Parents : 
Father : Benjamin Brokaw
Mother : Mary Ann Smith

Date of Birth : May 16th 1822 
Place of Birth : Jefferson, Harrison Co., OH²

Spouse 1 : 
Name : Czarena Fletcher
Date of Marriage : April 23 1844
Place of Marriage : Racine, Meigs Co., OH²
Died : Oct. 14, 1904²
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Spouse 2 : 
Name : Mrs. Lydia (Ellis) Daugherty²
Date of Marriage : June 1, 1905²
Place of Marriage : 
Born: May 19, 1856²
Died :
Notes : Widow, No Children by this marriage²

Date of Death : May 5th 1916 
Place of Death : Stockport, Morgan Co., OH
Cause of Death : 
Burial Information : 

Biography : "Obadiah Brokaw, born Jefferson Co., Ohio, lived in Harrison and Morgan Counties, during his youth.  When his folks moved to "Brokaw Hill," he helped in clearing the land. He learned the blacksmith trade, and, for many years had his own shop at Hooksburg, on the Muskingum River; at one time had a slat business, as, in those days, they evaporated salt from water, and he took the salt, on a flat-boat, down the Muskingum to market.  In 1865 he sold his blacksmith shop and acquired the "Blockhouse Farm" on Big Bottom, near Stockport, Ohio, about a mile South the town.  This was on the site of the Big Bottom massacre, by the Indians killing the settlers. 
     He became an authority on Valley history, and later in life, he deeded about two acres of the land to the Ohio Historical Society, which included the "Block House" site.  He erected a monument there to commemorate the Massacre, which took place in the 1790's. The 1850 census lists them at Stockport, 1860 through 1880, Windsor Twp., Morgan County."²

Family : 
Mary Brokaw² *
Lucy Brokaw²
Charles Wesley Brokaw²
John Enfield Brokaw²
Henry Obediah Brokaw²
George Clarence Brokaw²