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John Ellery Brosius
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- Born: 15 May 1860, Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri 12 24
- Marriage (1): Mary Lovena Thomas on 28 Jun 1891 in , Daviess County, Missouri 1 2 3
- Died: 27 Jul 1945, , Garfield County, Colorado at age 85 12 24
- Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado 12 25
General Notes:
At age 19, as recorded in the 1880 US Census, he was working as a miner in Missouri. In Aug 1882 a mining transfer was recorded from him to W. A. Shaw et al, 1/2 Endora, on Elk, in Summit County, Colorado. The Rifle Reveille reported in Sep 1898, "J. L. (E.) Brosiius, accompanied by his father came down from Aspen Wednesday and visited the ranch on Rifle creek. The old gentleman left last night for Oregon to visit his daughter." He was living in Aspen, Colorado in Jun 1899 and tending to his ranch interests in Rifle, Colorado. In Aug 1899, The Rifle Reveille reported, "J. E. Brosius is now a resident of Garfield county. He has concluded to quit mining in Aspen and will make his home on his ranch on Rifle creek. He will build a comfortable house on the ranch and will move his family here at once." The Rifle Reveille newspapers of Sept 1899 said he owned the Penz ranch. Mullins & Babcock were rushing work on J. E. Brosius' new brick house. At the time of the 1900 US Census, he owned his own farm in Garfield County, Colorado.
In Mar 1900, he joined a stockmen's organization which supported resolutions for the use of public lands and controlling flood waters for irrigation use. It met in Rifle.
In Nov 1903, the Rifle Telegram reported his shipment of cattle:
J. E. Brosius, one of the energetic cattle men of the Rifle creek district, returned Tuesday morning from Kansas City, where he had made a shipment of cattle. At one point on the way in to the big cattle market Mr. Brosious (sp) states that he found himself trailing in a train comprising sixtyfive cars of cattle. He stopped in Leadville when en route home to visit a few days with his brother.
At the time of the 1910 US Census, he was farming but he also had 14 boarders living there who were doing ditch work. Several of the neighbors were also boarding ditch workers. This must have been the time that the irrigation ditch behind the ranch was being put in. At the time of the 1920 and 1930 US Census, he was farming with son John H Brosius in Garfield County, Colorado. By 1935 he had moved to town and was living in the Winchester Hotel at 204 Railroad Ave, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado. He was recorded there on the 1940 census. He had a third grade education and was no longer able to work.
"My grandfather lived in Aspen and worked in the lead mines there.--He and my grand mother moved to Rifle to a ranch 6 miles north of Rifle when my father was 7 years old. He lived his life there and sold the ranch to my father who lived his life there also."
Herbert Willard Brosius.
Lewis W. Brosius had a child, Cecil Thomas, in the chart for them. Apparently also had the parents sexes reversed.
John married Mary Lovena Thomas, daughter of George Brethod Thomas and Epha Brosius, on 28 Jun 1891 in , Daviess County, Missouri.1 2 3 (Mary Lovena Thomas was born on 7 Oct 1867 in Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri,2 12 24 died on 1 Jun 1928 in Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado 2 12 24 and was buried on 3 Jun 1928 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado 2 26.). The cause of her death was pneumonia.
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Sources
1
Lewis Walton Brosius, Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants with other historical matters connected therewith (Wilmington ?, Delaware, 1928), page 402 and 404.
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Obiturary of Mary Lovena Thomas Brosius.
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Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1860 United States Federal Census, Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri; Roll M653_617; Page: 0; Image: 525. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1870 United States Federal Census, Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri; Roll M593_763; Page: 135; Image: 271. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1880 United States Federal Census, Gallatin, Daviess, MO;Roll T9_684;Fam Hist Film: 1254684;P g: 41.2000; ED: 236;Image: 0456. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1900 United States Federal Census, Austin, Garfield, Colorado; Roll T623_123; Page: 14A; ED: 37. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1910 United States Federal Census, Austin, Garfield, Colorado; Roll T624_120; Page: 8A; ED: 4 6; Image: 163. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1920 United States Federal Census, Austin, Garfield, Colorado; Roll: T625_164; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 37; Image: 680. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1930 United States Federal Census, Austin, Garfield, Colorado; Roll 242; Page: 1B; ED: 21; Image: 692.0. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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FamilySearch.org--LDS (Database online).
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Herbert Willard Brosius, Brosius Family Tree (Brosius 2009 Gedcom).
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Rifle Reveille (Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado), Local News: Date: Sep 23, 1898; Section: None; Page: 4.
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Rifle Reveille (Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado), Local News: Date: Jun 30, 1899; Section: None; Page: 4 J. E. Brosius, of Aspen, was here last Sunday looking after his ranch interests.
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Rifle Reveille (Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado), Local News: Date: Aug 4, 1899; Section: None; Page: 4 J. E. Brosius will quit mining in Aspen and move his family to Garfield county.
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Rifle Reveille (Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado), Local News: Date: Sep 1, 1899; Section: None; Page: 4 Mullins & Babcock are busy putting up the brick walls of J. E. Brosius' new dwelling.
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Rifle Reveille (Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado), Local News: Date: Sep 22, 1899; Section: None; Page: 4 Geo. L. Brosius, of Montrose stopped off here between trains last Monday. Mr. Brosius is a brother of J. E. Brosius, who owns the Penz ranch.
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Rifle Reveille (Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado), Local News: Date: Sep 22, 1899; Section: None; Page: 4 Mullins & Babcock are rushing work on J. E. Brosius' new house.
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Rifle Telegram (Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado), Local Mention: Date: Nov 13, 1903; Section: None; Page: 5 about cattle shipment to Kansas City.
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Glenwood Post (Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado), Date: Mar 10, 1900; Section: Front page; Page: 1.
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Montezuma Millrun (Montezuma, Summit County, Colorado), Date: Aug 19, 1882; Section: None; Page: 2.
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1940 United States Federal Census, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado; Roll: T627_463; Page: 81A; Enumeration District: 23-31. Repository: Ancestry.com.
23
Lewis Walton Brosius, Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants with other historical matters connected therewith (Wilmington ?, Delaware, 1928), page 402, as Ellery Brosius, page 404 as John Ellery Brosius.
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Tombstone, year only.
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FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 52354779.
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FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 52355014.
