Trying to find more info on my great grandfather, James Lydian Brock., who died in 1881.
In the 1860 census he is listed as a Physician, 42 years old married to Elizabeth, 24 years old. I believe he was the Mayor of Florence in 1867.
But it I see another James Brock as grocer, and another at that time listed as a manufacture.
Woukd appreciate any help.
Thank you,
Julia Brock
(sister of James Lydian Brock III)
You may already have this information, but I ran across a query on a Dr. James Brock in an issue of "The Southern Genealogist's Exchange" in 1977. Unfortunately, it was in "snippet view" and I could only read the first two sentences. It indicated that James Brock married Martha Jordan in Williamson County, Tennessee in 1840 and they had two children: William T. and ? (Ella?). In looking over the 1840 census, there is a James Brock in the Williamson County Census with a female the right age for Martha. According to the query, they moved to Marshall County, Mississippi and there is a James, Martha and William Brock (listed as Buck) in the Marshall County 1850 census.
William T. Brock became a lawyer in Florence and served as mayor in the 1870's. He was shot during an argument and died 1-1-1882.
A Dr James L. Brock married Bettie Isbell in 1859. It looks like they had two kids together: Mattie and Liza. She died around 1866 and there is some very interesting information on her Find-a-grave page. She is buried in Isbell Cemetery in Lauderdale County, AL. Mattie married SD Rice and died in 1912.
James Brock married Margaret Thompson in 1869 and they had two kids: Maggie and James Jr. Her obituary in 1905 lists them, but not her step-kids. Maggie married a Mr. Hall and moved to Maine.
In looking through the censuses for the different years you can see the blended family of different children from different mothers so I have come to the conclusion that the James Brocks are all the same man.
Hope this helps!