Frederick Holbrook 1813 - 1909 Connecticut - Vermont

Frederick Holbrook Famous memorial
BIRTH
13 Feb 1813
East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH
28 Apr 1909 (aged 96)
Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA
BURIAL
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA
MEMORIAL ID
13080446 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 16
Vermont Governor. He attended Berkshire Gymnasium, a private school in Massachusetts, and studied farming in England. He then settled in Brattleboro, Vermont and became active in farming and business, serving as town historian and as Register of Probate from 1847 to 1850. He was also a founder of the Vermont Agricultural Society, and from 1850 to 1858 served as its first President. He inventor of an all steel plow and wrote numerous articles for agricultural publications. He served in the Vermont Senate from 1849 to 1850, and published a proposal to create a federal bureau of agriculture, a concept which was later adopted as the United States Department of Agriculture. In 1860 he was elected Governor as a Republican and served from 1861 to 1863. During his administration, which took place during the Civil War, Holbrook played a role in convincing President Abraham Lincoln and War Secretary Edwin S. Stanton to open hospitals far from the front lines, which aided the war effort by hastening the recovery of wounded soldiers. After leaving office he returned to his farm and business interests, including serving as President of Vermont Savings Bank. The Brattleboro family home built by Holbrook's father still stands and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Bio by: Bill McKern

Family Members
Parents

John Holbrook
1761–1838


Sarah Knowlton Holbrook
1767–1851

Spouse

Harriet Goodhue Holbrook
1817–1887

Siblings

Franklin Holbrook
1792–1810


Sibbel L. Holbrook Fessenden
1794–1835


Sophia K. Holbrook
1798–1821


John Calvin Holbrook
1808–1900

Children

Franklin Fessenden Holbrook
1837–1916


William Cune Holbrook
1842–1904


John Holbrook
1852–1901