Obituaries - Br
William Bradshaw died Tuesday afternoon at
five o’clock, at the home of his mother, Mrs. Jonas Bradshaw, in
this city. The funeral occurred today. Interment in the Pruitt
cemetery. The deceased was thirty-five years of age, and leaves
a wife and one child. [Dec 1898]
WILLIAM "MICK" BRADY, 80, OF JERSEYVILLE, A
RETIRED RAILROAK AGENT FROM GM&O RIALROAD AT KANE AND A BARBER,
DIED RECENTLY. HE WAS BORN SEPT 23, 1898 A SON OF WILLIAM H &
LETTIE (GREATHOUSE) BRADY. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV MAX BORAH
OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM. BRADY WAS A MEMBER OF
KANE METHODIST CHURCH, PAST WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF KANE MASONCI
LODGE, PAST WORTHY PATRON OF KANE EASTERN STAR AND PAST
COMMANDER OF BELVIDERE COMMANDRY OF ALTON. SURVIVORS ARE HIS
WIFE, EDITH (GUYER) BRADY, WHOM HE MARRID NOV 28, 1929 IN NESS
CITY, KAN; 1 SON, WILLIAM J BRADY OF HAMBURG, 1 DAU, JESSIE
KLOPFENSTEIN, JERSEYVILLE; 7 GRANDCHILDDREN AND 4
G-GRANDCHILDREN. HIS PARENTS, 1 SON, 2 BRO AND 2 SIS, PRECEDED
HIM IN DEATH. THE BRADYS HAD LIVED IN JERSEYVILLE FOR 6 YRS,
MOVING HERE FROM KANE.
MERWIN ELDON BRAKEVILLE, 39 YRS, 4 MO, 25
DAYS, A RESIDENT OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED MAY 18, 1959 AT BARNES HOSP
IN ST LOUIS WHERE HE HAD BEEN A MEDICAL PATIENT FOR THE PAST WK.
MR BRAKEVILLE, A WELDER AT LACLEDE STEEL, SUFFERED FROM A HEART
MALADY AND HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK SINCE THE MIDDLE OF JAN. HE
HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED AT JERSEY COMM HOSP PRIOR TO HIS REMOVAL
TO BARNES. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. REV J DAN MOORE OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS
IN OAK GROVE CEM. MR BRAKEVILLE WAS BORN IN ELDRED, DEC 23,
1919, A SON OF LEONARD & MAGDALENE (MURPHY) BRAKEVILLE. HE WAS A
WW II VETERAN. SURVIVING AARE HIS WIFE, HELEN (ISRINGHAUSEN)
BRAKEVILLE; 4 SONS, DALLAS, WILLIAM, RONALD AND GREGORY, AND 1
DAU, SANDRA ALL OF WHOM RESIDE AT HOME; HIS FATHER AND STEP
MOTHER, MR & MRS LEONARD BRAKEVILLE OF COTTAGE HILLS; HIS
MOTHER, MRS ARTHUR GRANTHAM AND HIS STEP FATHER, MR GRANTHAM OF
CARROLLTON; 1 BRO, WALTER BRAKEVILLE OF GODFREY, 1 HALF SIS, MRS
RAYMOND EZELL OF GODFREY AND 1 STEP BRO, EDWARD MEISENHEIMER OF
COTTAGE HILLS.
WALTER BRAKEVILLE OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED THURS AT
THE HOME IN ALTON WHERE HE HAD BEEN STAYING WHILE EMPLOYED
THERE. HIS DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED. VISITATION WAS HELD AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. FUNERAL MASS WAS
CELEBRATED AT ST FRANCIS CHURCH BY REV R T SHEA. BURIAL WAS IN
ST FRANCIS CEM. THOUGH INCAPACITATED SINCE SUFFERING A STROKE
SEVERAL YRS AGO, MR BRAKEVILLE HAD FOR THE PAST FEW MONTH BEEN
WORKING WITH SPECIALIZED SERVICES IN ALTON. MR BRAKEVILLE WAS
BORN IN GREENE CO, JULY 28, 1913, A SON KOM MRS MAGDALENEN M
GRANTHAM OF CARROLLTON AND THE LATE LEONARD BRAKEVILLE. BEFORE
BECOMING ILL, MR BRAKEVILLE HAD WORKED AS AN ASSEMBLER IN THE
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE EDNA F BRAKEVILLE; 3
SONS, DR ROBERT L BRAKEVILLE AND JOHN D BRAKEVILLE OF ALTON, AND
LAWRENCE J BRAKEVILLE OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 DAU, MRS GEORGE (MARY
FRANCES) CUVAR OF GLEN CARBON AND MAR MARGIE A KINCAID OF ALTON,
1 HALF BRO, LEONARD BRAKEVILLE JR, OF PORTLAND, OR; HIS MOTHER
AND 10 GRANDCHILDREN.
Mrs. Minnie Hitker Braksick was born August
19th, 1847, in Belafield, Germany. She died at her home in
Hardin, Calhoun County, Illinois Saturday, December 12, 1908,
aged 61 years, 3 months and 23 days. The deceased was married to
Edward Braksick in Germany, 1872. They came to America in 1882
and located at Brussels May 2nd the same year. Mr. and Mrs.
Braksick had many friends all through the lower end of this
county where they spent most of their lives on a farm. For many
years they had charge of Hastings landing on the Mississippi
river. After the death of her husband at Hastings landing, Mrs.
Braksick and her two daughters at home moved to Hardin where she
spent the remainder of her life. She was a consistent Christian
lady and an active member of the Lutheran church at Brussels.
Rev. Jas. R. Sager, of Hardin, conducted a short service at the
home before starting for the cemetery at Brussels where she was
laid to rest according to the rites of the church to which she
was a member. Rev. Waggenor, pastor, officiating. The ladies
organization of church workers at Brussels of which Mrs.
Braksick was a member, took an active part in the interment.
Besides the two single daughters, Mrs. Braksick leaves two other
daughters, Mrs. Fred Etter of Hardin, and Mrs. W. H. Zigrang, of
Batchtown, who with a large number of more distant relatives and
many friends mourn the loss of an affectionate mother, a good
citizen and a true friend.
The following Obituary was read by Dr. C. Nash at the funeral
of Mrs. Gertrude Bramlette:
Gertrude P. Felter was a native of Nyack, New
York, born June 9, 1817. She came to Illinois about the year
1836. In Carrollton, Ill., on Aug. 9, 1838, she was united in
marriage to Samuel W. Horton, who died Dec. 5, 1844. Three
children were born to that union one of whom, Mrs. O. A. Tiff,
of this city, is now living. ON Nov. 14, 1845, in Fieldon, Ill.,
she was married to Wm. Bralette, who died in 1852. To this union
two children were born, one of whom, Mrs. H. A. Davis, of
Denver, Col., survives the mother. Mrs. live Richards of this
city, is the only grand-child now living, and there are five
great-grand-children all of whom were present at the funeral.
Mrs. Bramlete resided for a number of years in Carollton, Ill.,
then for tow or more years in St. Louis, during her second
husband’s lifetime, and finally, in 1855, settled in Jerseyville
where she ended her earthly career. Having kindred in New York,
New Jersey, Chicago, Ill., and Denver, Colo., she made frequent
trips to those places as the years sped by, and enjoyed reunions
with these loved ones.
She united with the Baptist church in this city in 1858, and was
baptized by the late Rev. D. P. French. In this fellowship she
spent the remainder of her earthly life in preparation by
prayerfulneess and punetual attendance upon the means of grace
for the life above.
Last winter, while sojourning with the daughter in Denver she
was stricken severely with lagrippe which shattered her strength
and from which she never fully rallied. When pneumonia seized
her a short time ago she was unable to withstand its assaults
and on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock Jan. 6, 1900 at the
residence of O. A. Tiff in this city, she passed to the
fellowship of the greater company of loved ones among the saints
in light. Mrs. Bralette lived to a good old age, belonging to a
family who are long lived. Three sisters and one brother, all
except one sister older than she, still survive her. Her life of
widow-hood of well nigh a half century must have had its
peculiar trials of loneliness, and patient endurance, and yet
she went steadily on in the allotments meted out by the heavenly
Father until her crowning day came. Her Christian life was
characterized by evenness and steady performance of duty. She
loved the house of God, and her seat was not vacant unless she
was providentially prevented. At the public preaching and prayer
meeting she delighted to be. Only three weeks ago today she
attended service in this house, both morning and evening. In the
end her faith was firm, her hope as an anchor to the soul, and
she quitted the walks of men to be with God and the loved
company gathered by the river of life. Peace to her memory. [Jan
1900]
Ralph J. "Jerry" Brangenberg, 73, died at 11:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, at Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis. A son of the late
Joseph Robert and Otelia (Goetz) Brangenberg, he was born Sept. 11, 1931, in
Kampsville. He and the former Lura Mooney were married on Jan. 8, 1955, in
Pittsfield. She survives. The Korean Army veteran retired as a grain and
livestock farmer. He served on the R.E.A. board of directors for six years
and served one term as Calhoun County Commissioner.
Besides his wife, surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Dennis and
Jane Brangenberg and Gary and Mary Brangenberg, all of Kampsville; two
daughters and sons-in-law, Cindy and Bill Klunk of Brighton and Connie and
Terry Roundcount of Fieldon; seven grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; two
brothers, Kenneth Brangenberg of Kampsville and Harold Brangenberg of
Jacksonville. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Paul E.
Brangenberg; and a sister, Evelyn Lynn.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hanks-Gubser Funeral Home
in Hardin, where Brother Wilson Ramsey will officiate at funeral services at
10:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial, with full military rites, will follow at Summit
Grove Cemetery in Kampsville. Memorials may be given to a charity of one’s
choice.
GEORGE W "BRIT" BRANNAN JR, 57,
DIED UNEXPECTEDLY FEB 22, 1988, AT HIS RESIDENCE. BRANNAN, FORMERLY
OF GREENE CO, RETIRED FROM OLIN CORP IN JUNE 1987, AND OPERAED A
SHOE REPAIR BUSINESS IN JERSEYVILLE. BORN IN ELDRED, HE WAS THE
SON OF DOROTHY (DICKINSON) BRANNAN OF CARROLLTON AND THE LATE
GEORGE W BRANNAN SR. HE MARRIED ETHEL PEARL (ADCOCK) BRANNAN,
JULY 6, 1981. SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 2 DAU, CYNTHIA
SHIREMAN OF WINCHESTER AND JEAN KENNEDY OF WHITE HALL; 2
STEPSONS, BOR ADCOCK OF WOODSON AND PAUL ADCOCK OF WI; 5
GRANDCHILDREN; 5 STEP GRANDCHILDREN; 1 STEP G-GRANDCHILD; AND 2
SIS, CONNIE SEGOBIANO AND DARLENE CZERNY, BOTH OF ALTON.
VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME
IN CARROLLTON. REV PAUL ELLIOTT OFFICIATED. BURAIL WAS IN
MEMORIAL GARDENS CEM IN ELDRED. INQUEST PENDING.
LILLIE J BRANT, 76 YRS, 10 MO, 24 DAYS, DIED JULY 4, AT ALTON MEM HOSP WHERE SHE HAD BEEN MOVED A FEW HRS
EARLIER. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HILD AT Gubser Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. REV M EDWARDS BREED, PASTOR OF FIRST PRESBY
CHURCH, OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN JALAPPA CEM. MRS BRANT
WAS A DAU OF THE LATE HENRY & REBECCA (JONES) BENTON AND WAS
BORN IN MO ON AUG 10, 1878. AS A YOUNG GIRL SHE LIVED IN
JERSEYVILLE AND ATTENDED LOCAL SCHOOLS. SHE WAS MARRIED TO JOHN
BRANT AND THE COUPLE MOVED TO CHESTER WHERE THEY RESIDED. IN
1952, MRS BRANT RETURNED TO JERSEYVILLE AND RESIDED AT GREENLAWN
NURXING HOME UNTIL ABOUT 2 WKS AGO WHEN SHE WAS MOVED TO
RIVERVIEW NURSING HOME IN ALTON. HER ONLY SURVIVORS ARE NIECES
AND NEPHEWS, AMONG WHOM ARE MRSS MARY FREY OF ALTON, MRS EDNA
SNIDER OF JERSEYVILLE, ROY SWEENEY OF KANE, FRANCIS SWEENEY
[remainder unavailable]
WILLIAM HALE BREEDING, 21, BOATSWAIN'S MATE
2/C OF THE US NAVY, DIED OF WOUNDS FOLLOWING ACTION IN THE PACIFIC
THEATER OF WAR. HIS PARENTS MR & MRS WILLIAM BREEDING OF WHITE
HALL WRE NOTIFIED FRI MAY MAY IL BY THE WAR DEPT. THE YOUNG MAN
WAS THE ONLY SON OF MR & MRS WILLIAM BREEDING AND WAS BORN
BEARDSTOWN, AUG 8, 1924. WHEN A YOUTH HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS
TO JERSEYVILLE WHERE HE ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
SURVIVING HIM IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS ARE 3 SIS, MRS FRANCES
ALLEN OF JACKSONVILLE, MISS JOANN BREEDING OF SPRINGFIELD AND
MARY CAROL WHO RESIDES AT HOME. INFORMATION IN THE TELEGRAM FRIK
WAS THAT THE BODY WAS INTERRED IN AN ALLIED CEM IN THE PACIFIC
PENDING THE TERMINATION OF HOSTILITIES. [1945]
CLARA EDNA BREITWEISER,61 YRS, 3 MO, 11
DAYS, DIED AT THE HOME. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE
CEM. MRS BREITWEISER, A DAU OF THE LATE VIRGIL & LILLIAN
(CUMMINGS) SMITH WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, FEB 4, 1902. SURVIVING
ARE HER HUSBAND, JEROME; 1 DAU, MRS KENNETH (VIVIAN) SCHMIDT OF
BRIGHTON; 3 GRANDCHILDEN AND 1 FOSTER GRANDSON.
B. S. Bricker Of Kane Died Unexpectedly - Benjamin S.
Bricker, 54 year old resident of Kane, died
unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon about 5:45 o’clock. He had been
in failing health for several years but had continued active.
Tuesday afternoon Mr. Bricker was mowing his yard when he
suffered the fatal illness. He was moved in Jacoby Brothers
ambulance to Boyd Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead
on arrival at 5:45 o’clock.
A native of St. Elmo, Mr. Bricker had lived in Alton for
thirty-two years where he worked as a brick contractor. The
family had resided in Kane the past eight months.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lois Elsie Baines Bricker of
Kane, five daughters, Mrs. Ruth McLean, Springfield, Mrs.
Pauline McLean, Alton, Mrs. Lucy Mae Jones, Dorchester, Mrs.
Dorothy McLain and Mrs. Joan Beck, Cottage Hills; two sons,
Homer of Godfrey and Lloyd, who is in military service stationed
at Ft. Lewis, Wash.; two brothers, Carl H. Cottage Hills, and
Homer, Alton; a sister, Mrs. Goldie Pauline Troutline of
Hartford, and twenty grandchildren. Three children and a sister
preceded him in death. A son, Benjamin, jr., of Kane died in
June.
The body is at Smith Funeral Home in Alton where friends may
call after 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Final rites will be held Saturday
afternoon, August 13, at 2:30 o’clock at the Funeral Home. Rev.
H. L. Potier, pastor of the Kane Baptist Church, will officiate
and burial will be in Bethalto City Cemetery. [11 Aug 1960]
RAY J BRICKEY, 85, OF CUBA, MO, FORMERLY OF
JERSEYVILLE, DIED FEB 20. BORN AUG 19, 1898, HE WAS AN INDEPENDENT
TRUCKER AND AT ONE STIME OPERATED THE JOHN DEERE AGENCY. HE HAD
SERVED 29 YRS ON JERSEYVILLE'S VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. WELL KNOWN
AS A BALL PITCHER HE HAD HIS OWN BALL TEAM "BRICKEY'S" THAT
HASPLAYED ALL OVER THE STATE AND HE HAD ALSO PITCHED FOR THE
CARROLLTON HAWKS. IN 1953, HE WAS STILL PLAYING BALL AT THE AGE
OF 55. AT ONE TIME HE WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FASTEST PITCHERS
IN THE AREA AND COULD STRIKE OUT 20 MEN IN A GAME. HIS SON RAY,
WAS A CATCHER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 40 YRS, RUBY
(GROSS) BRICKEY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS ONLY SON, RAY
JR AND HIS FIRST WIFE, THE FORMER NELL DARR. SEVICES WERE HELD
AT BRITTON FUNERAL HOME IN CUBA, MO AND BURIAL WAS IN MERAMAC
HILLS CEM IN CUBA, MO.
ALLIE BRIDGES, 99, DIED OCT 29, 1990, AT
JERSEYVILLE CARE CENTER, AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. SHE HAD
OPERATED A RESTAURANT IN JERSEYVILLE. BORN IN GREENE CO, SHE WAS
THE DAU OF THE LATE MOSES & MARGARET (WINTERS) FREER. ON AUG 1,
1917, SHE MARRIED WILLIAM ARTHUR BRIDGES IN JERSY CO. HE DIED APR
12, 1940. SURVIVING ARE 1 DAU, GERTRUDE SMITH OF JERSEYVILLE; 15
GRANDCHILDREN; 20 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN. 3
SONS, KENNETH,M WILLIAM, AND LEO BRIDGES; 3 SIS AND 4 BRO,
PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. VISITATION WAS AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville.SERVICES WERE HELD AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
JERSEYVILLE, REVS GRANT JENSEN AND WALTER BURK OFFICIATED.
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. Memorials may be given to FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH.
(LETTER TO EDITOR OF REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER JERSEY CO; JAN 10,
1905.) YOUR PAPER ON DEC 15, CONTAINS THE OBIT OF HORACE
F BRIDGES. I NOTICE SOME INACCURACIES WHICN BRINGS THE
MIND INTO A REMINISCENT MOOD. HORACE F BRIDGES WAS BORN IN
JERSEY, THEN GREENE CO. HIS (OUR) FATHER, HIRAM BRIDGES, CAME TO
GREENE CO ABOUT 1829, SETTLED NEAR THE SITE OF FIELDON, AND WAS
FOUNDER OF THAT PLACE. OUR GRANDFATHER, JOSIAH ARMSTRONG, A
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER, HAD PREVIOUSLY SETTLED THERE. THE FIRST
SETTLERS IN JERSEY CO LOCATED IN THE HEAVY TIMBER WEST OF JERSEY
AND WERE SOME YRS AHEAD OF THE NEW JERSEY CROWD WHICH SETTLED ON
THE PRAIRIE AND FOUNDED THE TOWN OF JERSEY. I HAVEN'T A CHART
BEFORE ME AND ONLY WRITE FROM MEMORY AND THAT WHICH I HAVE
HEARD. ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE SIXTY YRS OF AGE I HAVE A CLEAR
RECOLLECTION OF THE TIME WHEN ABOUT EVERYBODY IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD WORE BLUE JEANS OR BUTTERNUT. THERE WAS ONLY 1
PAINTED HOUSE ON THE ROAD TO BETWEEN JERSEYVILLE AND FIELDON. I
BELIEVE, DR SNELL HAD HIS HOUSE PAINTED OR A TILE ROOF. THE
RULE, IN FACT ALL, WERE HOUSES OF LOGS. SOMETIMES NOT CLINKED
(CHINKED?) AND DAUBED. AN ASH HOPPER IN FRONT FACING THE BIG
ROAK, SPINNING WHEEL, AND HAND LOOMS GALORE. UPSAIRS WAS IN THE
LOFT, REACHED BY A LADDER WHERE THE (TEN?) OVER PLUS OF CHILDREN
WERE STOWED AT NIGHT. OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS HAD BOOKS. I DO NOT KNOW
WHERE THEY CAME FROM, I THINK HEIRLOOMS FROM VIRGINIA AND
KENTUCKY. THE LATE REV B B HAMILTON, A BROTHER OF DR J O
HAMILTON TOLD ME THAT THE ONLY PLACE IN OUR WHOLE COUNTRY WHERE
HE FOUND PLENTY OF BOOKS WAS AT OUR HOUSE AND AT THE HOUSE OF MY
UNCLE ENOCH BRIDGES, AN OLD TIME PREACHER OF THE PABTIST
(PAPIST?) (BAPTIST?) PERSUASION. AS I REMEMBER THAT THOSE
OLD-TIME PEOPLE WERE GOOD NEIGHBORS. THEY STOOD BY EACH OTHER.
ALTHOUGH ONE MAY HAVE BEEN A WANDERER, SEEN MANY COUNTRIES, AND
TAKEN DESPERATE CHANCES, AS THE DEVOUT ISREALITE TURNED HIS FACE
TOWARD JERUSALEM IN PRAYER, SO OUR HEART AND MEMORY GOES BACK TO
THE OLD SCENES. (SIGNED) WILLIAM E BRIDGES
ROBERT BRIDGES, 26, SON IN LAW OF WM LOY,
REV ROADY OF KANE. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH. WIFE, CORA LOY
BRIDGES. [1917]
RUSSELL S BRIDGES, 75, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED OCT
26 [1977] AT ST JOSEPH HOSP, ST CHARLES, MO. HE WAS BORN JUNE
12, 1902 IN WRIGHTS, THE SON OF EDGAR & MARY ETTA (GREEN)
BRIDGES. HE MARRIED IDA (TUCKER) BRIDGES. SHE DIED IN 1933
SURVIVORS ARE 3 DAU, MRS WALTER (HELEN) MUEGGENBURG, ALTON, MRS
WILLIAM (MARY) STAYLOR, BETHALTON AND MRS LLOYD (RUBY) PHIPPS,
COTTAGE HILLS; 3 SON, LLOYD BRIDGES, JERSEYVILLE, WALTER L
BRIDGES, GODFREY AND MELVIN D BRIDGES, ALTON; 22 GRANDCHILDREN;
10 G-GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 SIS, SYLVIA MOTSINGER, JERSEYVILLE.
VISITATION AND FUNERAL WERE HELD AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV DORCEY HILL OFFICIATED WITH BURIAL IN JALAPPA
CEM. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
RUSSELL BRIDGEWATER, 66, OF R2 JERSESYVILLE,
SEPT 12, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. HE WAS A RETIRED GRAIN AND
LIVESTOCK FARMER. HE WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, APR 8, 1911 THE SON
OF THE LATE ORNAN W & ETHEL (BLACKWELL) BRIDGEWATER. MARCH 26,
1930 HE MARRIED JULIA (SNYDER) BRIDGEWATER. SURVIVING ARE HIS
WIFE; 2 SONS, RUSSELL RICHARD BRIDGEWATER AND KENNETH DALE
BRIDGEWATER BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 BRO, WILLIAM BRIDGEWATER OF
CARROLLTON; 4 SIS, MRS VICTOR (WILMA) SCHMUCK, CARROLLTON, MRS
CECIL (LEONA) CROSBY, HESPERIA, CA, MRS FINLEY (LOUISE) SMITH OF
INGLEWOOD, CA AND MRS GEORGE (ETHEL MAE) HUGHES OF POMONA, CA; 7
GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 G-GRANDDAUGHTERS. VISITATION AND SERVICES
WERE CONDUCTED AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV
EVERETT CHAMBERS OF FIRST BAPTST CHURCH OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS
IN ELDRED MEMORIAL GARDENS. Memorials may be given to THE HEART
FUND.
PEARL EDITH BRIETWEISER OF R1, JERSEYVILLE
DIED JAN 22 AT JERRSEY COMM HOSP. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD
AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV WARREN BROWN
OFFICIATED WITH INTERMENT IN OAK GROVE CEM. HER SURVIVORS ARE
HER HUSBAND, EDWARD BREITWEISER; HER MOTHER, MRS HETTIE (RAY)
BEAN) OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 HALF SIS, MRS ORVILLE (ROBERTA)
GUILANDER JR OF FJERSEYVILLE; 3 STEP BRO, HAROLD BEAN OF KANE,
WILBUR BEAN OF JERSEYVILLE AND DENNIS, WOOD RIVER. SHE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 SIS, ANNA MOWEN AND 1 HALF BRO, HUBERT
BEAN.
CHARLES "STORMY" BRIGGS, 69, D NOV 14, 1993, AT JERSEY
COMM HOSP. HE WORKED FOR NEARLY 30 YRS AT OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS AS A ROUTE
CLERK AND RETIRED IN 1979. THE WWII ARMY VETERAN LATER WORKED PART TIME AT
DAIRY QUEEN IN JERSEYVILLE. BORN MARCH 9, 1924, IN FIELDON TWSP (RICHWOOD),
HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM BRIGGS SR & PEARL (COPE) BRIGGS. HE MARRIED
CATHERINE (GOEMAN) BRIGGS NOV 30, 1963, IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE SURVIVES. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE A STEPSON, FRED WALTHER OF NASHVILLE, TN; 3 STEP
GRANDCHILDREN; KATIE PRIMM, BECKY WALTHER AND ERIC WALTHER; 1 STEP
G-GRANDCHILD, ASHLEY NICHOLE PRIMM; 6 SIS, MRS CHARLES (THELMA) DAVIS OF
JERSEYVILLE, MRS DELBERT (GRACE) KANALLAKAN OF JERSEYVILLE, MRS MILFORD
(ELSIE) SIMPSON OF N CAROLINA, MRS HAROLD (BETTY) ROBERTS OF DOW, MRS JIM
(BARBARA) LYLES OF KANE, AND MRS JAMES (MARCELLA) LYLES OF GEORGIA; 1 BRO
AND SISTER-IN-LAW, MORRIS & PATRICIA BRIGGS OF DELHI; AND NUMEROUS NIECES
AND NEPHEWS. 2 BRO, PAUL AND WILLIAM BRIGGS JU, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV JOHN ALLEN OF PEACE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST OFFICIATED WITH
BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM. Memorials may be given to AMBULANCE FUND OR A
CHARITY OF ONE'S CHOICE.
PAUL C BRIGGS, 49, DIED AT SEPT 21, AT JERSEY
COMM HOSP, FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS OF 2 DAYS. HE WAS BORN OCT 12,
1925 IN ALTON, THE SON OF WILLIAM & PEARL (COPE) BRIGGS. HE
SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES DURING WW II. HE MARRIED SHIRLEY
(FORD) BRIGGS, JUN 28, 1951, AND WAS A SALESMAN FOR COLONIAL
BAKERY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, SHIRLEY,DAU, JANICE AT HOME
AND MRS DAN (DIANA) OSBORN, JERSEYVILLE; HIS PARENTS; BROTHERS,
CHARLES WILLIAM JR, AND MORRIS BRIGGS, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE;
SISTERS, MRS STHELMA DAVIS, OF KANE; MRS GRACE KANALLAKAN,
JERSEYVILLE; MRS ELSIE SIMPSON, N CAROLINA, MRS BETTY ROBERTS,
DOW AND BARBARA LYLES AND MRS MARCELLA LYLES, BOTH OF
JERSEYVILLE. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV ROBERT HEINTZ OFFICIATED WITH
INTERMENT IN OAK GROVE CEM. HE WAS A MEMBER OF VFW, MOOSE,
EAGLES AND AMERICAN LEGION. Memorials may be given to
MOOSEHEART, AMBULANCE FUND OR A CHARITY OF ONE'S CHOICE.
PEARL M BRIGGS, 74, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED JAN
22, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. HER HUSBAND WAS THE LATE WILLIAM
JEFFERSON BRIGGS SR. SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV LEONARD TODD OFFICIATED AND
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SHE WAS BORN DEC 25, 1905 AT
FIELDON, A DAU OF LONNIE M & ELIZA JANE (PLUM) COPE. SURVIVORS
ARE 2 SONS, CHARLES W BRIGGS AND MORRIS BRIGGS BOTH OF
JERSEYVILLE; 6 DAU, THELMA DAVIS, KANE, GRACE KANALLAKAN,
BARBARA LYLES AND MARCELLA LYLES, JERSEYVILLE, ELSIE SIMPSON,
WINSTON SALEM, NC AND BETTY ROBERTS, DOW; 1 BRO, EARL COPE OF
MICHIGAN; 1 SIS, MARY SILK OF GODFREY; 31 GRANDCHILDREN AND 5
G-GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS,
HUSBAND, 2 SONS, PAUL AND WILLIAM JR, 4 BRO AND 1 SISTER.
Memorials may be given to HEART FUND.
William Briggs died at home in Fieldon, Sunday, April
27, 1902, age 63 years. The funeral was held from the Presbyterian church in
Fieldon, Rev. I. D. Crawford officiating.
He was born in Greene County and was the 15th of 16 children.
William Briggs was a Lieutenant in Company E, 6th Mo. Inf volunteers. Burial
was in Fieldon Cemetery. Among one of the earliest ones to enlist for the
service of his country, under the Union banners, at the breaking out of the
Civil War. A company was formed composed of men from Greene, Jersey and
Calhoun counties, but their services were not accepted by the government, as
it was thought that no more assistance would be needed. They were determined
to enter the service, and enlisted as a body in the 6th Missouri regiment,
under Colonel Bland at St. Louis. They began service in Missouri and their
first fighting was at Pilot Knob. From there they went up the Missouri River
to Jefferson City, thence to Tipton, and were in the famous forced march of
General Fremont from Tipton to Springfield. After finishing service there
they went to Shiloh, and then to Corinth, which they captured. From there
they went to Memphis, Tennessee, then to Chickasaw Bayou, where the regiment
lost 85 men in ten minutes. Then to Arkansas Point, and settled down to the
seige of Vicksburg, where our subject assisted in making the famous canal,
while in charge of a fatigue squad. He was in the whole siege there and
participated in the capture of the city. He was left in charge of the sick
in his regiment for awhile and joined it later on at Camp Sherman on Black
River. They came up the river to Memphis and marched to Chattanooga where
they participated in the celebrated crossing of the river on pontoons, then
went to Knoxville to relieve General Burnsides. They wintered in Bridgeport,
Alabama, and in the spring of 1864, Mr. Briggs re-enlisted and came home on
veteran furlough. After 60 days he joined Sherman at Dalton, Georgia, and
from that point was with him on his world-renowned march to the sea,
participating in all the engagements. His regiment went with Sherman up
through the Carolinas to Washington, and participated in the last grand
review of Sherman's army at the National Capitol. His regiment then went to
Louisville, Kentucky thence to Little Rock, Arkansas where they were
discharged, and afterwards were mustered out at St. Louis, Mo., only 30 men
being left out of 110 who enlisted. Mr. Briggs was 1st Lieutenant of Co E,
6th regiment of Missouri, when mustered out. He had been orderly sergeant
from the end of his first year's service until the time of his promotion.
At the close of the war he came home, and in 1867 was married to Emily
Dunham, daughter of Amos and Mary (Barr) Dunham.
Source: Jerseyville Republican, May 1, 1902
WILLIAM JEFFERSON BRIGGS, 48, OF
JERSEYVILLE, WAS PRONOUNCED DOA AT JERSEYVILLE COMM HOSP MARCH
17. HIS DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED. BRIGGS WAS AN OPERATING ENGINEER
AT SHELL OIL CO. HE WAS BORN AUG 16, 1929 IN FIELDON, A SON OF
WILLIAM J & PEARL (COPE) BRIGGS SR. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE,
SHIRLEY (DARRINGER) BRIGGS; 1 DAU, ELIZABETH (PEGGY) BRIGGS,
PETERSBURG; HIS MOTHER; 2 BRO, CHARLES AND MORRIS BRIGGS OF
JERSEYVILLE; 6 SIS, MRS CHARLES (THELMA) DAVIS OF KANE, MRS
DELBERT (GRACE) KANALLAKAN AND MRS JAMES (BARBARA) LYLES OF
JERSYVILLE, MRS MILFORD (SIMPSON OF WINSTON-SALEM, NC MRS
HEARALD (BETTY) ROBERTS OF DOW AND MRS JAMES T (MARCELLA) LYLES
OF NEW BERN. SERVICES WEERE CONDUCTED AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. REV LIONARD TODD OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS
IN OAK GROVE CEM. Memorials may be given to HEART FUND.
At Rest - Died at her home on North Pleasant St.,
Jerseyville, Ill., Tuesday, June 6th, 1916 at 7:30 p.m. Mrs.
Nellie M. Bright, wife of Mark D. Bright, aged
33 Years, 1 Month and 13 Days
Funeral services will be held from the Holiness Christian
church, Friday, June 9th, at 2:30 p. m., Rev. John Wallace
officiating. Friends of the family are invited. Interment in Oak
Grove cemetery.
PERCY L BRIGHT, 87 YRS, 8 MO, AND 29 DAYS,
RETIRED JERSEYVILLE BUSINESSMAN, DIED AT JEWISH HOSP IN ST LOUIS
WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR A LITTLE OVER A WK. MR BRIGHT
WAS A SON OF THE LATE HENRY & MARY (ROBB) BRIGHT, ANS WAS BORN
IN JERSEYVILLE, MAY 3, 1883. HIS SURVIVORS ARE 2 DAU, MRS ZIGMAN
(CLORENE) THOMAS OF MEXICO, MO, AND MRS FRANCIS (ELSIE) WORTHEY
OF JERSEYVILLE; 4 GRANDDAUGHTERS; 10 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 SIS,
MRS WAYNE WILLIAMS OF JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
HIS WIFE AND 3 DAU, IOLA & ROWENA BRIGHT AND MARY MARGARET
COCKRELL. SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV M EDWARDS BREED, PASTOR OF FIRST UNITED PRESBY
CHURCH, OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM.
MRS ROSA LEE BRITTON, 51, DIED AT HER HOME,
FROM THE FLU. SURVIVING ARE 2 SONS, WALTER AND IRVIN DANIELS; 3
DAU, MISS NELLIE BRITTON, MRS DOVIE GROSS AND MRS BESSIE PRUITT.
PRIVATE SERVICES FROM HER HOME. REV THOMAS READY OF KANE
OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
ROBERT BROCK, BORN IN GREENE CO DEC 31,
1827, DIED MAY 4, 1895. HE MOVED TO OTTER CREEK PRAIRIE IN 1829.
ATTENDED "STONE SCHOOL" AND JONES COMMERCIAL COLLEGE IN ST
LOUIS. HE WAS A COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES FOR ST LOUIS. MOVED
BACK TO JERSEY CO IN 1874 AND WAS IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS.
FUNERAL FROM THE HOME, REV TYSON OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN ST
LOUIS.
TARLTON F BROCK, 75, DIED AT HIS HOME. OLD
CITIZEN OF JERSEY CO HAVING REMOVED TO GREENE CO IN SPRING OF
1825 AND SETTLED NEAR CARROLLTON. IN MARCH 1829 HE REMOVED TO
SOUTH GREENE CO, NW OF JERSEYVILLE AND SETTLED ON THE PLACE FROM
WHICH HE HAS JUST BEEN REMOVED BY DEATH. JOINED ME CHURCH IN
1823. CLASS LEADER, EXHORTER FOR NEARLY 50 YRS. GREAT FRIEND OF
EDUCATION AND DID MUCH TO PROMOTE SAME. BORN IN FRANKLIN CO, VA,
JULY 16, 1802. FIRST POSTMASTER APPOINTED AT OTTERVILLE AROUND
1832. SERVED IN BLACK HAWK WAR, BEING ON STAFF OF COL J T ASKEW.
FUNERAL FROM SALEM CH. REV HARMON SERVING.
Arabella Gertrude, daughter of Robert
Brooks, died near Kane, Ill., on Jan. 12, 1890.
She was 18 years, 4 months and 10 days old. She was converted
and joined the M. E. church in Kane some five years since. At
the time of her death she was a member of the Carrollton high
school, and through her diligence and honest work, stood high in
her studies. The same conscientious devotion also marked her
religious life.
She was a loving, obedient daughter, an affectionate sister, and
her death occasions a loss which is felt not only in the family
circle, but in the entire community.
Her Pastor, Rev. J. W. Caldwell, died on Sunday, Jan. 5th, and
on Thursday following, she said to her mother, “Ma, I shall join
Brother Caldwell in Heaven by next Sunday.”
The funeral was conducted by Rev. M A. Hewes, assisted by Rev.
Geo. W. Wagoner, of Upper Alton, from the M. E. church in Kane.
The house was crowded, a number of the family relatives from
Virden, Givana and Jerseyville, with friends and classmates from
Carrollton being present.
BRADLEY RUSSELL BROOKS, 6 HRS, INFANT SON OF
ROBERT & CAROLYN (CASTLEBERRY) BROOKS OF KANE DIED APR 4 [1974],
SHORTY AFTER BIRTH AT WHITE HALL HOSP. SERVICES WERE HELD AT
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. INTERMENT WAS IN
OAK GROVE CEM. SURVIVING BESIDES HIS PARENTS ARE 1 BRO, ROBERT
LEE OF KANE; GRANDPARENTS, MARVELL BROOKS OF KANE AND RUSSELL
CASTLEBERRY OF WHITE HALL; G-GRANDPARENTS, MRS IDA BROOKS,
JERSEYVILLE, MRS GERTRUDE TALLEY, FIELDON AND MRS NELLIE
CASTLEBERRY, WHITE HALL.
EVERETT L BROOKS, 69, OF LOS ANGELES, CA,
FORMERLY OF KANE, DIED JAN 23 [1978] in FREEMONT HOSP IN LOS
ANGELES. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WERE HELD AT KANE CEM. REV EARL
CLAGG OF BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH OFFICIATED. SURVIVING AER HIS
WIFE, MAYME BROOKS OF LOS ANGELES; 1 SON EVERETT BROOKS JR, OF
LOS ANGELES; 1 AU, MRS MARY POPE OF FL; 2 BRO, CLARENCE BROOKS
OF SPRINGFIELD AND HOWARD BROOKS OF KEMPER; 2 SIS, MRS VIVIAN
JACKSON OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS MEDA GROSS OF MEDORA; 10
GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
IDA BROOKS, 90, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED FEB 12, AT
GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME WHERE SHE HAD RESIDED FOR 3 YRS.
SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY LIVED WITH HER SON, GEORGE BROOKS. VISITATION
AND FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV V CLAY NOAH OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN LAX
CEM. BORN IN GREENE CO MARCH 5, 1891 A DAU OF THE LATE DANIEL &
SARAH (CHISM) WOOLSEY. HE HUSBAND, GEORGE W BROOKS, DIED IN OCT,
1935. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS, GEORGE, VIRGIL AND TRUMAN, ALL
OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, WILMA WILLISON OF ARCOLA; 20
GRANDCHILDREN, 30 G-GRANDCHILDREN, 40 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN; 3 SIS,
VIOLA BROOKS AND LAVINIA MOURNING OF JERSEYVILLE AND ALICE
POWELL OF MEDORA. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 SON, 3 DAU AND
1 GRANDDAUGHTER. Memorials may be given to BETHANY BAPTIST
CHURCH AND AMEICAN SOC.
KATIE BROOKS, 18, DAU OF JAMES & ANNA
BROOKS, DIED AT HER FAMILY HOME EAST OF KANE, NOV 1, 1878. FUNERAL
BY REV B B HAMILTON AT KANE BAPTIST CHURCH.
LYNN B BROOKS, 92, DIED AT GARNET'S CHATEAU
NURSING HOME, JERSEYILLE. HE RETIRED FROM FARMING IN 1942 ANS
WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO, A SON OF THE LATE FRED & CLARA (BENSON)
BROOKS. ON NOV 1, 1918, IN ALTON HE MARRIED NELLIE (BARRINGER)
BROOKS. SHE DIED MAY 3, 1980. SURVIVING ARE 1 SON, ROGER OF
JERSEYVILLE; 3 GRANDCHILDREN; 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, ARTHUR
OF ALTON; AND 2 SIS, HELEN BUHRER OF CARROLLTON AND PAULINE
HORTIN OF TAVARES, FL. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT
Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. FUNERAL RITES OBSERVED BY
KANE MASONIC LODGE, OF WHICH HE WAS THE OLDEST MEMBER. REV V
CLAY NOAH OFFICIATED AT BURIAL SERVICES AND INTERMENT WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEM. Memorials may be given to FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE
HE HAD BEE4N A MEMBER.
MINNIE (McGEE) BROOKS, 86, DIED AT GARNET'S
CHATEAU NURSING HOME IN JERSEYVILLE.BORN IN DELEVAN, DAU OF THE
LATE MILTON & MARGARET (GENTRY) WILLIS, SHE MARRIED FRANK McGEE
IN 1914 AND HE DIED IN 1953. THEN SHE MARRIED HAROLD BROOKS IN 1955
AND HE DIED IN 1958. SURVIVING ARE 1 DAU, JOYCE BONACKER,
SPRINGFIELD, MO; 2 GRANDCHILDREN; 1 G-GRANDCHILD; 4 SIS, ETHEL
CECIL, PATTON, MO, MILDRED UPTON AND MARGARET SHIELDS, BORN OF
JERSEYVILLE AND VIVIAN MORRISON OF KELHI; AND 2 BRO, EMERY
WILLIS OF CARROLLTON AND RUSSELL WILLIS OF JERSEYVILLE.
VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. RV JAMES PEPPER OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS
IN OAK GROVE CEM.
RALPH E BROOKS, 62, DIED AT HIS HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE, FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ILL HEALTH.
VISITATION WAS AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES
WERE HELD AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, JERSEYVILLE, REV EVERETT
CHAMBERS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN WITT CEM AT ROCKBRIDGE. MR
BROOKS, A SON OF RAMOND BROOKS & THE LATE CALLIE (HUTCHENS)
BROOKS, WAS BORN IN GREENE CO OCT7, 1910. HE HAD BEEN ENGAGED IN
FARMING UNTIL HIS HEALTH BECAME IMPAIRES. SURVIVING ARE HIS
WIFE, LULA (PERRIN) BROOKS; 2 SONS, RALPH R BROOKS OF MESA, AZ,
AND RONNIE L BROOKS OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 DAU, MRS ROBERT (MARY JO)
BRINKMAN OF BALTIMORE, MD, AND MRS PAUL (ETHEL) ANDERSON OF
ELDRED; 3 BRO, EVERETT OF LOS ANGELES, CA, CLARENCE OF
SPRINGFIELD, AND HOWARD OF KEMPER; 2 SIS, MRS PEARL (MINTA)
GROSS, MEDORA AND MRS GLENN (VIVIAN) JACKSON, JERSEYVILLE, HIS
FATHER RAYMOND BROOKS, JERSYVILLE AND 9 GRANDCHILDREN. HIS
MOTHER AND 2 SIS PREDEDED HIM IN DEATH.
RAYMOND P BROOKS, 88, DIED OCT 2 [1975] AT
GARNET'S CHATEAU WHERE HE HAD RESIDED FOR 8 YRS. VISITATION AND
SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV EVERETT CHAMBERS OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN
KANE CEM. A FARMER, HE WAS BORN JULY 21, 1887 IN KANSAS, A SON
OF AMOS & IDA (WOOLSEY) BROOKS. SURVIVING ARE ARE 3 SONS,
EVERETT OF LOS ANGELES, CA, CLARENCE OF SPRINGFIELD AND HOWARD
OF KEMPER; 2 DAU, MRS PEARL (MINTA) GROSS OF MEDORA AND VIVIAN
JACKSON OF JERSEYVILLE; 16 GRANDCHILDREN; 1 G-GRANDCHILD. HE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BYHIS WIFE, PARENTS, 1 SON, 2 DAU AND 1 SIS.
Memorials may be given to THE HEART FUND.
Viola Brooks, 95, of Jerseyville, IL, died
at 9:30 pm Saturday, Oct. 1, 1988, at Greenwood Manor in
Jerseyville. She was born in Greene County, daughter of the late
Daniel and Laura D. (Chism) Woolsey. She married Willis R.
Brooks Sept. 12, 1910, in Greene County. He died Dec. 14, 1967.
Surviving are 3 daughters, Enid Davis and Millie Burch, both of
Jerseyville, and Opal Kirby of Fieldon; 2 sons, Hershel Brooks
of Quincy & Darrell Brooks of Jerseyville; 16 grandchildren; 38
great-grandchildren; 21 great-great-grandchildren; and a sister,
Lavina Mourning of Jerseyville. Two sons, 2 daughters, 10 sisters
& 3 brothers preceded her in death.
Visitation is 4-9 pm Tuesday with services 11 am Wednesday at
Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. The Revs. Charles Epperly
and John Wilson will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove
Cemetery at Jerseyville. Memorials may be given to Bethany
Baptist Church of rural Jerseyville, where she was a member.
WM BROOKS, 62, NATIVE OF LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND, BORN THERE SEPT 4, 1835. FIFTH SON OF WM & MARY BROOKS
AND WAS 5 YRS OLD WHEN HE CAME WITH PARENTS TO AMERICA. FAMILY
LIVED IN NEW JERSEY, RHODE ISLAND, THEN TO GREENE CO NEAR KANE.
HE MARRIED LAURA (DAVIS) AUG 8, 1855. 7 CHILDREN WERE BORN TO
THEM AND 4 SURVIVE. CAROLINE DD IN INFANCY; WILLIAM AND LEORA L
DIED SEVERAL YRS AGO. SURVIVING ARE MRS L C COLLINS OF
CHESTERFIELD, MRS H L GOODSELL, OF FAYETTE, MRS GILBERT ROURKE
AND MISS LOELLA OF GREENFIELD; 3 BRO, ROBERT BROOKS, 74, AND
JAMES E, BOTH LIVING NEAR KANE, CHARLES IN JERSEY CO, 3 BRO AND
2 SIS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
Willis Brooks Dead - Woodville Pioneer
Passed Away Aged 85 years - Willis Brooks, a resident of Greene
county all of his life, died at 8:45 o’clock last Friday
forenoon, at his home near Mt Gilead, seven miles southwest of
Carrollton. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at Mt. Gilead
church conducted by Rev. W.M. Rhoads and Rev. A. Gordanier of
Upper Alton. The burial was in the cemetery nearby, the bearers
being Hon. W.A. Hubbard, J.G. Pope, George Sturmon, Robert
Hardcastle, John Clough and Daniel Flatt.
Mr. Brooks was a son of Henry and Elizabeth Brooks, and was born
near Carrollton, July 22, 1830. He celebrated his 85th birthday
just a month ago, and at that time was feeling quite well. He
was stricken with paralysis August 2, but seemed to be
recovering until four days before his death, when he grew worse.
He was married Sept. 1, 1859 to Miss Cassa A. Thomasson, who
survives, together with three sons and five daughters. They are
Charles Preston and James Brooks; Mrs. James Stout of Gallatin,
Mo., Mrs. ?? Martin of Carrollton, Mrs. Chas. Fritz of Medora,
Mrs. Walter Mowen of Kane, and Miss Nannie, at home. Although
lacking a few days of being married fifty=-six years, the
father’s death was the first one in this large family.
Mr. Brooks was a progressive and successful farmer. He received
a good education in the district schools of his day, and
improved his opportunities. He was an ardent supporter of the
Greene County Fair, served one year as vice president of that
organization, and many years as director.
He donated the ground on which the splendid new Mt. Gilead
church is located and contributed liberally to the building
fund. For more than sixty years he was secretary of the first
Sunday school organized at Mt. Gilead, and was always active in
church work.
He was a loving husband and father, a kind neighbor, liberal and
upright in his dealings, and recognized by all as a man of
sterling character.
He leaves two brothers, on sister, twenty-four grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.[Carrollton Patriot 26 Aug 1915]
ETHEL H BROWER, 91, FORMERLY OF ROCKBRIDGE
AND MEDORA, DIED JUNE 1, 1988, AT GREENWOOD MANOR, JERSEYVILLE. SHE
RETIRED AS AN OPERATOR FROM OLIN CORP AFTER MANY YRS OF SERVICE.
BORN IN ALTON, SHE WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE JAMES & EMMA (HARLAN)
SHATTUCK. HER FIRST HUSBAND, ARCHIE G HARDING, DIED IN 1935. SHE
LATER MARRIED HERBERT BROWER, WHO DIED IN 1964. SURVIVING ARE 2
SONS, HERBERT HARDING, OF GODFREY AND HENRY HARDING OF MEDORA; 7
GRANDCHILDREN; 12 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 SIS, MILDRED SHATTUCK
OF JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 SON, JAMES
HARDING; 2 BRO, WARREN AND NYRON SHATTUCK; AND 1 SIS, GRACE
SHATTUCK. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT GENT FUNERAL HOME
IN ALTON. REV TERRY KEELEY OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN UPPER ALTON
CEM.
DENNIS BROWN, 73, SON OF BALAAM & SUSAN
BROWN, WAS BORN DEC 11, 1823, IN GREENE CO (NOW JERSEY CO) ON
THE FARM NOW OWNED BY L L KIRBY. ONE OF 7 CHILDREN, ONLY 1 BRO
SURVIVES HIM AND IS A RESIDENT OF MONTANA. 2 BRO AND 2 SIS
SURVIVES HIM OF THE 2nd MARRIAGE OF HIS FATHER. ON MAY 22, 1842,
BROWN WED MARY (VANMETER) BROWN. 5 CHILDREN TO GTHIS MARRIAGE, 2
DIED IN INFANCY, LIZZIE, WIFE OF MR O'HAVER DIED 10 YRS AGO. SYLVESTER
ENTERED THE UNION ARMY AT THE AGE OF 18, HE FELL AT VICKSBURG.
MRS MINERVA C WIGGINS IS ONLY LIVING CHILD. THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
WAS OBSERVED 5 YRS AGO. HE WAS A KIND FRIEND, AND FAITHFUL
FATHER. BURIAL WAS IN THOMPSON CEM, NEAR KANE.
ELLEN G BROWN, 79, DIED OCT 3. BORN APR 13,
1903 IN GREENE CO, SHE WAS THE DAU OF WILLIAM & NANCY (ANTROBUS)
GAFFNEY. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SHE LEAVES 1 SON, CLAYTON
OF EVANSTON. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND FRANCIS N
BROWN AUG 4, 1969; PARENTS; 3 BRO AND 3 SIS.
GEORGE L BROWN, 51, FARMER OF R3 CARROLLTON
DIED JAN 17, AT HIS HOME, FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. THE FUNEAL
MAZSS WAS CELEBRATED AT ST JOHN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CARROLLTON.
REV JOSEPH O'RILEY WAS CELEBRANT, AND BURILA WAS IN CHURCH CEM.
BORN IN JERSEYV CO, HIS MOTHER WAS THE LATE LILLIAN BROWN. HE
WAS A VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE SARAH
(STREBEL) BROWN, WHOM HE MARRIED JULY 23, 1955 IN JERSEY CO; 2
SONS, PHILIP AND RICHARD, AT HOME; 1 SIS, MARY H KANE OF
SPRINGFIELD; AND 1 BRO, DALE OFMEDORA. Memorials may be given to
ST JOHN CHURCH.
Twenty Years Ago - Hugh R. Brown, of
Carrollton, who was well known throughout this section as a
peddler of maps and other articles, died at the county farm on
Wednesday of this week. [26 Nov 1948]
IRENE VIVIAN BROWN, 81, OF GARNETS CHATEAU,
DIED AUG 5 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP, WHERE SHE HAD BEEN SINCE SUFFERING
A FRACTURED HIP ON JULY 26. SHE WAS BORN FEB 20, 1899 IN GREENE
CO, THE DAU OF FRANK AND AMANDA (PAINTER) CHISM. SHE MARRIED
GEORGE BROWN WOH PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 1
DAU, MARY ALICE BREDEN, JERSEYVILLE; 4 GRANDCHILDREN, SYLVIA
DECKER AND PHILIP AND GREG BREDEN OF JERSEYVILLE AND JANET
ISRINGHAUSEN OF FIELDON; 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 SIS, ARDELL
TIMPE AND THELMA HART BOTH OF HARTFORD. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV R E
GEORGE OF UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, OF WIHCH MRS BROWN WAS A
MEMBER OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
MARY BROWN, 86, WIDOW OF DENNIS BROWN DIED [1911] AT THE HOME OF HER DAU, MRS JOHN WEIGANDS--(WIGGINS?).
SHE WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS OF JERSEYVILLE AND HAD LIVED
IN ENGLISH TWSP MOST OF HER LIFE. FUNERAL FROM FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH WITH REV W W HICKS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THOMPSON
CEM, NEAR KANE.
MAUD (DAVIS) BROWN, 30, DIED IN ARKANSAS CITY,
DEC 23, 1897. EDUCATED AT McKENDREE COLLEGE, JACKSONVILLE
SEMINARY AND AT BOSTON, MA. SHE TRAVELD IN EUROPE. SHE MARRIED
HON. C L BROWN OF JERSEYVILLE. FUNERAL WAS FROM HER HOME BY REV
WM BIRD SHAW OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. BURIED IN MT VERNON, IL,
BESIDE HER FRIEND AND SCHOOLMATE, EMMA FERGUSON, WHO DIED A FEW YRS
AGO. THIS WAS IN COMPLIANCE OF BROWN'S WISHES. SHE LEAVES HER
HUSBAND, 1 SON KENNETH AGE 3 AND AN INFANT SON BORN DEC 10,
1897; 1 BRO, HARVEY E DAVIS OF KANE, AND 1 SIS, MRS CARRIE R
LEIGH OF PORTLAND, KS. ALSO KNOWN AS DELLA DAVIS.
Mrs. Rachel Brown of near Fieldon died of
pneumonia Saturday, Dec. 21, at the home of her son, Antone
Brown, Wood River, whom she was visiting, aged 77 years. Mrs.
Brown was the widow of the late James Brown. The body was
brought to Jerseyville Monday morning. Burial was in Fieldon
cemetery, the Rev. F. O. Wilson officiating at the grave. [Dec
1918]
Died - On Wednesday on the 23d inst. of Consumption in the
53d year of her age, Mrs. Susan Brown.
[Democratic Union 04 Jan 1862]
MRS FRANCES ELIZA BROWNLEE, 68, YOUNGEST OF
7 CHILDREN, WAS BORN IN JERSEYVILLE, JUNE 29, 1849. HE FATHER,
DAVID G WYCKOFF, OF STRUDY NEW YORK STOCK, EARLY IN LIFE MARRIED
PHOEBE ELIZA (BONNELL) BROWNLEE, AND THE LATE THIRTIES, MOVED
DTO ILL. IN 1840 MR WYCKOFF CAME TO JERSEYVILLE AND ENGAGED IN
BUSINESS, FIRST AS A MERCHANT TAILOR, LATER ESTABLISHING A
GENERAL MERCHANTILE BUSINESS, WHICH HE CONDUCTED UP TO THE TIME
OF HIS DEATH IN 1892. IN 1851, HIS WIFE DIED, AND THE CARE OF
THE HOUSEHOLD FELL UPON THE SHOULDERS OF CATHERINE, THE ELDEST
DAUGHTER, THEN BARELY 15 YRS OLD. A TASK SHE ASSUMED WITH LOVING
DEVOTION AND PERFORMED WITH RARE ABILITY. THE DAU, FRANCES, AS A
GIRL, ATTENDED THE YOUNG LADIES SEMINARY AT JERSEYVILLE, WHEN IT
WAS SO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED BY MRS L M CUTTING. NOV 15, 1871,
SHE MARRIED JOHN Q BROWNLEE. EARLY MARRIED LIFE WAS SPENT IN
LINCOLN, NB AND LATER MOVED TO MARION, IN, WHERE HER HUSBAND
IDENTIFIED WITH PUBLICATION OF THE LINCOLN STATE JOURNAL AND THE
MARION CRONICLE. THEY WERE PARENTS OF 4 DAU, LUCE E, CATHERINE
W, CORNELIA J AND CLARA B. GRIEF SEEMS NEVER TO HAVE REMAIND A
STRANGER TO HER. IN MARCH 1889, WHILE THE FAMILY WAS RESIDING AT
THE OLD WYCKOFF HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, MRS BROWNLEE'S OLDEST SIS
CATHERINE PASSED AWAY. HAVING CARED SO TENDERLY FOR THE
CHILDREN, SINCE HER MOTHER'S DEATH, HER WORK ENDED, LOVED AND
CHERISHED BY ALL, SHE WENT TO HER REWARD. IN NOV OF THE SAME YR,
LUCY THE ELDEST DAU, THEN AN HONORED MEMBER OF JERSEYVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATIG CLASS, SICKENED AND D. WITHIN 3 DAYS THE
GRANDFATHER, AS IF TOO LONELY TO SURVIVE D. WITHIN A YR AND A
HALF, THE HUSBAND, WHILE ON A TRIP TO CHICAGO WAS STRICKEN.
FRANCES ELIZA WAS THE LAST OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY. HER SIS, MRS
CORNELIA J SHEPHARD HAVING DIED MAY 4, 1915. MRS BROWNLEE WAS WORN
AND WEARY FROM THE CEASLESS CARE AND ATTENTION GIVEN HER SISTER,
WHO LINGERED SO LONG, NEVER RECOVERED HER HEALTH. SHE WENT TO TX
TO SPENT WINTER WITH HER DAU, CORNELIA, THINKING TO BENEFIT FROM
THE CHANGE IN CLIMATE. SHE RETURNED IMPROVED. THIS SUMMER SHE
BECAME WORSE AND WENT TO ALTON TO SPEND THE WINTER WITH DAU,
CATHERINE. DID NOT IMPROVE. SURVIVING 3 DAU, CATHERINE W
BOYNTON, ALTON, CORNELIA J BROWNLEE AND MRS CLIFFORD (CLARA B)
DEARTH OF EAU CLAIRE, WIS. 1 GRANDDAU MARY FRANCES DEARTH.
REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO THE BROWNLEE HOME, JERSEYVILLE, WHERE
THE FUNERAL WAS HELD AND INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GOVE MAUSOLEUM.
QUIET, UNASSUMING NATURE, INTERESTED IN ALL ABOUT HER, EVER KIND
AN CONSIDERATE, ENDEARED HERSELF TO ALL WHO KNEW HER.
PALLBEARERS: WM JOHNSON CARROL RUCKEL BOTH OF WHITE HALL, H S
DANIELS, JETT A KIRBY, J W BECKER, AND JUDGE C S WHITE.
Bruner Rites - Greenfield - Funeral Services for W.
Elmer Bruner were conducted at the Methodist Church in
Rockbridge Sunday afternoon at 2:30, by the Rev. Frank Crouch of
Carlinville. Mrs. Imogene Secor Lawrence of Lockport,
accompanied by Mrs. Flossie Kaffir, sang several selections.
Pallbearers were O. J. Miller, Jesse Steele, Fred Pewter, and
Burl Clark of Rockbridge, Orville Geier of Jerseyville and
Cleatus Reynolds of White Hall. Honorary pallbearers were Pete
Huff, Troy Burger, Irwin Scandrett, Ay Lovel, Celah Faith, and
Basil Crane. Internment was in Witt Cemetery south of
Rockbridge. [Alton Evening Telegraph 28 Aug 1945]
EDWARD BRYANT, 85, DIED AT TOWER VIEW NURSING
HOME WHERE HE HAD RESIDED FOR 4 YRS. HE WAS BORN IN KY, OCT 20,
1872, A SON OF MR & MRS ELISHA BRYANT AND AT THE AGE OF 21 CAME
TO IL TO MAKE HIS HOME. ON SEPT 23, 2903 HE MARRIED DELLA (SHAW)
BRYANT AND SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH APR 14, 1947. SURVIVING ARE
1 DAU, MRS MILDRED VINYARD, CARROLLTON AND 1 SON, DONALD BRYANT,
ELDRED; 1 BRO, DAN BRYANT, CARROLLTON AND 1 HALF BRO, MARCUS
BRYANT OF BEAUMONT, KY. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY REV
ROBERT WAGNER AT MEHL FUNERAL HOME, CARROLLTON. BURIAL WAS IN
CARROLLTON CITY CEM.
Mrs. Florence E. Diggs Bryant, wife of Lee
A. Bryant, died at her home in Alton, Sunday, June 15th, at 6
o’clock, at the age of 46 years, 7 months and 18 days. Besides
her husband she is survived by her father and three sisters in
Oklahoma.
Funeral services were held from the Rosedale Church, Tuesday,
June 17th, at 2:30 o’clock. Interment was in the Rosedale
Cemetery.
