H. P. BROTHERS, merchant at
Grand River, was born in Canada, in 1834, son of Hippolyte and Pauline Brothers,
of French descent. He was brought up in a cotton factory. In 1864 he enlisted
in the First Massachusetts as a musician. At the close of the war he came West
and settled in Decatur County, when he commenced teaching band music, in 1868,
and continued that occupation until 1882. He is a composer of considerable
note. He is at present engaged in the mercantile business, under the firm name
of Brothers & Fear. They keep a well selected stock of dry goods, notions,
hats and caps, boots and shoes, groceries, flour, hardware, and Gliddon's barb
wire. He was married in Massachusetts, in 1855, to Elizabeth Rice, born in that
State in 1832. They have five children — Eugene G., Hattie P., Henry E., James
C. and Alice F. Mr. Brothers is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and
politically is a Republican. He is well known in business circles as a man of
integrity, and socially is a gentleman.
SOURCE: “Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and
Decatur Counties, Iowa,” p. 558-9
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