LCOL John James Brereton (1857-1899)

LCOL John James Brereton

Birth

11 Jan 1857

Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA

Death

2 Dec 1899 (aged 42)

Philippines

Burial

Cedar Lawn Cemetery

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Plot

Section 12, Lot 346

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Graduated from the U. S. Military Academy on June 14, 1877. Died by his own hand, while temporarily insane, at Santo Tomás, Union Province, Island of Luzon, Philippine Islands.

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A knightly soldier bravely dead. He followed Truth and found her with Danger's Sweetness round her, so loved her that he died for her.

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Spouses

Mary Augusta "Minnie" Smith Brereton

1855–1893 (m. 1892)
Nettie E. Bullis Brereton

1862–1890

Children

Alice Eleanor Brereton

1887–1979

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New Jersey, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991
Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

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Mary Augusta "Minnie" Smith Brereton

Nettie E. Bullis Brereton

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Mary Augusta "Minnie" Smith Brereton

Nettie E. Bullis Brereton

Alice Eleanor Brereton

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