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Biographical sketch of FRANK S. BROTHWELL from the book entitled, "Biographical Memoirs of Saint Clair County, Michigan," published in 1903 by B. F. Bowen Publishers in Logansport, Indiana.
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This bio spans two (2) pages: 353-354
FRANK S. BROTHWELL
Small country towns are constantly looking for outside capital, and offering inducements to people from abroad to come there and invest. While it is a good thing to secure such investments, time and money are frequently wasted in fruitless efforts to secure them that could be profitably employed in encouraging residents to put in industrial plants, erect business houses, nice residences and to make needed improvements. A few really enterprising men, residing in a town and possessed of some means, can give a town a steadier and more permanent growth than can the investment of a great deal of outside capital. Frank S. Brothwell, the subject of this sketch, a resident of the village of Blaine, Grant township, St. Clair county, Michigan, is one of the men who knows how to contribute his mite of prosperity to his home village. He was born in the city of Rochester, New York, December 16, 1856, the son of Lewis and Jane (Dixon) Brothwell. The father was a native of Nottinghamshire, England, the mother of Durham, Canada. At the age of nineteen years, Lewis Brothwell left his native land, crossed the water and located in Canada. After attaining his majority he became a veterinary surgeon and speculated considerably in land and town property. He prospered, married, and in 1850 came to the United States, locating at Rochester, New York, where Frank, the subject, was born. In 1860 he returned to Canada with his family, where he remained two years. He then came to Blaine, Grant township, where he remained until shi death, which occurred December 29, 1899. His wife is still living in Blaine. They were the parents of five children, John, William, Frank S., Robert and Florence. John is a farmer and a resident of Canada; William and Robert are both dead; Frank S. is the subject, and Florence is the wife of William H. Gough and lives in West Virginia. Each received a good education, and those living have been successful in life.
A liberal common school education was accorded Frank S. Brothwell in Canada. He was twenty-three years of age when he returned, in 1849, with his parents to the United States. He had been industrious and provident, had saved some money, and even at that early age displayed some talent for commercial transactions. He dealt some in grain, not speculatively, but in a legitimate way, the commodity being always in sight when the transaction took place. Not, however, until 1884, when he was twenty-eight years old, and after his marriage, did he venture into the commercial arena, with earnestness. By his dealings in grain Mr. Brothwell profited otherwise than in experience, which not every man who undertakes that branch of business can say truthfully. In 1899 he purchased the Kerr grain elevator at Blaine, and has since continued to operate it. He handles all kinds of grain and hay, and in connection therewith owns and operates a farm of one hundred and twenty acres near the village. On this he raises all kinds of grain and hay, and buys, feeds and sells cattle and hogs. In 1891 he erected the Brothwell building and hall in Blaine, and is also the owner of some residence property and choice lots in the village. The display of a little more of this kind of enterprise on the part of other residents of the place would give Blaine a boom that would be beneficial and lasting. It would be more to the purpose than sitting down and waiting for the outside capital to be invested.
On the 13th day of October, 1884, Frank S. Brothwell was united in marriage to Miss Armintha Tyrrell, of Middlesex county, Ontario. She was a daughter of Lyman R. and Jane Tyrrell, her mother being a native of Ireland. To Mr. and Mrs. Brothwell four sons and one daughter have been born, Claud, William, Edna, Harry and Roy.
In politics Mr. Brothwell is a Republican, but is too deeply interested in his individual affairs to even think of getting or holding a public position of any kind. He is a member of Camp No. 12, W. M. A., and Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M., of Lexington, Michigan. In business he is prudent and abnormally cautious until he knows that he is right, when he is imbued with a daring that would be reckless under other circumstances. The details of his business are always in his hands and uppermost in his mind, no fact that will contribute to the success of any venture of his being left unattended to. Practically his business career is only begun. It is safe to predict that he who writes the history of St. Clair county twenty years hence will have to devote a great deal more space to Frank S. Brothwell than is here given.
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PLEASE NOTE: I do not have any personal interest in researching the BROTHWELL surname or the St. Clair county, Michigan location. I am merely posting a select number of the biographical sketches found in the above-referenced book *upon specific written request* as a service to the genealogical community; these transcriptions are intended for personal use and are not being done for profit. Please do not contact me with regard to research interests in the above as I have no personal ties. Thank you.
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