Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-03-10

sketch OF -four brothers. in honor OF
any one of whom the State might
well have named Brooke County
for all tour threw themselves into
the Revolutionary Army and Navy
with all the ardor Of their Youthful
souls, and fought the war through
to the end, Before the Revolution,
Robert and his brother Lawrence
Taliaferro Brooke had been sent by
their father from Virginia to Edin-
burg to be educated. Robert as a
lawyer, and Lawrence as physi-
clan. When the war broke out,
Robert succeeded ia making his es-
cape from the British Island, re-
turned TO Virginia, entered the army
because a Captain of Cavalry, was
wounded in a Cavalry fight at West
ham near Richmond returned to
the Army as soon as he had recov-
cred and served to the end of the
war He then practiced law, be-
came Governor OF the State in 1894,
defeating Bushrod Washington
(nephew OF General George, and
subsequently Justice of the SUI
preme Court OF U. 81 discovered
impecunious young Henry Clay,
took him into his office, taught him
law and started him on his illus
trious career, and afterwards become
Attorney General of the State. 1t
was in honor of him that Brooke
County was named You see he had
nothing to do with the Bon Homme
Richard. Young DR.. Lawrence Tai.
iaferro Brooke above mentioned sue
ceeded with difficulty in making his
way to Paris where Paul Jones and
Benjamin Franklin both were at
that time With the influence Of
Benjamin Franklin, Paul Jones APP
pointed young Dr. Brooke Surgeon
of the Bon Homme Richard, and he
was on board of that vessel in the
celebrated battle with the English
vessel, 1.-THE Scraps, off the coast of
Scotland He continued in the
American Navy until his death af-
ter the war. You see You got him
COMPOUNDED with his brother Rob-
ert.
Francis Taliaferro Brooke Twins J
received commissions as lieutenants
in Colonel Benjamin Harrison's Reg
iment of Artillery, and served to
the end of the war. Francis served
on General Greene's staff, with the
rank of Captain, and John rose to
the rank of Major of Artillery. At
the close of the war, Francis stud
led law, came to Morgantown to live
in about 1889, owned the lot on
which Mr. Frank Cox has recently
built ihis handsome residence, re.
turned to Eastern Virginia, became
a Judge, frequently came out TO
Morgantown to hold court, and was
a Judge of the Supreme Court of
Virginia for nearly forty years, dy-
ing aged about 80 years. John set.
tied at fredericksburg after the war
and died comparatively early. His
son, Lieut. Francis John West
Point) was killed in the battle of
Lake Okeechobee, (Florida) on
Christmas Day, 1887, Colonel Zach
airy Taylor commanding. In honor
of his gallantry, Fort Frank
Brooke, in Taylor County, Florida,
was named which must not be con-
| founded with 'sFort Frank Brooke"
at the head of Tampa Bay, which
was named in honor Of General
George Mercer Brooke.
You say that Tucker county was
named in honor of the Clerk Of the
House of Delegates. Here again you
are wrong. Tucker county was named
in honor of Judge Henry ST. George
Tucker, and not in honor Of his son,
the Clerk of the House OF Delegates.
The true account of the naming Of
the county is as follows. a committee
of the Legislature of 1867 reported
bill for erecting new county out OF
the territory Of Randolph. st. George
Tucker, Clerk of the House, was read
| ing the bill in front of the Speakers
chair, the name of the county had been
left blank, and also the name of the
county seat. Mr.. John Brannon (af-
forwards Judge Brannon) says that
probably the fact that Mr.. ST. George
Tucker was reading the bill suggested
to him the idea Of filing in the blank
for the name of the county with the
word 'sTucker" in honor Of that emf
nent jurist, Judge Henry ST. George
Tucker, and the blank for the name
Of the county seat with the name st.