About Sheldon Brooks
Lived 1811 – 1883 (aged 71–72). Sheldon Brooks was an American politician.
Sheldon Brooks (May 20, 1811 – May 19, 1883) was an American medical doctor and politician.
Brooks was born in Redfield, Oswego County, New York. He was a farmer and a medical doctor. In 1856, Brooks moved to Minnesota and helped platt the community of Beaver, Winona County, Minnesota. He continued to farm and practiced medicine. Brooks served in the Winona County Commission and then in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860. In 1862, he started a grain warehouse in Minneiska, Minnesota and was involved with the lumber business. Brooks died in Winona, Minnesota and was in failing health.
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Who was Sheldon Brooks?
American politician – Minnesota -House 1859-60 (District 11)
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Sheldon Brooks was born in 1811 in New York.
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Sheldon Brooks died on 19 May 1883.
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Sheldon Brooks was a politician.
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