MEMORIAL OF WILLARD L. BROOKS
BY ALBERT F. MOREHOUSE.
Willard L. Brooks was born in the town of Bristol, Hartford county, Connecticut, July 21, 1808. His minority was passed on his father's farm, with only the advantages of a common school education. Having a desire to see something of the world, he, with his brother Charles, hired out as peddlers in the employ of Wheeler & Brooks, of his native town. To what extent he engaged in the nutmeg trade, history is silent, but as he continued in the business for several years, it is a fair inference that he was satisfied,
