OBITUARY: Rochester Sentinel, Rochester, Fulton County, IN. Monday, 13 Dec 1915.
Obeying her mother's request to gather eggs, Miss Lily Brugh left the house Saturday afternoon about four o'clock and went to the barn. When she returned, 15 minutes later, her mother, Mrs. Verlinda Brugh, age 83, lay on the floor near the kitchen door, dead. Every bit of clothing down to her shoes, was burned from the body, and the floor, the base board and a shelf on the wall over the stove were on fire. The death struggle probably lasted 10 minutes. The accident occurred at the home of James Brugh, who lives two miles east of Leiters. Mrs. Brugh owned the home and her son and single daughter Lily lived with her. Mr.Brugh came to the city Saturday. No one saw the accident which led to Mrs. Brught's death, but it is thought that her clothing caught fire when she attempted, as she was in the habit of doing, to lift a stove lid by wrapping her apron around the handle. As she wore a cotton garment, it is evident that the flames soon swept the body. Evidence of a struggle were found everyplace in the room. The aged woman evidently tried to get to the door to call for help, but as she was very feeble, her efforts only hastened the end. Miss Brugh said that she did not hear a sound or scream for help while she was at the barn. On discovering her mother's body, she screamed for help and soon the home was filled with neighbors and friends. Mrs. Verlinda Brugh was the widow of Joseph Brugh, who died 41 years ago. She leaves seven children: George, James, Albert, Edward, Lily, Elmer and Laura. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock at the church in Leiters.
Allison lineage back to Thomas Allanson, English extraction, London.
Thomas Allanson/Mary Roberts
Charles Allanson/ ? Posey
Thomas Allison/Barbary Burch
Charles Allison/Barbara Moore
Charles Allison, Jr./Mary Blackmore
Benjamin Allison/Elizabeth Barkley
Verlinda Allison
Obeying her mother's request to gather eggs, Miss Lily Brugh left the house Saturday afternoon about four o'clock and went to the barn. When she returned, 15 minutes later, her mother, Mrs. Verlinda Brugh, age 83, lay on the floor near the kitchen door, dead. Every bit of clothing down to her shoes, was burned from the body, and the floor, the base board and a shelf on the wall over the stove were on fire. The death struggle probably lasted 10 minutes. The accident occurred at the home of James Brugh, who lives two miles east of Leiters. Mrs. Brugh owned the home and her son and single daughter Lily lived with her. Mr.Brugh came to the city Saturday. No one saw the accident which led to Mrs. Brught's death, but it is thought that her clothing caught fire when she attempted, as she was in the habit of doing, to lift a stove lid by wrapping her apron around the handle. As she wore a cotton garment, it is evident that the flames soon swept the body. Evidence of a struggle were found everyplace in the room. The aged woman evidently tried to get to the door to call for help, but as she was very feeble, her efforts only hastened the end. Miss Brugh said that she did not hear a sound or scream for help while she was at the barn. On discovering her mother's body, she screamed for help and soon the home was filled with neighbors and friends. Mrs. Verlinda Brugh was the widow of Joseph Brugh, who died 41 years ago. She leaves seven children: George, James, Albert, Edward, Lily, Elmer and Laura. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock at the church in Leiters.
Allison lineage back to Thomas Allanson, English extraction, London.
Thomas Allanson/Mary Roberts
Charles Allanson/ ? Posey
Thomas Allison/Barbary Burch
Charles Allison/Barbara Moore
Charles Allison, Jr./Mary Blackmore
Benjamin Allison/Elizabeth Barkley
Verlinda Allison
OBITUARY: Rochester Sentinel, Rochester, Fulton County, IN. Monday, 13 Dec 1915.
Obeying her mother's request to gather eggs, Miss Lily Brugh left the house Saturday afternoon about four o'clock and went to the barn. When she returned, 15 minutes later, her mother, Mrs. Verlinda Brugh, age 83, lay on the floor near the kitchen door, dead. Every bit of clothing down to her shoes, was burned from the body, and the floor, the base board and a shelf on the wall over the stove were on fire. The death struggle probably lasted 10 minutes. The accident occurred at the home of James Brugh, who lives two miles east of Leiters. Mrs. Brugh owned the home and her son and single daughter Lily lived with her. Mr.Brugh came to the city Saturday. No one saw the accident which led to Mrs. Brught's death, but it is thought that her clothing caught fire when she attempted, as she was in the habit of doing, to lift a stove lid by wrapping her apron around the handle. As she wore a cotton garment, it is evident that the flames soon swept the body. Evidence of a struggle were found everyplace in the room. The aged woman evidently tried to get to the door to call for help, but as she was very feeble, her efforts only hastened the end. Miss Brugh said that she did not hear a sound or scream for help while she was at the barn. On discovering her mother's body, she screamed for help and soon the home was filled with neighbors and friends. Mrs. Verlinda Brugh was the widow of Joseph Brugh, who died 41 years ago. She leaves seven children: George, James, Albert, Edward, Lily, Elmer and Laura. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock at the church in Leiters.
Allison lineage back to Thomas Allanson, English extraction, London.
Thomas Allanson/Mary Roberts
Charles Allanson/ ? Posey
Thomas Allison/Barbary Burch
Charles Allison/Barbara Moore
Charles Allison, Jr./Mary Blackmore
Benjamin Allison/Elizabeth Barkley
Verlinda Allison
Obeying her mother's request to gather eggs, Miss Lily Brugh left the house Saturday afternoon about four o'clock and went to the barn. When she returned, 15 minutes later, her mother, Mrs. Verlinda Brugh, age 83, lay on the floor near the kitchen door, dead. Every bit of clothing down to her shoes, was burned from the body, and the floor, the base board and a shelf on the wall over the stove were on fire. The death struggle probably lasted 10 minutes. The accident occurred at the home of James Brugh, who lives two miles east of Leiters. Mrs. Brugh owned the home and her son and single daughter Lily lived with her. Mr.Brugh came to the city Saturday. No one saw the accident which led to Mrs. Brught's death, but it is thought that her clothing caught fire when she attempted, as she was in the habit of doing, to lift a stove lid by wrapping her apron around the handle. As she wore a cotton garment, it is evident that the flames soon swept the body. Evidence of a struggle were found everyplace in the room. The aged woman evidently tried to get to the door to call for help, but as she was very feeble, her efforts only hastened the end. Miss Brugh said that she did not hear a sound or scream for help while she was at the barn. On discovering her mother's body, she screamed for help and soon the home was filled with neighbors and friends. Mrs. Verlinda Brugh was the widow of Joseph Brugh, who died 41 years ago. She leaves seven children: George, James, Albert, Edward, Lily, Elmer and Laura. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock at the church in Leiters.
Allison lineage back to Thomas Allanson, English extraction, London.
Thomas Allanson/Mary Roberts
Charles Allanson/ ? Posey
Thomas Allison/Barbary Burch
Charles Allison/Barbara Moore
Charles Allison, Jr./Mary Blackmore
Benjamin Allison/Elizabeth Barkley
Verlinda Allison
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