Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/153 Surname: Brockway, Tibbetts, Hunt ------------------------- Ft. Madison Weekly Democrat, Ft. Madison, Iowa; Wednesday, 7 September 1910; p.8 column 1 Nathaniel Brockway was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, February 14, 1836, died at Des Moines, Iowa, August 20, 1910. He was the ninth of a family of eleven children, only one of whom, Martin Brockway of Denmark, Iowa, survives him. He came to Iowa with his parents, who settled near Ft. Madison in 1838, thus having been a resident of this state 72 1/2 years. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 19th Iowa Volunteer Infantry and served to the end of the war. In December, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Tibbetts of Ft. Madison, Iowa, who still survives him. Two children were born to them, Ora H. Brockway of Des Moines and Mrs. Lasella Hunt of Redfield, Iowa. He lived on a farm in Lee County until 1892, then he moved to the present residence in Des Moines. In young manhood he was converted and joined the Congregational Church. On removing to Des Moines he joined the Presbyterian Church, of which he was still a member till his death.