersey.illinoisgenweb.org/obits/ObituariesB2a.htm:
BROCK, Tarlton F., born 16-07-1802, Franklin, Virginia, died 11-1876. Tarlton F Brock, 75, died at his home. Old citizen of Jersey County having removed to Greene County in spring of 1825 and settled near Carrollton. In March 1829 he removed to south Greene County, northwest of Jerseyville and settled on the place from which he has just been removed by death. Joined ME church in 1823. Class leader, exhorter for nearly 50 years. Great friend of education and did much to promote same. Born in Franklin county, VA, July 16, 1802. First postmaster appointed at Otterville around 1832. Served in Black Hawk war, being on staff of Col J. T. Askew. Funeral from Salem church. Rev Harmon serving.
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From his son John W. Brock's bio in "History of Henderson County, 1882":
In 1819 his father [Tarlton Fleming Brock] accompanied his (the father's) brother-in-law from St. Louis to Council bluffs, where the latter had contracted to supply the post of that place with supplies. the trip consumed the summer. the journey was made in keel boats propelled by oars, sail or cordell, as circumstances necessitated or permitted. the parents of Mr. Brock [Tarlton and Lucinda] were married in 1827and settled the farm on which John W. was born two years later.