Clement F. Briery b. 1831-1832 s/o Thomas Briery and 1/w Nancy Towne of Gardiner, Kennebec Co., Maine. Clement F. Briery school teacher by occupation. June 1, 1857 a New Englander from Maine was 1st teacher hired in Belmont School, in Belmont District. Seeking info which county
Knox, Henderson or Warren Co. IL.? Was published in newspaper article in Galesburg, Knox Co., IL.
1850 Oquawka, Henderson Co., Illinois. He married 8 Dec. 1859 Oquawka, IL. to Elizabeth Foster d/o William Foster and 1/w Mandana Townsend. They had 3 children: Ida Eudor Briery m. Orlando S. Lemma, Ada Lucy Briery m. Seth Franklin McCulloch, "Bill" William Joseph Briery marries
a Josephine (unk.) late in life probably Santa Clara Co., CA.
Clement F. Briery joined Civil War Illinois Company C,
91st Infantry, Rank of Sergeant, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant. Fought in battle in Mobile, Alabama and suffered head injury. Mustered out and returned to Oquawka, IL.
Moved to Mosinee, Marathon Co., Wisconsin with wife and family. Taught school
at Agricultural College in Wausau, WI.
Divorced between 1878-1880 in Wausau, Marathon Co., WI.,
after abandoning wife and children, Elizabeth Briery petitioned for divorce on grounds of abandonment.
Clement F. Briery left family seeking work in 1878 and never returned. Reported drowned in Chicago River, Chicago, IL., in 1888 by niece Mrs. Middleton of Chicago daughter of Elizabeth Foster Briery's sister Caroline "Carrie" Foster, Briggs. Accidental or Suicide? Place of burial unknown. Could be in in Military Cemetery in Chicago area or in Pauper's Grave.
Elizabeth remarried to Edgar E. Ladu 18 Oct. 1883 Marathon Co., Wisconsin. Later divorces Edgar E. Ladu 31 Aug. 1899 Wausau, WI., and moves with son William Joseph Briery to Hammonton, Yuba Co., CA. and Sutter, Sutter Co., CA. Hammonton, CA. was on the American River across from Beal AFB near Sacramento, CA. Her son William Joseph Briery worked in the gold dredging mining area along the river.
Information from Civil War Pension Papers applied by Elizabeth Foster, Briery, Ladu under soldier Clement F. Briery.
Federal Census
1850 Gardiner, Kennebec Co., Maine
under father Thomas Briery
1860 Township 12 N. Range 4 West. Oquawka, Henderson Co., IL
Clement F. Briery
*1870 Mosinee, Marathon Co., WI.
Briery, Clement F.
1880 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Briery, Clement F. Boarder 46 Carpenter b. Maine
under Wentworth, Deantha 41 Keeping House b. Maine
(Veterans hospital located in Minneapolis, MN. and
that is why he moved to that area to see if he
could get help?) I think head trauma changed him
in personality. He was a very intelligent man and educated man
if he moved from Sergent to 1st Lieutenant during
the war.
*1870 Federal Census living in household is Melissa Briery.
She is NOT daughter of Clement F. and Elizabeth Foster Briery. She is the daughter of John G. Briery and wife
Sarah Elmyra Osgood of Osborne Co., Kansas. John G. Briery brother of Clement F. Briery. Melissa Briery married a Thomas Sellers and died 7 Nov. 1882 in Osborne, Osborne Co., Kansas (Obituary).
Knox, Henderson or Warren Co. IL.? Was published in newspaper article in Galesburg, Knox Co., IL.
1850 Oquawka, Henderson Co., Illinois. He married 8 Dec. 1859 Oquawka, IL. to Elizabeth Foster d/o William Foster and 1/w Mandana Townsend. They had 3 children: Ida Eudor Briery m. Orlando S. Lemma, Ada Lucy Briery m. Seth Franklin McCulloch, "Bill" William Joseph Briery marries
a Josephine (unk.) late in life probably Santa Clara Co., CA.
Clement F. Briery joined Civil War Illinois Company C,
91st Infantry, Rank of Sergeant, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant. Fought in battle in Mobile, Alabama and suffered head injury. Mustered out and returned to Oquawka, IL.
Moved to Mosinee, Marathon Co., Wisconsin with wife and family. Taught school
at Agricultural College in Wausau, WI.
Divorced between 1878-1880 in Wausau, Marathon Co., WI.,
after abandoning wife and children, Elizabeth Briery petitioned for divorce on grounds of abandonment.
Clement F. Briery left family seeking work in 1878 and never returned. Reported drowned in Chicago River, Chicago, IL., in 1888 by niece Mrs. Middleton of Chicago daughter of Elizabeth Foster Briery's sister Caroline "Carrie" Foster, Briggs. Accidental or Suicide? Place of burial unknown. Could be in in Military Cemetery in Chicago area or in Pauper's Grave.
Elizabeth remarried to Edgar E. Ladu 18 Oct. 1883 Marathon Co., Wisconsin. Later divorces Edgar E. Ladu 31 Aug. 1899 Wausau, WI., and moves with son William Joseph Briery to Hammonton, Yuba Co., CA. and Sutter, Sutter Co., CA. Hammonton, CA. was on the American River across from Beal AFB near Sacramento, CA. Her son William Joseph Briery worked in the gold dredging mining area along the river.
Information from Civil War Pension Papers applied by Elizabeth Foster, Briery, Ladu under soldier Clement F. Briery.
Federal Census
1850 Gardiner, Kennebec Co., Maine
under father Thomas Briery
1860 Township 12 N. Range 4 West. Oquawka, Henderson Co., IL
Clement F. Briery
*1870 Mosinee, Marathon Co., WI.
Briery, Clement F.
1880 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Briery, Clement F. Boarder 46 Carpenter b. Maine
under Wentworth, Deantha 41 Keeping House b. Maine
(Veterans hospital located in Minneapolis, MN. and
that is why he moved to that area to see if he
could get help?) I think head trauma changed him
in personality. He was a very intelligent man and educated man
if he moved from Sergent to 1st Lieutenant during
the war.
*1870 Federal Census living in household is Melissa Briery.
She is NOT daughter of Clement F. and Elizabeth Foster Briery. She is the daughter of John G. Briery and wife
Sarah Elmyra Osgood of Osborne Co., Kansas. John G. Briery brother of Clement F. Briery. Melissa Briery married a Thomas Sellers and died 7 Nov. 1882 in Osborne, Osborne Co., Kansas (Obituary).
Clement F. Briery b. 1831-1832 s/o Thomas Briery and 1/w Nancy Towne of Gardiner, Kennebec Co., Maine. Clement F. Briery school teacher by occupation. June 1, 1857 a New Englander from Maine was 1st teacher hired in Belmont School, in Belmont District. Seeking info which county
Knox, Henderson or Warren Co. IL.? Was published in newspaper article in Galesburg, Knox Co., IL.
1850 Oquawka, Henderson Co., Illinois. He married 8 Dec. 1859 Oquawka, IL. to Elizabeth Foster d/o William Foster and 1/w Mandana Townsend. They had 3 children: Ida Eudor Briery m. Orlando S. Lemma, Ada Lucy Briery m. Seth Franklin McCulloch, "Bill" William Joseph Briery marries
a Josephine (unk.) late in life probably Santa Clara Co., CA.
Clement F. Briery joined Civil War Illinois Company C,
91st Infantry, Rank of Sergeant, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant. Fought in battle in Mobile, Alabama and suffered head injury. Mustered out and returned to Oquawka, IL.
Moved to Mosinee, Marathon Co., Wisconsin with wife and family. Taught school
at Agricultural College in Wausau, WI.
Divorced between 1878-1880 in Wausau, Marathon Co., WI.,
after abandoning wife and children, Elizabeth Briery petitioned for divorce on grounds of abandonment.
Clement F. Briery left family seeking work in 1878 and never returned. Reported drowned in Chicago River, Chicago, IL., in 1888 by niece Mrs. Middleton of Chicago daughter of Elizabeth Foster Briery's sister Caroline "Carrie" Foster, Briggs. Accidental or Suicide? Place of burial unknown. Could be in in Military Cemetery in Chicago area or in Pauper's Grave.
Elizabeth remarried to Edgar E. Ladu 18 Oct. 1883 Marathon Co., Wisconsin. Later divorces Edgar E. Ladu 31 Aug. 1899 Wausau, WI., and moves with son William Joseph Briery to Hammonton, Yuba Co., CA. and Sutter, Sutter Co., CA. Hammonton, CA. was on the American River across from Beal AFB near Sacramento, CA. Her son William Joseph Briery worked in the gold dredging mining area along the river.
Information from Civil War Pension Papers applied by Elizabeth Foster, Briery, Ladu under soldier Clement F. Briery.
Federal Census
1850 Gardiner, Kennebec Co., Maine
under father Thomas Briery
1860 Township 12 N. Range 4 West. Oquawka, Henderson Co., IL
Clement F. Briery
*1870 Mosinee, Marathon Co., WI.
Briery, Clement F.
1880 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Briery, Clement F. Boarder 46 Carpenter b. Maine
under Wentworth, Deantha 41 Keeping House b. Maine
(Veterans hospital located in Minneapolis, MN. and
that is why he moved to that area to see if he
could get help?) I think head trauma changed him
in personality. He was a very intelligent man and educated man
if he moved from Sergent to 1st Lieutenant during
the war.
*1870 Federal Census living in household is Melissa Briery.
She is NOT daughter of Clement F. and Elizabeth Foster Briery. She is the daughter of John G. Briery and wife
Sarah Elmyra Osgood of Osborne Co., Kansas. John G. Briery brother of Clement F. Briery. Melissa Briery married a Thomas Sellers and died 7 Nov. 1882 in Osborne, Osborne Co., Kansas (Obituary).
Knox, Henderson or Warren Co. IL.? Was published in newspaper article in Galesburg, Knox Co., IL.
1850 Oquawka, Henderson Co., Illinois. He married 8 Dec. 1859 Oquawka, IL. to Elizabeth Foster d/o William Foster and 1/w Mandana Townsend. They had 3 children: Ida Eudor Briery m. Orlando S. Lemma, Ada Lucy Briery m. Seth Franklin McCulloch, "Bill" William Joseph Briery marries
a Josephine (unk.) late in life probably Santa Clara Co., CA.
Clement F. Briery joined Civil War Illinois Company C,
91st Infantry, Rank of Sergeant, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant. Fought in battle in Mobile, Alabama and suffered head injury. Mustered out and returned to Oquawka, IL.
Moved to Mosinee, Marathon Co., Wisconsin with wife and family. Taught school
at Agricultural College in Wausau, WI.
Divorced between 1878-1880 in Wausau, Marathon Co., WI.,
after abandoning wife and children, Elizabeth Briery petitioned for divorce on grounds of abandonment.
Clement F. Briery left family seeking work in 1878 and never returned. Reported drowned in Chicago River, Chicago, IL., in 1888 by niece Mrs. Middleton of Chicago daughter of Elizabeth Foster Briery's sister Caroline "Carrie" Foster, Briggs. Accidental or Suicide? Place of burial unknown. Could be in in Military Cemetery in Chicago area or in Pauper's Grave.
Elizabeth remarried to Edgar E. Ladu 18 Oct. 1883 Marathon Co., Wisconsin. Later divorces Edgar E. Ladu 31 Aug. 1899 Wausau, WI., and moves with son William Joseph Briery to Hammonton, Yuba Co., CA. and Sutter, Sutter Co., CA. Hammonton, CA. was on the American River across from Beal AFB near Sacramento, CA. Her son William Joseph Briery worked in the gold dredging mining area along the river.
Information from Civil War Pension Papers applied by Elizabeth Foster, Briery, Ladu under soldier Clement F. Briery.
Federal Census
1850 Gardiner, Kennebec Co., Maine
under father Thomas Briery
1860 Township 12 N. Range 4 West. Oquawka, Henderson Co., IL
Clement F. Briery
*1870 Mosinee, Marathon Co., WI.
Briery, Clement F.
1880 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Briery, Clement F. Boarder 46 Carpenter b. Maine
under Wentworth, Deantha 41 Keeping House b. Maine
(Veterans hospital located in Minneapolis, MN. and
that is why he moved to that area to see if he
could get help?) I think head trauma changed him
in personality. He was a very intelligent man and educated man
if he moved from Sergent to 1st Lieutenant during
the war.
*1870 Federal Census living in household is Melissa Briery.
She is NOT daughter of Clement F. and Elizabeth Foster Briery. She is the daughter of John G. Briery and wife
Sarah Elmyra Osgood of Osborne Co., Kansas. John G. Briery brother of Clement F. Briery. Melissa Briery married a Thomas Sellers and died 7 Nov. 1882 in Osborne, Osborne Co., Kansas (Obituary).
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