Son of Michael and Elizabeth Stover Brock
Husband of Abigail I. Brown
Married: 26 Sep 1870 in Clark County, Indiana
Marriage Record Book J, Page 365
Obituary from New Albany Weekly Ledger, New Albany, Indiana
8 Jun 1928 Page 10, Column 6
SERVICES FOR AGED CHRISTIAN PASTOR – Funeral services for Rev. Francis Marion Brock, 78 years old, who for fifty years was a pastor of Southern Indiana Christian churches was held Sunday afternoon at the Union Methodist and Christian Church of Borden, Ind. Rev. W.D. Bartle and Rev. Mr. Henry, Christian church ministers of New Albany, and Rev. Fred R. Davies, Clark county Christian church evangelist of Charlestown, officiated. Burial in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, three miles south of Borden. Rev. Mr. Brock died at his home in Borden at 6:48 o’clock Friday night, after an illness of several months. He was formerly trustee and assessor of Wood Township, Clark County, where he was born. At the time of his death he was county school attendance officer. For eighteen years he was a teacher in the Wood Township schools. During his fifty years as a Christian church minister, he served in the pulpits of churches in Scott, Washington, Jackson, Floyd and Clark counties. He was a Mason and a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Abigail Brock; two sons, John B. Brock, principal of the George Rogers Clark school of Howard Park, and Thomas J. Brock of Okmulgee, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Cogswell of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Adaline Martin of Martinsburg, Ind., and a brother Michael Brock of New Albany.
Obituary from the scrapbook of George W. Bell, reads: Francis Marion Brock was born July 22, 1849, and died June 1, 1928, aged seventy-eight years, ten months and nine days. He was united in marriage to Abigail Brown, September 26, 1872. To this union were born three children, Cora May, a daughter who departed this life January 9th 1880 and two sons, Thomas J. of Oklahoma and John B. of Clarksville, who survive him. He also leaves to mourn his loss his wife and two sisters, Mrs. Susie Cogswell, of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Adaline Martin, of Martinsburg and one brother, Michael Brock, of New Albany, together with seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends. He was educated in the public schools of the county and at the Salem Academy at Salem, Ind. In his early manhood he entered the teaching profession in his native county, and soon became one of the outstanding teachers of the county. He has been a member of the Masonic order for forty-nine years, having served as Master of the lodge several years and at the time of his death, was the oldest member of New Providence Lodge. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows and the Rebeckah’s. He, also in his youthful days entered wholeheartedly into the services of the Master, and for fifty-six years was one of Indiana’s leading evangelists in the Christian Church. Throughout all the counties of Southern Indiana he preached to tens of thousands of people, and was the means of bringing hundreds of people into the church. In missions of mercy and charity he was known as one who never failed to respond to the needs of humanity. In his efforts to cheer and uplift the poor and unfortunate he stands without a peer in all the counties in this part of Indiana. A neighbor in need of a friend instinctively turned to Brother Brock for help and he was never disappointed in the results. He went without money and without price, during his long journey here on earth, on ten thousand missions of mercy and love and received as his reward only the approval of a satisfied conscience. In his broad sympathies and charitable attitude toward the frailties of mankind he saw only the good and none of the evil in his fellow men. As a school teacher and school official in our county, his keen interest in and deep love for the little children, was the guiding star of his conduct and the influence back of every important decision he made. If every kind word he spoke and every kind deed of charity he performed in his useful life could be expressed by his friends in terms of flowers he would sleep today beneath a mountain of roses. And finally, as above all, he stood as the uncompromising supporter and defender of the Savior of the world. This was his first duty and his first obligation. To this end he labored and wrought. For this purpose he lived, and to this end he died. Of him it can be said as was said of one of old “A Prince has fallen in Israel.” He has bought the good fight, he has finished his course. Let us believe that he heard the welcome voice greeting him from the farther shore and that as the voices of farewell fade from his ears and the faces of loved ones vanish from his fading sight that he hears in the chorus on the shores of that land not measured by time, nor touched by storms, nor marred by heartaches or separations, the voices of welcome greeting from the host of the redeemed who have been washed in the blood of the lamb. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Borden Union church, conducted by Rev. W. D. Bartle, assisted by Prof. S.L. Scott and Rev. E. L. Moore. The funeral and burial was in charge of New Providence Lodge. No 237 F. and A.M., and the remains taken to Pleasant Ridge cemetery for interment.
Husband of Abigail I. Brown
Married: 26 Sep 1870 in Clark County, Indiana
Marriage Record Book J, Page 365
Obituary from New Albany Weekly Ledger, New Albany, Indiana
8 Jun 1928 Page 10, Column 6
SERVICES FOR AGED CHRISTIAN PASTOR – Funeral services for Rev. Francis Marion Brock, 78 years old, who for fifty years was a pastor of Southern Indiana Christian churches was held Sunday afternoon at the Union Methodist and Christian Church of Borden, Ind. Rev. W.D. Bartle and Rev. Mr. Henry, Christian church ministers of New Albany, and Rev. Fred R. Davies, Clark county Christian church evangelist of Charlestown, officiated. Burial in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, three miles south of Borden. Rev. Mr. Brock died at his home in Borden at 6:48 o’clock Friday night, after an illness of several months. He was formerly trustee and assessor of Wood Township, Clark County, where he was born. At the time of his death he was county school attendance officer. For eighteen years he was a teacher in the Wood Township schools. During his fifty years as a Christian church minister, he served in the pulpits of churches in Scott, Washington, Jackson, Floyd and Clark counties. He was a Mason and a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Abigail Brock; two sons, John B. Brock, principal of the George Rogers Clark school of Howard Park, and Thomas J. Brock of Okmulgee, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Cogswell of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Adaline Martin of Martinsburg, Ind., and a brother Michael Brock of New Albany.
Obituary from the scrapbook of George W. Bell, reads: Francis Marion Brock was born July 22, 1849, and died June 1, 1928, aged seventy-eight years, ten months and nine days. He was united in marriage to Abigail Brown, September 26, 1872. To this union were born three children, Cora May, a daughter who departed this life January 9th 1880 and two sons, Thomas J. of Oklahoma and John B. of Clarksville, who survive him. He also leaves to mourn his loss his wife and two sisters, Mrs. Susie Cogswell, of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Adaline Martin, of Martinsburg and one brother, Michael Brock, of New Albany, together with seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends. He was educated in the public schools of the county and at the Salem Academy at Salem, Ind. In his early manhood he entered the teaching profession in his native county, and soon became one of the outstanding teachers of the county. He has been a member of the Masonic order for forty-nine years, having served as Master of the lodge several years and at the time of his death, was the oldest member of New Providence Lodge. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows and the Rebeckah’s. He, also in his youthful days entered wholeheartedly into the services of the Master, and for fifty-six years was one of Indiana’s leading evangelists in the Christian Church. Throughout all the counties of Southern Indiana he preached to tens of thousands of people, and was the means of bringing hundreds of people into the church. In missions of mercy and charity he was known as one who never failed to respond to the needs of humanity. In his efforts to cheer and uplift the poor and unfortunate he stands without a peer in all the counties in this part of Indiana. A neighbor in need of a friend instinctively turned to Brother Brock for help and he was never disappointed in the results. He went without money and without price, during his long journey here on earth, on ten thousand missions of mercy and love and received as his reward only the approval of a satisfied conscience. In his broad sympathies and charitable attitude toward the frailties of mankind he saw only the good and none of the evil in his fellow men. As a school teacher and school official in our county, his keen interest in and deep love for the little children, was the guiding star of his conduct and the influence back of every important decision he made. If every kind word he spoke and every kind deed of charity he performed in his useful life could be expressed by his friends in terms of flowers he would sleep today beneath a mountain of roses. And finally, as above all, he stood as the uncompromising supporter and defender of the Savior of the world. This was his first duty and his first obligation. To this end he labored and wrought. For this purpose he lived, and to this end he died. Of him it can be said as was said of one of old “A Prince has fallen in Israel.” He has bought the good fight, he has finished his course. Let us believe that he heard the welcome voice greeting him from the farther shore and that as the voices of farewell fade from his ears and the faces of loved ones vanish from his fading sight that he hears in the chorus on the shores of that land not measured by time, nor touched by storms, nor marred by heartaches or separations, the voices of welcome greeting from the host of the redeemed who have been washed in the blood of the lamb. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Borden Union church, conducted by Rev. W. D. Bartle, assisted by Prof. S.L. Scott and Rev. E. L. Moore. The funeral and burial was in charge of New Providence Lodge. No 237 F. and A.M., and the remains taken to Pleasant Ridge cemetery for interment.
Son of Michael and Elizabeth Stover Brock
Husband of Abigail I. Brown
Married: 26 Sep 1870 in Clark County, Indiana
Marriage Record Book J, Page 365
Obituary from New Albany Weekly Ledger, New Albany, Indiana
8 Jun 1928 Page 10, Column 6
SERVICES FOR AGED CHRISTIAN PASTOR – Funeral services for Rev. Francis Marion Brock, 78 years old, who for fifty years was a pastor of Southern Indiana Christian churches was held Sunday afternoon at the Union Methodist and Christian Church of Borden, Ind. Rev. W.D. Bartle and Rev. Mr. Henry, Christian church ministers of New Albany, and Rev. Fred R. Davies, Clark county Christian church evangelist of Charlestown, officiated. Burial in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, three miles south of Borden. Rev. Mr. Brock died at his home in Borden at 6:48 o’clock Friday night, after an illness of several months. He was formerly trustee and assessor of Wood Township, Clark County, where he was born. At the time of his death he was county school attendance officer. For eighteen years he was a teacher in the Wood Township schools. During his fifty years as a Christian church minister, he served in the pulpits of churches in Scott, Washington, Jackson, Floyd and Clark counties. He was a Mason and a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Abigail Brock; two sons, John B. Brock, principal of the George Rogers Clark school of Howard Park, and Thomas J. Brock of Okmulgee, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Cogswell of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Adaline Martin of Martinsburg, Ind., and a brother Michael Brock of New Albany.
Obituary from the scrapbook of George W. Bell, reads: Francis Marion Brock was born July 22, 1849, and died June 1, 1928, aged seventy-eight years, ten months and nine days. He was united in marriage to Abigail Brown, September 26, 1872. To this union were born three children, Cora May, a daughter who departed this life January 9th 1880 and two sons, Thomas J. of Oklahoma and John B. of Clarksville, who survive him. He also leaves to mourn his loss his wife and two sisters, Mrs. Susie Cogswell, of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Adaline Martin, of Martinsburg and one brother, Michael Brock, of New Albany, together with seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends. He was educated in the public schools of the county and at the Salem Academy at Salem, Ind. In his early manhood he entered the teaching profession in his native county, and soon became one of the outstanding teachers of the county. He has been a member of the Masonic order for forty-nine years, having served as Master of the lodge several years and at the time of his death, was the oldest member of New Providence Lodge. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows and the Rebeckah’s. He, also in his youthful days entered wholeheartedly into the services of the Master, and for fifty-six years was one of Indiana’s leading evangelists in the Christian Church. Throughout all the counties of Southern Indiana he preached to tens of thousands of people, and was the means of bringing hundreds of people into the church. In missions of mercy and charity he was known as one who never failed to respond to the needs of humanity. In his efforts to cheer and uplift the poor and unfortunate he stands without a peer in all the counties in this part of Indiana. A neighbor in need of a friend instinctively turned to Brother Brock for help and he was never disappointed in the results. He went without money and without price, during his long journey here on earth, on ten thousand missions of mercy and love and received as his reward only the approval of a satisfied conscience. In his broad sympathies and charitable attitude toward the frailties of mankind he saw only the good and none of the evil in his fellow men. As a school teacher and school official in our county, his keen interest in and deep love for the little children, was the guiding star of his conduct and the influence back of every important decision he made. If every kind word he spoke and every kind deed of charity he performed in his useful life could be expressed by his friends in terms of flowers he would sleep today beneath a mountain of roses. And finally, as above all, he stood as the uncompromising supporter and defender of the Savior of the world. This was his first duty and his first obligation. To this end he labored and wrought. For this purpose he lived, and to this end he died. Of him it can be said as was said of one of old “A Prince has fallen in Israel.” He has bought the good fight, he has finished his course. Let us believe that he heard the welcome voice greeting him from the farther shore and that as the voices of farewell fade from his ears and the faces of loved ones vanish from his fading sight that he hears in the chorus on the shores of that land not measured by time, nor touched by storms, nor marred by heartaches or separations, the voices of welcome greeting from the host of the redeemed who have been washed in the blood of the lamb. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Borden Union church, conducted by Rev. W. D. Bartle, assisted by Prof. S.L. Scott and Rev. E. L. Moore. The funeral and burial was in charge of New Providence Lodge. No 237 F. and A.M., and the remains taken to Pleasant Ridge cemetery for interment.
Husband of Abigail I. Brown
Married: 26 Sep 1870 in Clark County, Indiana
Marriage Record Book J, Page 365
Obituary from New Albany Weekly Ledger, New Albany, Indiana
8 Jun 1928 Page 10, Column 6
SERVICES FOR AGED CHRISTIAN PASTOR – Funeral services for Rev. Francis Marion Brock, 78 years old, who for fifty years was a pastor of Southern Indiana Christian churches was held Sunday afternoon at the Union Methodist and Christian Church of Borden, Ind. Rev. W.D. Bartle and Rev. Mr. Henry, Christian church ministers of New Albany, and Rev. Fred R. Davies, Clark county Christian church evangelist of Charlestown, officiated. Burial in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, three miles south of Borden. Rev. Mr. Brock died at his home in Borden at 6:48 o’clock Friday night, after an illness of several months. He was formerly trustee and assessor of Wood Township, Clark County, where he was born. At the time of his death he was county school attendance officer. For eighteen years he was a teacher in the Wood Township schools. During his fifty years as a Christian church minister, he served in the pulpits of churches in Scott, Washington, Jackson, Floyd and Clark counties. He was a Mason and a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Abigail Brock; two sons, John B. Brock, principal of the George Rogers Clark school of Howard Park, and Thomas J. Brock of Okmulgee, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Cogswell of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Adaline Martin of Martinsburg, Ind., and a brother Michael Brock of New Albany.
Obituary from the scrapbook of George W. Bell, reads: Francis Marion Brock was born July 22, 1849, and died June 1, 1928, aged seventy-eight years, ten months and nine days. He was united in marriage to Abigail Brown, September 26, 1872. To this union were born three children, Cora May, a daughter who departed this life January 9th 1880 and two sons, Thomas J. of Oklahoma and John B. of Clarksville, who survive him. He also leaves to mourn his loss his wife and two sisters, Mrs. Susie Cogswell, of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Adaline Martin, of Martinsburg and one brother, Michael Brock, of New Albany, together with seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends. He was educated in the public schools of the county and at the Salem Academy at Salem, Ind. In his early manhood he entered the teaching profession in his native county, and soon became one of the outstanding teachers of the county. He has been a member of the Masonic order for forty-nine years, having served as Master of the lodge several years and at the time of his death, was the oldest member of New Providence Lodge. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows and the Rebeckah’s. He, also in his youthful days entered wholeheartedly into the services of the Master, and for fifty-six years was one of Indiana’s leading evangelists in the Christian Church. Throughout all the counties of Southern Indiana he preached to tens of thousands of people, and was the means of bringing hundreds of people into the church. In missions of mercy and charity he was known as one who never failed to respond to the needs of humanity. In his efforts to cheer and uplift the poor and unfortunate he stands without a peer in all the counties in this part of Indiana. A neighbor in need of a friend instinctively turned to Brother Brock for help and he was never disappointed in the results. He went without money and without price, during his long journey here on earth, on ten thousand missions of mercy and love and received as his reward only the approval of a satisfied conscience. In his broad sympathies and charitable attitude toward the frailties of mankind he saw only the good and none of the evil in his fellow men. As a school teacher and school official in our county, his keen interest in and deep love for the little children, was the guiding star of his conduct and the influence back of every important decision he made. If every kind word he spoke and every kind deed of charity he performed in his useful life could be expressed by his friends in terms of flowers he would sleep today beneath a mountain of roses. And finally, as above all, he stood as the uncompromising supporter and defender of the Savior of the world. This was his first duty and his first obligation. To this end he labored and wrought. For this purpose he lived, and to this end he died. Of him it can be said as was said of one of old “A Prince has fallen in Israel.” He has bought the good fight, he has finished his course. Let us believe that he heard the welcome voice greeting him from the farther shore and that as the voices of farewell fade from his ears and the faces of loved ones vanish from his fading sight that he hears in the chorus on the shores of that land not measured by time, nor touched by storms, nor marred by heartaches or separations, the voices of welcome greeting from the host of the redeemed who have been washed in the blood of the lamb. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Borden Union church, conducted by Rev. W. D. Bartle, assisted by Prof. S.L. Scott and Rev. E. L. Moore. The funeral and burial was in charge of New Providence Lodge. No 237 F. and A.M., and the remains taken to Pleasant Ridge cemetery for interment.
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