Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry B. Fielder in Fairbury on February 15, 1931. She states he is the father of 20 children. He suffered a paralytic stroke in 1914, then in 1929 was finally confined to a wheelchair. Born at Bloomfield, Indiana on January 1, 1827. Married to Sarah Jane Gano at age 22 years and they had 4 children. Sarah Jane died in Missouri. About the time of the Civil War, the family moved to Kansas to a homestead at Barnes, Ks. He married Rachel Gano, sister of his first wife and fifteen children born to them however, 10 died in infancy. Rachel's health began to fail and they traveled to try to help her but she died in 1891. In 1896, Joshua married Rachel Dodson and they had one child who died. Rachel Dodson preceeded Joshua in death. While married to Rachel Dodson they lived on a farm near Hollenberg. He continued to farm until his stroke. His children who are still alive are: Robert Brazzle of California and Mrs. Marian Graves, Topeka, from his first marriage. Mrs. Margaret Dodson of Hanover, Ks; Mrs. Ettie Fielder and Mrs. Bell Singleton of Fairbury, Phillip of Wichita, Ks are from his 2nd marriage. Mrs Phoebe Cook died about a year ago. 43 grandchildren, 117 great grandchildren and a number of great-great-grandchildren. Interment at cemetery at Barnes, Kansas
In a generation when the human average life expectancy was perhaps 50 years of age, how astonishing that one's great-grandfather is a centenarian, someone 100 years of age or more. Yet, Loyd Dodson's paternal great-grandfather, Joshua Brazzle, Jr., was just such an individual.
Joshua Brazzle, Jr. lived in his grandson's (George Reuben Dodson) home for a year during the late 1920's. The Dodson children remember that their Great-Grandpa Brazzle at that time was close to 100 years of age. He used a cane, and when sitting, he always had it close at hand. Whenever someone walked by his chair, he'd stick out his cane and try to trip the passerby. Great-Grandpa Brazzle's behavior was mischievous, but the children soon thought of it as "the cane game."
Genealogy research indicates Joshua Brazzle, Jr. was born January 1, 1827, in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, and died February 15, 1931, in Fairbury, Nebraska, making him age 104 at the time of his death. He outlived three wives and it is said that he fathered 20 children.
In about 1859, Joshua Brazzle, Jr. married his first wife, Sarah Jane Gano (born in 1837, Fayette County, OH). In their short six or seven years of marriage, they had four children, of which only two survived. Sarah Jane Gano Brazzle died in Missouri between 1865-1867 (at about age 29).
Joshua Brazzle, Jr. then married his first wife's younger sister, Rachel Gano (born 1847 in Fayette County, OH), on December 23, 1867, in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana. They had 15 children during their 24-year marriage -- only five of which survived to adulthood. Rachel Gano Brazzle died during stillborn childbirth at age 44 on November 30, 1891, Hollenberg, Kansas, and was buried in a family plot in Maplewood Cemetery of Barnes, Kansas.
Joshua Jr. married a third time in about 1896 to Rachel Fielder (born September 1855, St. Augustine, Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois). Nine years after their marriage, Rachel Fielder Brazzle died in 1905 in Hollenberg, Kansas.
Described as a tall man with red hair and a beard, Joshua Brazzle, Jr. suffered a stroke in 1914 (age 87). Although he recovered from the stroke, he walked with a cane, and thereafter he lived a year's duration at a time with one of his daughters or grandchildren. The last three years of his life, however, another severe stroke left him paralyzed, so that he was cared for by a daughter (Rhodabell Brazzle Singleton) in Fairbury, Nebraska. Joshua Brazzle, Jr. was laid to rest in his second wife's family plot at Maplewood Cemetery, Barnes, Kansas.
In a generation when the human average life expectancy was perhaps 50 years of age, how astonishing that one's great-grandfather is a centenarian, someone 100 years of age or more. Yet, Loyd Dodson's paternal great-grandfather, Joshua Brazzle, Jr., was just such an individual.
Joshua Brazzle, Jr. lived in his grandson's (George Reuben Dodson) home for a year during the late 1920's. The Dodson children remember that their Great-Grandpa Brazzle at that time was close to 100 years of age. He used a cane, and when sitting, he always had it close at hand. Whenever someone walked by his chair, he'd stick out his cane and try to trip the passerby. Great-Grandpa Brazzle's behavior was mischievous, but the children soon thought of it as "the cane game."
Genealogy research indicates Joshua Brazzle, Jr. was born January 1, 1827, in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, and died February 15, 1931, in Fairbury, Nebraska, making him age 104 at the time of his death. He outlived three wives and it is said that he fathered 20 children.
In about 1859, Joshua Brazzle, Jr. married his first wife, Sarah Jane Gano (born in 1837, Fayette County, OH). In their short six or seven years of marriage, they had four children, of which only two survived. Sarah Jane Gano Brazzle died in Missouri between 1865-1867 (at about age 29).
Joshua Brazzle, Jr. then married his first wife's younger sister, Rachel Gano (born 1847 in Fayette County, OH), on December 23, 1867, in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana. They had 15 children during their 24-year marriage -- only five of which survived to adulthood. Rachel Gano Brazzle died during stillborn childbirth at age 44 on November 30, 1891, Hollenberg, Kansas, and was buried in a family plot in Maplewood Cemetery of Barnes, Kansas.
Joshua Jr. married a third time in about 1896 to Rachel Fielder (born September 1855, St. Augustine, Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois). Nine years after their marriage, Rachel Fielder Brazzle died in 1905 in Hollenberg, Kansas.
Described as a tall man with red hair and a beard, Joshua Brazzle, Jr. suffered a stroke in 1914 (age 87). Although he recovered from the stroke, he walked with a cane, and thereafter he lived a year's duration at a time with one of his daughters or grandchildren. The last three years of his life, however, another severe stroke left him paralyzed, so that he was cared for by a daughter (Rhodabell Brazzle Singleton) in Fairbury, Nebraska. Joshua Brazzle, Jr. was laid to rest in his second wife's family plot at Maplewood Cemetery, Barnes, Kansas.
Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry B. Fielder in Fairbury on February 15, 1931. She states he is the father of 20 children. He suffered a paralytic stroke in 1914, then in 1929 was finally confined to a wheelchair. Born at Bloomfield, Indiana on January 1, 1827. Married to Sarah Jane Gano at age 22 years and they had 4 children. Sarah Jane died in Missouri. About the time of the Civil War, the family moved to Kansas to a homestead at Barnes, Ks. He married Rachel Gano, sister of his first wife and fifteen children born to them however, 10 died in infancy. Rachel's health began to fail and they traveled to try to help her but she died in 1891. In 1896, Joshua married Rachel Dodson and they had one child who died. Rachel Dodson preceeded Joshua in death. While married to Rachel Dodson they lived on a farm near Hollenberg. He continued to farm until his stroke. His children who are still alive are: Robert Brazzle of California and Mrs. Marian Graves, Topeka, from his first marriage. Mrs. Margaret Dodson of Hanover, Ks; Mrs. Ettie Fielder and Mrs. Bell Singleton of Fairbury, Phillip of Wichita, Ks are from his 2nd marriage. Mrs Phoebe Cook died about a year ago. 43 grandchildren, 117 great grandchildren and a number of great-great-grandchildren. Interment at cemetery at Barnes, Kansas
In a generation when the human average life expectancy was perhaps 50 years of age, how astonishing that one's great-grandfather is a centenarian, someone 100 years of age or more. Yet, Loyd Dodson's paternal great-grandfather, Joshua Brazzle, Jr., was just such an individual.
Joshua Brazzle, Jr. lived in his grandson's (George Reuben Dodson) home for a year during the late 1920's. The Dodson children remember that their Great-Grandpa Brazzle at that time was close to 100 years of age. He used a cane, and when sitting, he always had it close at hand. Whenever someone walked by his chair, he'd stick out his cane and try to trip the passerby. Great-Grandpa Brazzle's behavior was mischievous, but the children soon thought of it as "the cane game."
Genealogy research indicates Joshua Brazzle, Jr. was born January 1, 1827, in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, and died February 15, 1931, in Fairbury, Nebraska, making him age 104 at the time of his death. He outlived three wives and it is said that he fathered 20 children.
In about 1859, Joshua Brazzle, Jr. married his first wife, Sarah Jane Gano (born in 1837, Fayette County, OH). In their short six or seven years of marriage, they had four children, of which only two survived. Sarah Jane Gano Brazzle died in Missouri between 1865-1867 (at about age 29).
Joshua Brazzle, Jr. then married his first wife's younger sister, Rachel Gano (born 1847 in Fayette County, OH), on December 23, 1867, in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana. They had 15 children during their 24-year marriage -- only five of which survived to adulthood. Rachel Gano Brazzle died during stillborn childbirth at age 44 on November 30, 1891, Hollenberg, Kansas, and was buried in a family plot in Maplewood Cemetery of Barnes, Kansas.
Joshua Jr. married a third time in about 1896 to Rachel Fielder (born September 1855, St. Augustine, Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois). Nine years after their marriage, Rachel Fielder Brazzle died in 1905 in Hollenberg, Kansas.
Described as a tall man with red hair and a beard, Joshua Brazzle, Jr. suffered a stroke in 1914 (age 87). Although he recovered from the stroke, he walked with a cane, and thereafter he lived a year's duration at a time with one of his daughters or grandchildren. The last three years of his life, however, another severe stroke left him paralyzed, so that he was cared for by a daughter (Rhodabell Brazzle Singleton) in Fairbury, Nebraska. Joshua Brazzle, Jr. was laid to rest in his second wife's family plot at Maplewood Cemetery, Barnes, Kansas.
In a generation when the human average life expectancy was perhaps 50 years of age, how astonishing that one's great-grandfather is a centenarian, someone 100 years of age or more. Yet, Loyd Dodson's paternal great-grandfather, Joshua Brazzle, Jr., was just such an individual.
Joshua Brazzle, Jr. lived in his grandson's (George Reuben Dodson) home for a year during the late 1920's. The Dodson children remember that their Great-Grandpa Brazzle at that time was close to 100 years of age. He used a cane, and when sitting, he always had it close at hand. Whenever someone walked by his chair, he'd stick out his cane and try to trip the passerby. Great-Grandpa Brazzle's behavior was mischievous, but the children soon thought of it as "the cane game."
Genealogy research indicates Joshua Brazzle, Jr. was born January 1, 1827, in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, and died February 15, 1931, in Fairbury, Nebraska, making him age 104 at the time of his death. He outlived three wives and it is said that he fathered 20 children.
In about 1859, Joshua Brazzle, Jr. married his first wife, Sarah Jane Gano (born in 1837, Fayette County, OH). In their short six or seven years of marriage, they had four children, of which only two survived. Sarah Jane Gano Brazzle died in Missouri between 1865-1867 (at about age 29).
Joshua Brazzle, Jr. then married his first wife's younger sister, Rachel Gano (born 1847 in Fayette County, OH), on December 23, 1867, in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana. They had 15 children during their 24-year marriage -- only five of which survived to adulthood. Rachel Gano Brazzle died during stillborn childbirth at age 44 on November 30, 1891, Hollenberg, Kansas, and was buried in a family plot in Maplewood Cemetery of Barnes, Kansas.
Joshua Jr. married a third time in about 1896 to Rachel Fielder (born September 1855, St. Augustine, Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois). Nine years after their marriage, Rachel Fielder Brazzle died in 1905 in Hollenberg, Kansas.
Described as a tall man with red hair and a beard, Joshua Brazzle, Jr. suffered a stroke in 1914 (age 87). Although he recovered from the stroke, he walked with a cane, and thereafter he lived a year's duration at a time with one of his daughters or grandchildren. The last three years of his life, however, another severe stroke left him paralyzed, so that he was cared for by a daughter (Rhodabell Brazzle Singleton) in Fairbury, Nebraska. Joshua Brazzle, Jr. was laid to rest in his second wife's family plot at Maplewood Cemetery, Barnes, Kansas.
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