Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 504.
 
GEORGE W. BROCK

     who stands at the head of a nice furniture and house furnishing business at
Moro, Sherman county, is one of  the leading business men of the county and was
born in Illinois on October 25, 1857. Thomas Brock, his father, was a native of
Tennessee and his parents of Virginia. The paternal grandfather of our subject
fought in the Revolution and had one heel shot away. He endured all manner of
hardships and afterward was frozen to death while hunting, after the war was
over. Our subject's father served three years in Company K, One Hundred and
Twenty-second Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, fighting, for the union
and his death occurred on January 15, 1888. He had married Margaret A. Etter, a
native of Illinois, and now residing in Moro. Our subject spent the first
thirteen years of his life in Illinois attending the district school and then
the family moved to Missouri, where they remained ten years. During this time,
he learned the miller's trade, then went to Arkansas, later to Texas and
afterward returned to Illinois and in all these places, was occupied at his
trade. In 1888, Mr. Brock arrived in Sherman county, having a family of a wife
and two children and the capital of eight dollars. He took government land,
worked at various employments and gradually improved his place, later adding
one-fourth of a section. He also rented government land and farmed on an
extensive scale. In 1897, Mr. Brock came to Moro and erected a building for a
restaurant, which he operated for a little over two years. In February, 1901, he
opened his present business and has since given his entire attention to
conducting the same, having, met with splendid success in it.
     In 1886, while in Missouri, Mr. Brock married Alice Miller, who was born in
Indiana where also her parents were born. Her mother, Susan E. (Stephens)
Miller, died in Moro in 1897. Mr. Brock has four brothers, Thomas R., a farmer
in Kansas; Isaac N., a railroad man in Missouri ; Samuel J., a farmer in Sherman
county ; and Charles W., a partner of our subject. Mrs. Brock has three
brothers; John I., in the Hood River Valley ; Abraham H., in Idaho ; and Edgar
B., in Sherman county. She also has two sisters, Clara, the wife of Wesley
Roark, in Indian Territory ; and Ida M., wife of Horace M. Strong, who lives
adjacent to Moro and mentioned elsewhere in this work.  Mr. and Mrs. Brock have
four children, Edith P., aged eighteen ; Alice J., aged twelve ; George H., aged
seven ; and Esther, eight months of age.
     Mr. Brock is a member of the I. O. O. F., having been noble grand and
delegate to the county lodge in 1903. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W.,
and is past M. W. of that order. He is a good strong Republican, has been
delegate to the conventions and since the incorporation of Moro, has been a
member of the city council. He also is justice of the peace and is one of the
substantial and leading men of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Brock are both members of
the United Presbyterian church and he is a trustee of that organization.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2010 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.