Mary's maiden name appears with other spellings in various records, but her marriage record from Fayette County, Kentucky, and her obituary agree on the surname Sthreshley.
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The Macomb Journal, page 2
Thursday, June 21, 1877
DIED.
BROOKING--At the Randolph Hotel, Friday June 15, 1877, Mrs. Mary L. Brooking, in the 79th year of her age.
The deceased was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1798. Her maiden name was Sthreshley. In 1816 she was married to Thomas A Brooking. They resided in Kentucky until 1834, when with their family they came to Illinois, settling in MoDonough County, where she has resided permanently since, most of the time in Macomb. Her husband died in 1858. She was the mother of thirteen children, seven of whom survive her. They are, A. V. Brooking, of the Randolph House, this city; R. S. Brooking, also of this place; Wm. Brooking, of Macomb township; Mrs. M. J. Randolph, of the Randolph House; Mrs. Lucy Snyder, of Carrollton, Mo.; Mrs. Palmer, now residing in Texas, and Mrs. James Randolph, of Fort Scott, Kansas.
For many years past mother Brooking has resided with her daughter, Mrs. M.J. Randolph, at whose house she died. She had been ill since before Christmas, her sickness coming from that decrepitude consequent to old age. Her funeral sermon was preached Saturday last, at the M.E. Church, by Rev. M.A. Head, from the following text, which she chose before her death:
For we know that, if our early house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building not made with hands eternal in the heavens.
After services, her remains were taken to Oakwood and buried beside those of the husband of her youth, from whom she has been separated near a score of years. From a long and busy lite [sic], she has found rest at last.
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The Macomb Journal, page 2
Thursday, June 21, 1877
DIED.
BROOKING--At the Randolph Hotel, Friday June 15, 1877, Mrs. Mary L. Brooking, in the 79th year of her age.
The deceased was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1798. Her maiden name was Sthreshley. In 1816 she was married to Thomas A Brooking. They resided in Kentucky until 1834, when with their family they came to Illinois, settling in MoDonough County, where she has resided permanently since, most of the time in Macomb. Her husband died in 1858. She was the mother of thirteen children, seven of whom survive her. They are, A. V. Brooking, of the Randolph House, this city; R. S. Brooking, also of this place; Wm. Brooking, of Macomb township; Mrs. M. J. Randolph, of the Randolph House; Mrs. Lucy Snyder, of Carrollton, Mo.; Mrs. Palmer, now residing in Texas, and Mrs. James Randolph, of Fort Scott, Kansas.
For many years past mother Brooking has resided with her daughter, Mrs. M.J. Randolph, at whose house she died. She had been ill since before Christmas, her sickness coming from that decrepitude consequent to old age. Her funeral sermon was preached Saturday last, at the M.E. Church, by Rev. M.A. Head, from the following text, which she chose before her death:
For we know that, if our early house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building not made with hands eternal in the heavens.
After services, her remains were taken to Oakwood and buried beside those of the husband of her youth, from whom she has been separated near a score of years. From a long and busy lite [sic], she has found rest at last.
Mary's maiden name appears with other spellings in various records, but her marriage record from Fayette County, Kentucky, and her obituary agree on the surname Sthreshley.
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The Macomb Journal, page 2
Thursday, June 21, 1877
DIED.
BROOKING--At the Randolph Hotel, Friday June 15, 1877, Mrs. Mary L. Brooking, in the 79th year of her age.
The deceased was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1798. Her maiden name was Sthreshley. In 1816 she was married to Thomas A Brooking. They resided in Kentucky until 1834, when with their family they came to Illinois, settling in MoDonough County, where she has resided permanently since, most of the time in Macomb. Her husband died in 1858. She was the mother of thirteen children, seven of whom survive her. They are, A. V. Brooking, of the Randolph House, this city; R. S. Brooking, also of this place; Wm. Brooking, of Macomb township; Mrs. M. J. Randolph, of the Randolph House; Mrs. Lucy Snyder, of Carrollton, Mo.; Mrs. Palmer, now residing in Texas, and Mrs. James Randolph, of Fort Scott, Kansas.
For many years past mother Brooking has resided with her daughter, Mrs. M.J. Randolph, at whose house she died. She had been ill since before Christmas, her sickness coming from that decrepitude consequent to old age. Her funeral sermon was preached Saturday last, at the M.E. Church, by Rev. M.A. Head, from the following text, which she chose before her death:
For we know that, if our early house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building not made with hands eternal in the heavens.
After services, her remains were taken to Oakwood and buried beside those of the husband of her youth, from whom she has been separated near a score of years. From a long and busy lite [sic], she has found rest at last.
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The Macomb Journal, page 2
Thursday, June 21, 1877
DIED.
BROOKING--At the Randolph Hotel, Friday June 15, 1877, Mrs. Mary L. Brooking, in the 79th year of her age.
The deceased was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1798. Her maiden name was Sthreshley. In 1816 she was married to Thomas A Brooking. They resided in Kentucky until 1834, when with their family they came to Illinois, settling in MoDonough County, where she has resided permanently since, most of the time in Macomb. Her husband died in 1858. She was the mother of thirteen children, seven of whom survive her. They are, A. V. Brooking, of the Randolph House, this city; R. S. Brooking, also of this place; Wm. Brooking, of Macomb township; Mrs. M. J. Randolph, of the Randolph House; Mrs. Lucy Snyder, of Carrollton, Mo.; Mrs. Palmer, now residing in Texas, and Mrs. James Randolph, of Fort Scott, Kansas.
For many years past mother Brooking has resided with her daughter, Mrs. M.J. Randolph, at whose house she died. She had been ill since before Christmas, her sickness coming from that decrepitude consequent to old age. Her funeral sermon was preached Saturday last, at the M.E. Church, by Rev. M.A. Head, from the following text, which she chose before her death:
For we know that, if our early house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building not made with hands eternal in the heavens.
After services, her remains were taken to Oakwood and buried beside those of the husband of her youth, from whom she has been separated near a score of years. From a long and busy lite [sic], she has found rest at last.
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