“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


REV. JOHN H. BROCKMANN, Pastor of the German Evangelical 
Lutheran Church of Watertown and vicinity; born in Hanover Feb. 8, 
1833; educated in Europe; ordained to the Christian ministry in Germany 
in 1861; came to America in 1862; he preached at Ahnapee, Wis., four 
years, afterward two years at Mosel, Sheboygan Co.; in 1868, he went to 
Fort Atkinson, where he remained until he came to Watertown, in 
January, 1875.  Mr. Brockmann married Sophia Scheele Oct. 3, 1862; 
she was born in Germany.  They have three children – Johanna, 
Theodore and Paul.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)