Ancestry of
Tom Brokaw

TV Journalist and Author

Charles B. Sperry

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Tom Brokaw — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 30 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 1826 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Aug 1870 
  • Death Location:
  • St. Anthony, Hennepin, Minnesota 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Elizabeth Rihm
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Sep 1866 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Marion County, Missouri 
  • Child:

  Addie Bradford Sperry (Ahnentafel No:15 )

• Additional marriages for Charles B. Sperry

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Shoak
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Apr 1848
  • Marriage Location:
  • Mahoning County, Ohio

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  • Spouse:
  • Josephine - - - - - -
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 15 Oct 1857

• Sources for Charles B. Sperry

  • ¹ Federal Census, MN, Hennepin County, 1870, St. Anthony Ward 3, p. 49, Image 9 of 24.
  • ² Federal Census, MN, Houston County, 1860, La Crescent, p. 161, Image 6 of 13.
  • ³ Federal Census, OH, Mahoning County, 1850, Berlin, Image 10 of 33.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/13/2023).
  • ⁵ Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001, FHL No 4858398, Image 1222, Death record for C B Sperry.
  • ⁶ Minnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905, 1857, Houston County, p. 57, Image 53 of 136.
  • ⁷ Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Marriage record for Chas B Sperry and Mary E McDaniel.
  • ⁸ Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Marriage record for Charles Sperry and Elizabeth Shoak.