Colonel Jehiel Brooks
Colonel Jehiel Brooks (April 8, 1797 Albans, Vermont - February 6, 1886) was a soldier, territorial governor, and plantation owner. Life He was First Lieutenant, in the First Regiment of Infantry with the Ohio Militia, in the War of 1812. He came to the District of Columbia to secure political appointment, but with the exception of an appointment in the Red River Indian Agency in Louisiana during the administration of Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), Brooks had little luck. Instead, he assumed the role of the gentleman farmer on a tract of land adjacent to property that later became part of The Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ... (CUA). One of the largest holders of real estate in the District, Nicholas Louis Queen ran the Queen's Hotel ne ...
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