Gustavus Adolphus S. Brothers was born on 9. Jun. 1840 at Summerfield, Noble County, Ohio. He was the son of
William B. Brothers and
Elizabeth Morrison. Gustavus Adolphus S. Brothers began military service on 17. Sep. 1861 at Camp Chase, Ohio. He served in Company D, 42nd Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. He was a private. The Forty-second Ohio fought at least the following campaigns and battles: Middle Creek, Ky - 10 Jan, 1862; Chickasaw Bayou, Miss - 28-29 Dec, 1862; Arkansas Port, Ark (Fort Hindman) - 11 Jan, 1863; Thompsons Hill (Port Gibson), Miss - 1 May, 1863; Raymond, Miss - 12 May, 1863; Champion, Miss - 16 May, 1863; Black River, Miss - 17 May, 1863; Vicksburg, Miss (Siege) 18 May to 4 July, 1863; Vicksburg, Miss (first assault) - 19 May, 1863; Jackson, Miss (siege) - 9-16 July, 1863 and Opelausas, La - 21 Oct, 1863. He ended military service on 30. Sep. 1864 at Camp Chase, Ohio. He married
Sarah Rebecca Carson, daughter of
Edward Carson and
Margaret Phillips, on 31. Jan. 1868 at Richland County, Illinois. Gustavus Adolphus S. Brothers was a farmer in 1870.
Gustavus Adolphus S. Brothers and
Sarah Rebecca Carson appeared on the census of 1870 at Preston Twp., Richland County, Illinois.

Gustavus Adolphus S. Brothers died on 2. Nov. 1930 at Fox, Jasper County, Illinois, at age 90.