Word was received of the death about a week ago at Blue Mound, Kansas of Mrs. Maria (Brook) Barnes, a former resident of this locality. Mrs. Barnes was about 82 years of age and was the daughter of Isaiah J. Brook, one of the very earliest settlers of Henderson County, who established a home on Sec. 34 in Township 10-5 (Gladstone) and became one of the foremost citizens of the county.
Stronghurst Graphic, Stronghurst, Illinois April 26, 1923
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Mother of six sons and four daughters. Her ten children are:
1. John Asa Barnes (1858-1881)
2. William Lincoln Barnes (1860-1923) m. Mary Isabell Rankin (1860-1916)
3. Isaiah Smiley Barnes (1862-1940) m. Anna Burnham (1865-1931)
4. Charles Theodore Barnes (1864-1948) m. Temperance Alice Johnston Decker (1861-1938)
5. Rufus Albert Barnes (1868-1937) m. Mesdames Jennie Woods
6. Esther Jane Barnes (1870-1916)
7. Mary Elizabeth Barnes Fuller (1872-1957) m. Thomas E. Fuller (1868-1950)
8. Ruth Ellen Barnes (1873-1874, age 0-1)
9. Dr. Hugh Marshall Barnes, U.S. Marine (1877-1923) m. Ethel V. Barnes (1879-1910)
10. Rachael Angeline Barnes Curtis (1881-1937) m. Leo B. Curtis (1882-1937)
Word was received of the death about a week ago at Blue Mound, Kansas of Mrs. Maria (Brook) Barnes, a former resident of this locality. Mrs. Barnes was about 82 years of age and was the daughter of Isaiah J. Brook, one of the very earliest settlers of Henderson County, who established a home on Sec. 34 in Township 10-5 (Gladstone) and became one of the foremost citizens of the county.
Stronghurst Graphic, Stronghurst, Illinois April 26, 1923
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Mother of six sons and four daughters. Her ten children are:
1. John Asa Barnes (1858-1881)
2. William Lincoln Barnes (1860-1923) m. Mary Isabell Rankin (1860-1916)
3. Isaiah Smiley Barnes (1862-1940) m. Anna Burnham (1865-1931)
4. Charles Theodore Barnes (1864-1948) m. Temperance Alice Johnston Decker (1861-1938)
5. Rufus Albert Barnes (1868-1937) m. Mesdames Jennie Woods
6. Esther Jane Barnes (1870-1916)
7. Mary Elizabeth Barnes Fuller (1872-1957) m. Thomas E. Fuller (1868-1950)
8. Ruth Ellen Barnes (1873-1874, age 0-1)
9. Dr. Hugh Marshall Barnes, U.S. Marine (1877-1923) m. Ethel V. Barnes (1879-1910)
10. Rachael Angeline Barnes Curtis (1881-1937) m. Leo B. Curtis (1882-1937)
Family Members
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John Alexander Brook
1839–1911
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James William Brook
1843–1914
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Isaiah Smiley Brook
1845–1862
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Hugh Marshall Brook
1847–1910
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Margaret Elizabeth "Libbie" Brook Gaddis
1850–1933
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Mary Ann Brook Pearce
1852–1935
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Thomas Albert Brook
1854–1927
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Charles Francis Brook
1858–1876
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Jessie Ellen Brook Latimer
1861–1886
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