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Adam Brenner

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Adam Brenner

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
23 Oct 1870 (aged 65)
Carroll County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Shannon, Carroll County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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*Interred at Shelly Cemetery, Shannon Twp, Carroll County, IL, where this headstone is located next to his daughter Anna's headstone and brother-in-law Christian Yordy's headstone; also recorded as being interred in Beloit Cemetery, Lyon County, Iowa, where his wife is buried.

He was a tall, blue-eyed blond of German descent.

Father: Gerhart Brenner
Mother: Catherine Schneider
*Interred at Shelly Cemetery, Shannon Twp, Carroll County, IL, where this headstone is located next to his daughter Anna's headstone and brother-in-law Christian Yordy's headstone; also recorded as being interred in Beloit Cemetery, Lyon County, Iowa, where his wife is buried.

He was a tall, blue-eyed blond of German descent.

Father: Gerhart Brenner
Mother: Catherine Schneider

Inscription

Died
Oct. 23, 1870
Aged 65Y 6M 15D

"Oh weep not, 'tis my request
I'm going home, I soon shall rest.
The Maker calls, all dangers past,
A blessed morn is mine at last.
Adieu to earth, adieu to friends,
It is enough, heaven never ends.

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Brenner photo courtesy of Diane Norcross Long. Headstone photo and transcription courtesy of Sharon Olson and her sister Linda Greethurst. The inscription is almost gone but they were able to transcribe it.

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