OBITUARY - Plain Dealer, Wabash (IN
D.F. Brewer, 85, died Saturday morning about 8:45 o'clock in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Goldsbarry, Wabash R.R. 5, after being seriously ill since last Sunday. He had been in ill health for several years.
Mr. Brewer, a retired carpenter, was born north of Wabash, Feb. 16, 1865, to Flavius J. and Mary Kuntz Brewer. He was married Nov. 25, 1886 to Alice Curry who preceded him in death Feb. 29, 1940. Two sons also preceded him in death.
The survivors include the one daughter, Mrs. Goldsbarry, one graddaughter and one great-granddaughter, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Petry and Mrs. Milo Alger, Wabash, and Mrs. Arthur Sayre, Ponca City, Okla., and three brothers, Arthur, Mexico, Me., Howard, Logansport, and William, Wabash.
Mr. Brewer was a former sheriff of Wabash county and attended the Christian church. His former residence was on Ohio street but he had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Goldsbarry for some time.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Wire Funeral home where friends may also call. The Rev. D.G. Ashton will officiate and burial will be in Falls cemetery.
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(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Wesner, pub 1914)
Various business enterprises have claimed the attention of D. F. Brewer in the years of his active career, but that which has received his sincerest approbation and in which he has been accorded the greatest measure of success is his farming enterprise. His farm of eighty acres in Noble township is one of the best to be there found, and he has demonstrated his ability as a practical farmer in no uncertain terms.
D. F. Brewer is a native son of Wabash county and of Noble township also, for he was born here on February 16, 1865, and is a son of Flavius and Mary E. (Kunse) Brewer. They were born in Fayette county, this state, and in Wabash county they married and settled to live in the early forties. They first took up their residence in the town of Wabash, and there resided for a number of years. It should be stated here, however, that Flavius Brewer is the son of Joel Brewer, who settled first on a Paw Paw township farm in Wabash county, and later lived in Lagro township, where he ended his days. The maternal grandfather of the subject was David Kunse, who also came to the state in an early day, and in Wabash he engaged in the manufacturing of brick, his being known and noted as the first brick yard to be established in the place. Flavius Brewer remained at home with his father, occupying himself with the work of the farm and such other duties as presented themselves, until the war broke out in 1861. It is characteristic of him that he was one of the first men to enlist in Wabash county for service, and he served throughout with but a brief respite, until the month of August, 1865. He came home on a furlough and during that time he married Mary E. Kunse, soon after returning to his regiment and continuing until the close. He saw much of hard service, and there are few who can relate more thrilling experiences than can Mr. Brewer as the result of his four years of life as an active soldier.
D. F. Brewer was more fortunate than many country youths in the matter of education, for he was privileged to attend the schools of Wabash city, in addition to his country training. When he had finished school he turned his attention to the home farm and remained as his father's assistant until he married in 1887, when Alice W. Curry, daughter of John and Louisa (Catlin) Curry, became his wife. She was born in Noble township, Wabash county, and here reared, and is among the best known women of the community. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brewer settled in Noble township, and then they moved, after a short time, to Wabash, where he was engaged for some twenty years in the real estate business. He enjoyed a fair measure of success in the business, but his early training had instilled into him a fondness for rural life that would not be denied, and so it came about that he moved to his present fine place of eighty acres in Noble township, where he was born and reared.
Since Mr. Brewer settled here he has done a large amount of improvement work on his place, adding much to the appearance of the property by additions to barns and dwelling, and the place is one of the most pleasing and attractive in the township.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brewer. Myrtle, the eldest, married Frank Goldsberry, and has one child, Alice Carrie Goldsberry. Glenn died at the tender age of three months, and Lawrence lived to be one year old. All three were born in Noble township.
Mrs. Brewer is a member of the Christian church and is active in the various departments of the work of the organization. Mr. Brewer has membership in a number of fraternal orders, among them being the Red Men, the Woodmen and the Ben Hurs. He is a Republican in his political faith, and is active in the ranks of the party in the county. In all the years of his residence here he has demonstrated a citizenship that is a benefit to the community, as well as being highly creditable to himself, and he has a secure place among the substantial men of the township.
D.F. Brewer, 85, died Saturday morning about 8:45 o'clock in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Goldsbarry, Wabash R.R. 5, after being seriously ill since last Sunday. He had been in ill health for several years.
Mr. Brewer, a retired carpenter, was born north of Wabash, Feb. 16, 1865, to Flavius J. and Mary Kuntz Brewer. He was married Nov. 25, 1886 to Alice Curry who preceded him in death Feb. 29, 1940. Two sons also preceded him in death.
The survivors include the one daughter, Mrs. Goldsbarry, one graddaughter and one great-granddaughter, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Petry and Mrs. Milo Alger, Wabash, and Mrs. Arthur Sayre, Ponca City, Okla., and three brothers, Arthur, Mexico, Me., Howard, Logansport, and William, Wabash.
Mr. Brewer was a former sheriff of Wabash county and attended the Christian church. His former residence was on Ohio street but he had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Goldsbarry for some time.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Wire Funeral home where friends may also call. The Rev. D.G. Ashton will officiate and burial will be in Falls cemetery.
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(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Wesner, pub 1914)
Various business enterprises have claimed the attention of D. F. Brewer in the years of his active career, but that which has received his sincerest approbation and in which he has been accorded the greatest measure of success is his farming enterprise. His farm of eighty acres in Noble township is one of the best to be there found, and he has demonstrated his ability as a practical farmer in no uncertain terms.
D. F. Brewer is a native son of Wabash county and of Noble township also, for he was born here on February 16, 1865, and is a son of Flavius and Mary E. (Kunse) Brewer. They were born in Fayette county, this state, and in Wabash county they married and settled to live in the early forties. They first took up their residence in the town of Wabash, and there resided for a number of years. It should be stated here, however, that Flavius Brewer is the son of Joel Brewer, who settled first on a Paw Paw township farm in Wabash county, and later lived in Lagro township, where he ended his days. The maternal grandfather of the subject was David Kunse, who also came to the state in an early day, and in Wabash he engaged in the manufacturing of brick, his being known and noted as the first brick yard to be established in the place. Flavius Brewer remained at home with his father, occupying himself with the work of the farm and such other duties as presented themselves, until the war broke out in 1861. It is characteristic of him that he was one of the first men to enlist in Wabash county for service, and he served throughout with but a brief respite, until the month of August, 1865. He came home on a furlough and during that time he married Mary E. Kunse, soon after returning to his regiment and continuing until the close. He saw much of hard service, and there are few who can relate more thrilling experiences than can Mr. Brewer as the result of his four years of life as an active soldier.
D. F. Brewer was more fortunate than many country youths in the matter of education, for he was privileged to attend the schools of Wabash city, in addition to his country training. When he had finished school he turned his attention to the home farm and remained as his father's assistant until he married in 1887, when Alice W. Curry, daughter of John and Louisa (Catlin) Curry, became his wife. She was born in Noble township, Wabash county, and here reared, and is among the best known women of the community. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brewer settled in Noble township, and then they moved, after a short time, to Wabash, where he was engaged for some twenty years in the real estate business. He enjoyed a fair measure of success in the business, but his early training had instilled into him a fondness for rural life that would not be denied, and so it came about that he moved to his present fine place of eighty acres in Noble township, where he was born and reared.
Since Mr. Brewer settled here he has done a large amount of improvement work on his place, adding much to the appearance of the property by additions to barns and dwelling, and the place is one of the most pleasing and attractive in the township.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brewer. Myrtle, the eldest, married Frank Goldsberry, and has one child, Alice Carrie Goldsberry. Glenn died at the tender age of three months, and Lawrence lived to be one year old. All three were born in Noble township.
Mrs. Brewer is a member of the Christian church and is active in the various departments of the work of the organization. Mr. Brewer has membership in a number of fraternal orders, among them being the Red Men, the Woodmen and the Ben Hurs. He is a Republican in his political faith, and is active in the ranks of the party in the county. In all the years of his residence here he has demonstrated a citizenship that is a benefit to the community, as well as being highly creditable to himself, and he has a secure place among the substantial men of the township.
OBITUARY - Plain Dealer, Wabash (IN
D.F. Brewer, 85, died Saturday morning about 8:45 o'clock in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Goldsbarry, Wabash R.R. 5, after being seriously ill since last Sunday. He had been in ill health for several years.
Mr. Brewer, a retired carpenter, was born north of Wabash, Feb. 16, 1865, to Flavius J. and Mary Kuntz Brewer. He was married Nov. 25, 1886 to Alice Curry who preceded him in death Feb. 29, 1940. Two sons also preceded him in death.
The survivors include the one daughter, Mrs. Goldsbarry, one graddaughter and one great-granddaughter, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Petry and Mrs. Milo Alger, Wabash, and Mrs. Arthur Sayre, Ponca City, Okla., and three brothers, Arthur, Mexico, Me., Howard, Logansport, and William, Wabash.
Mr. Brewer was a former sheriff of Wabash county and attended the Christian church. His former residence was on Ohio street but he had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Goldsbarry for some time.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Wire Funeral home where friends may also call. The Rev. D.G. Ashton will officiate and burial will be in Falls cemetery.
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(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Wesner, pub 1914)
Various business enterprises have claimed the attention of D. F. Brewer in the years of his active career, but that which has received his sincerest approbation and in which he has been accorded the greatest measure of success is his farming enterprise. His farm of eighty acres in Noble township is one of the best to be there found, and he has demonstrated his ability as a practical farmer in no uncertain terms.
D. F. Brewer is a native son of Wabash county and of Noble township also, for he was born here on February 16, 1865, and is a son of Flavius and Mary E. (Kunse) Brewer. They were born in Fayette county, this state, and in Wabash county they married and settled to live in the early forties. They first took up their residence in the town of Wabash, and there resided for a number of years. It should be stated here, however, that Flavius Brewer is the son of Joel Brewer, who settled first on a Paw Paw township farm in Wabash county, and later lived in Lagro township, where he ended his days. The maternal grandfather of the subject was David Kunse, who also came to the state in an early day, and in Wabash he engaged in the manufacturing of brick, his being known and noted as the first brick yard to be established in the place. Flavius Brewer remained at home with his father, occupying himself with the work of the farm and such other duties as presented themselves, until the war broke out in 1861. It is characteristic of him that he was one of the first men to enlist in Wabash county for service, and he served throughout with but a brief respite, until the month of August, 1865. He came home on a furlough and during that time he married Mary E. Kunse, soon after returning to his regiment and continuing until the close. He saw much of hard service, and there are few who can relate more thrilling experiences than can Mr. Brewer as the result of his four years of life as an active soldier.
D. F. Brewer was more fortunate than many country youths in the matter of education, for he was privileged to attend the schools of Wabash city, in addition to his country training. When he had finished school he turned his attention to the home farm and remained as his father's assistant until he married in 1887, when Alice W. Curry, daughter of John and Louisa (Catlin) Curry, became his wife. She was born in Noble township, Wabash county, and here reared, and is among the best known women of the community. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brewer settled in Noble township, and then they moved, after a short time, to Wabash, where he was engaged for some twenty years in the real estate business. He enjoyed a fair measure of success in the business, but his early training had instilled into him a fondness for rural life that would not be denied, and so it came about that he moved to his present fine place of eighty acres in Noble township, where he was born and reared.
Since Mr. Brewer settled here he has done a large amount of improvement work on his place, adding much to the appearance of the property by additions to barns and dwelling, and the place is one of the most pleasing and attractive in the township.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brewer. Myrtle, the eldest, married Frank Goldsberry, and has one child, Alice Carrie Goldsberry. Glenn died at the tender age of three months, and Lawrence lived to be one year old. All three were born in Noble township.
Mrs. Brewer is a member of the Christian church and is active in the various departments of the work of the organization. Mr. Brewer has membership in a number of fraternal orders, among them being the Red Men, the Woodmen and the Ben Hurs. He is a Republican in his political faith, and is active in the ranks of the party in the county. In all the years of his residence here he has demonstrated a citizenship that is a benefit to the community, as well as being highly creditable to himself, and he has a secure place among the substantial men of the township.
D.F. Brewer, 85, died Saturday morning about 8:45 o'clock in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Goldsbarry, Wabash R.R. 5, after being seriously ill since last Sunday. He had been in ill health for several years.
Mr. Brewer, a retired carpenter, was born north of Wabash, Feb. 16, 1865, to Flavius J. and Mary Kuntz Brewer. He was married Nov. 25, 1886 to Alice Curry who preceded him in death Feb. 29, 1940. Two sons also preceded him in death.
The survivors include the one daughter, Mrs. Goldsbarry, one graddaughter and one great-granddaughter, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Petry and Mrs. Milo Alger, Wabash, and Mrs. Arthur Sayre, Ponca City, Okla., and three brothers, Arthur, Mexico, Me., Howard, Logansport, and William, Wabash.
Mr. Brewer was a former sheriff of Wabash county and attended the Christian church. His former residence was on Ohio street but he had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Goldsbarry for some time.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Wire Funeral home where friends may also call. The Rev. D.G. Ashton will officiate and burial will be in Falls cemetery.
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(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Wesner, pub 1914)
Various business enterprises have claimed the attention of D. F. Brewer in the years of his active career, but that which has received his sincerest approbation and in which he has been accorded the greatest measure of success is his farming enterprise. His farm of eighty acres in Noble township is one of the best to be there found, and he has demonstrated his ability as a practical farmer in no uncertain terms.
D. F. Brewer is a native son of Wabash county and of Noble township also, for he was born here on February 16, 1865, and is a son of Flavius and Mary E. (Kunse) Brewer. They were born in Fayette county, this state, and in Wabash county they married and settled to live in the early forties. They first took up their residence in the town of Wabash, and there resided for a number of years. It should be stated here, however, that Flavius Brewer is the son of Joel Brewer, who settled first on a Paw Paw township farm in Wabash county, and later lived in Lagro township, where he ended his days. The maternal grandfather of the subject was David Kunse, who also came to the state in an early day, and in Wabash he engaged in the manufacturing of brick, his being known and noted as the first brick yard to be established in the place. Flavius Brewer remained at home with his father, occupying himself with the work of the farm and such other duties as presented themselves, until the war broke out in 1861. It is characteristic of him that he was one of the first men to enlist in Wabash county for service, and he served throughout with but a brief respite, until the month of August, 1865. He came home on a furlough and during that time he married Mary E. Kunse, soon after returning to his regiment and continuing until the close. He saw much of hard service, and there are few who can relate more thrilling experiences than can Mr. Brewer as the result of his four years of life as an active soldier.
D. F. Brewer was more fortunate than many country youths in the matter of education, for he was privileged to attend the schools of Wabash city, in addition to his country training. When he had finished school he turned his attention to the home farm and remained as his father's assistant until he married in 1887, when Alice W. Curry, daughter of John and Louisa (Catlin) Curry, became his wife. She was born in Noble township, Wabash county, and here reared, and is among the best known women of the community. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brewer settled in Noble township, and then they moved, after a short time, to Wabash, where he was engaged for some twenty years in the real estate business. He enjoyed a fair measure of success in the business, but his early training had instilled into him a fondness for rural life that would not be denied, and so it came about that he moved to his present fine place of eighty acres in Noble township, where he was born and reared.
Since Mr. Brewer settled here he has done a large amount of improvement work on his place, adding much to the appearance of the property by additions to barns and dwelling, and the place is one of the most pleasing and attractive in the township.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brewer. Myrtle, the eldest, married Frank Goldsberry, and has one child, Alice Carrie Goldsberry. Glenn died at the tender age of three months, and Lawrence lived to be one year old. All three were born in Noble township.
Mrs. Brewer is a member of the Christian church and is active in the various departments of the work of the organization. Mr. Brewer has membership in a number of fraternal orders, among them being the Red Men, the Woodmen and the Ben Hurs. He is a Republican in his political faith, and is active in the ranks of the party in the county. In all the years of his residence here he has demonstrated a citizenship that is a benefit to the community, as well as being highly creditable to himself, and he has a secure place among the substantial men of the township.
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