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| | McDonough County, Illinois, Alexander V. Brooking |
 | | BROOKING, formerly a prominent breeder of live-stock, in which he dealt extensively, and a well-known resident of Macomb, McDonough County, Ill., was born February 25, 1829, at Sulphur Springs, KY., where he enjoyed the advantages of the primitive schools of early days. |
 | | His father, Thomas Brooking, a son of Thomas V. Brooking, was a native of Richmond, VA., and his mother, Mary (Threshley) Brooking, was born near Lexington, KY. In 1834, Alexander V. |
 | | Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of McDonough County, compiled by Dr. Newton Bateman, and Paul Shelby, 1907. |
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