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George Clemmer Brosius
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George Clemmer Brosius 3 4 5 6 7
- Born: 4 Nov 1809, , Augusta County, Virginia 8
- Marriage (1): Evaline McManamy on 3 Nov 1831 in , Rockbridge County, Virginia 1
- Marriage (2): Elizabeth Ann Wilson on 23 Apr 1846 2
- Died: 1 Jun 1888, , Rush County, Indiana at age 78 8 9
- Buried: Barrett Cemetery, Rush County, Indiana 10
General Notes:
At the time of the 1850 census, George was a farmer in Ripley, Rush County, Indiana. Catharine McMannama (sp) 68 born in Pennsylvania, probably his former mother in law, was part of his household. He was farming in Ripley in 1860. His real estate was valued at $6000 and his personal assets at $1000. At the time of the 1870 census, he was farming in Ripley. The post office was Carthage, Indiana. His real estate was valued at $10,000 and his personal assets at $2000. He was still farming in Ripley at the time of the 1880 census. He was widowed at that time.
Tombstone inscription: Age 79 yrs 6 mos 27 days
George married Evaline McManamy on 3 Nov 1831 in , Rockbridge County, Virginia.1 (Evaline McManamy was born on 17 Mar 1813 in Virginia, died on 1 Sep 1844 in Indiana 11 and was buried in Barrett Cemetery, Rush County, Indiana 12.)
George next married Elizabeth Ann Wilson on 23 Apr 1846.2 (Elizabeth Ann Wilson was born in 1824 in Kentucky 2 and died on 8 Feb 1877 in , Rush County, Indiana 2.)
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Sources
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Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850, Repository: Ancestry.com.
2
DAR Application #464458 of Evelyn Bertermann McGlaun.
3
Ann Beeler, Beeler, Anderson et al ([email protected], RootsWeb.com Gedom annbee), Repository: Ann L. Beeler, 233 N. Ave. C, Cross Plains, Texas 76443.
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1850 United States Federal Census, Ripley, Rush, Indiana; Roll: M432_170; Page: 552A; Image: 365. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1860 United States Federal Census, Ripley, Rush, Indiana; Roll: M653_294; Page: 699; Image: 203; Family History Library Film: 803294. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1870 United States Federal Census, Ripley, Rush, Indiana; Roll: M593_356; Page: 395B; Image: 258; Family History Library Film: 545855. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1880 United States Federal Census, Ripley, Rush, Indiana; Roll: 308; Family History Film: 1254308; Page: 43C; Enumeration District: 81; Image: 0222. Repository: Ancestry.com.
8
Lewis Walton Brosius, Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants with other historical matters connected therewith (Wilmington ?, Delaware, 1928), page 412.
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DAR Application #353577 of Virginia Holt Townsend.
10
FindAGrave.com, There is a tombstone photo, but it is not clear enough to read the death date.
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Tombstone.
12
FindAGrave.com.
