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Aging Patriot Gen Brinkerhoff to Retire From Ohio Board
General Roeliff Brinkerhoff, 83, prominent editor, lawyer and abolitionist, will retire from the Ohio State Charities Board after 33 years of service. He helped found the National Prison Congress and led charity work in Ohio and Chicago. He witnessed Lincoln’s assassination and knew many great statesmen including Chase, Stanton, Grant, Sherman, Hayes, and McKinley.
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Roeliff Brinkerhoff
Ohio
Brinkerhoff
Board of
State Charities
Harmon
Mansfield
National Charities and Correctional Conference
Chicago
Ohio Charities and Correction Conference
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Buckeye
Chase
Stanton
Grant Sherman
Hayes
McKinley
Quartermaster’s Department
Union Army
Lincoln
John Ilkes Booth
Booth
Maine
Grant
Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden
Sherman
Sheridan
Garfield
Owasedt
Cayuga County
New York
The
Herald
Davi Locke
Petroleum V. Nasby