Martha Lawrence Kreigh (1824-1887)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Dr George Washington Brosius Anna Eliza Brosius+ Judge Samuel Thompson Brosius+ Mary Jane Brosius+ Dr William Lewis Brosius+ Martha Washington Brosius Fannie Brosius Martha Lawrence Kreigh 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Born: 17 Jul 1824, Maryland 9 Marriage (1): Dr George Washington Brosius on 5 Oct 1843 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland 1 Died: 1 Oct 1887, Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri at age 63 9 Buried: Lile Family Cemetery, Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri 10    Other names for Martha were Martha Lorena Kreigh 12 and Martha Kreish.13   General Notes: Brosius genealogy book states death in 1885----DAR records #129682 give date as 1887. Tombstone has Oct. 1, 1887. Tombstone inscription: In Memory Of Martha L. wife of Dr. G. W. Brosius Born July 17, 1824 Departed this life Oct. 1, 1887 Aged 63 Years 2 Months & 14 Days Farewell, Until We Meet Again. Martha married Dr George Washington Brosius, son of Jacob Brosius and Marie Eva Meyer, on 5 Oct 1843 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland.1 (Dr George Washington Brosius was born on 28 Dec 1818 in Hancock, Washington County, Maryland,8 9 died on 21 Nov 1892 in Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri 8 9 and was buried in Lile Family Cemetery, Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri 10.)

1 Vince Prichard, Prichard-Love (Ancestry.com Member Tree), Repository: Vince Prichard, PO Box 3520, Evergreen, Colorado 80437.

2 Tombstone transcription, Lile Cemetery (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sareid/johnreid/lile_cem.html). A transcription of the Lile cemetery was made by Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry for the Gallatin Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution about 1963, Mrs Maurice F. Clyde, State Genealogical Chairman. The printed transcription is put online with the permission of the Gallatin Missouri chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

3 1850 United States Federal Census, District 27, Daviess, Missouri; Roll M432_398; Page: 387 a nd 388; Image: 254 and 254. Repository: Ancestry.com.

4 1860 United States Federal Census, Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri; Roll M653_617; Page: 0; Image: 557 and 558. Repository: Ancestry.com.

5 1870 United States Federal Census, Union, Daviess, Missouri; Roll M593_773; Page: 395; Image: 793. Repository: Ancestry.com.

6 1880 United States Federal Census, Gallatin, Daviess, MiOi;Roll T9_684;Fam Hist Film: 1254684;Pg: 53.4;ED: 237; Image: 0480. Repository: Ancestry.com.

7 Herbert Willard Brosius, Brosius Family Tree (Brosius 2009 Gedcom).

8 Lewis Walton Brosius, Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants with other historical matters connected therewith (Wilmington ?, Delaware, 1928), page 407.

9 Tombstone.

10 FindAGrave.com.

11 Tombstone transcription, Lile Cemetery (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sareid/johnreid/lile_cem.html).

12 William Lewis Brosius (III) Family History (Three typed sheets outlining his direct ancestral line to John Abraham Brosius.).

13 FamilySearch.org--LDS (Database online).