Brookes D. Smith

Edward Detmold Smith
(1884-1949)

Bertha Nordstrom
(1892-1931)

Brookes D. Smith
(1922-2016)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Dorothy Agnes Drugan

Barbara Smith

Brookes D. Smith ² ³ ⁴

Born: 18 September 1922, , Trempealeau County, WI ³ ⁴
Marriage (1): Dorothy Agnes Drugan on 17 October 1945 in Trempealeau, WI ¹
Died: 9 January 2016, La Crosse, WI at age 93 ⁴
Buried: After 9 January 2016, Pine Cliff Cemetery, Galesville, WI ⁴

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Gale, WI on 16 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 13, Dwelling 134, Family 141, Roll 2614
Gale, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $1000
Brookes Smith..Son..7..WI
(Living with parents.)
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• He was buried after 9 January 2016 in the Pine Cliff Cemetery in Galesville, WI.

Find a Grave Memorial 156955607
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Brookes married Dorothy Agnes Drugan, daughter of Hubert Charles Drugan and Olive M. Perkins, on 17 October 1945 in Trempealeau, WI.¹ (Dorothy Agnes Drugan was born on 8 August 1924 in Trempealeau, WI,⁵ ⁶ ⁷ died on 1 June 2015 in La Crosse, WI ⁷ and was buried on 4 June 2015 in Pine Cliff Cemetery, Galesville, WI ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They resided in Galesville, WI in September 1949.
In the September 1949 obituary for Hubert Drugan, it mentioned that Dorothy and Brooks were from Galesville, Wisconsin.
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bullet Marriage Notes:

Marriage license: October 17, 1945, Vol. 11, Page 230, Trempealeau County Recorded Marriages (Whitehall, Wisconsin).
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Brookes & Dorothy Smith, Galesville, Wis. celebrated their 60th anniversary Oct. 17. They were married at St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church in Trempealeau, Wisconsin in 1945.

They have nine children: Patricia (Gerry) Eichman, Washburn, Wis.; Barbara (Kent) Jacobson, Ettrick, Wis.; Kathy Kujak, Fountain City, Wis.; Bonnie (William) Truax, Galesville, Wis.; Mary (Ray) Schubert, Galesville; Rebecca (Robert) Harris, Trempealeau, Wis.; Sandra (David) Salsman, Ettrick; Michael Smith (Nancy), Trempealeau; Daniel (Paula) Smith, Galesville.

They have 27 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

The couple owns and operates Brookes Implement in Galesville.

(Source: La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, WI, 24 Oct 2005)
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2 "Obituary for Hubert Drugan," La Crosse Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1949, p. 34.

3 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Gale, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 7A, dwelling 134, family 141, Edward Smith and Bertha Nordstrom; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Nov 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2614.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 28 October 2020, memorial page for Brookes D Smith (18 Sep 1922-9 Jan 2016), Find a Grave Memorial no. 156955607, citing Pine Cliff Cemetery, Galesville, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA

5 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet 5A, family 131, Hubert Charles Drugan and Olive M. Perkins; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Nov 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2614.

6 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 61-24, sheet 7B, household 163, Hubert Charles Drugan and Olive M. Perkins; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Apr 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 4529.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 28 October 2020, memorial page for Dorothy A. Drugan Smith (7 Aug 1924-1 Jun 2015), Find a Grave Memorial no. 193626351, citing Pine Cliff Cemetery, Galesville, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA

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