Edwin Charleston Brines was the eldest son of a Lick Prairie, Wabash County, IL farmer James Edgar Brines and his wife Cleovis "Ova" McMenamen-Brines who died just weeks shy of his 4th birthday. At the time he had a 7 year-old sister and two infant twin brothers. At 3 at the dawn of the 20th century Edwin would have worked on the family farm helping with the endless tasks that needed to be done. His toys were home-made or fairly simple as manufactured toys
were uncommon in the 19th century. He most likely played and shouted in the green fields, creeks and thickets of Lick Prairie using sticks for rudimentary bow and arrows. He might tried to blow every bit of fluff from the white head of a dandelion in one breath or enjoyed the bland taste of the goo from the trumpet-vine blossoms of a honeysuckle.
Howard Chudacoff analyzed the time in which Edwin lived in his book Children at Play: An American History.
"Dodging the control of parents has long been a part of growing up, but in the first half of the twentieth century resistance and the quest for autonomy flourished in ways that previously had not existed and would soon fade," he wrote in part.
It's unclear why Edwin passed away at such a young age. He ended up one of 8 children to the Brines couple who lived in Wabash County their whole life.
Edwin Charleston is buried at Lick Prairie Cemetery in Gards Point, Wabash County, Illinois, USA next to his parents.
Sources: Burial records, Family records, Children at Play: An American History By Howard P. Chudacoff, US Census records.
were uncommon in the 19th century. He most likely played and shouted in the green fields, creeks and thickets of Lick Prairie using sticks for rudimentary bow and arrows. He might tried to blow every bit of fluff from the white head of a dandelion in one breath or enjoyed the bland taste of the goo from the trumpet-vine blossoms of a honeysuckle.
Howard Chudacoff analyzed the time in which Edwin lived in his book Children at Play: An American History.
"Dodging the control of parents has long been a part of growing up, but in the first half of the twentieth century resistance and the quest for autonomy flourished in ways that previously had not existed and would soon fade," he wrote in part.
It's unclear why Edwin passed away at such a young age. He ended up one of 8 children to the Brines couple who lived in Wabash County their whole life.
Edwin Charleston is buried at Lick Prairie Cemetery in Gards Point, Wabash County, Illinois, USA next to his parents.
Sources: Burial records, Family records, Children at Play: An American History By Howard P. Chudacoff, US Census records.
Edwin Charleston Brines was the eldest son of a Lick Prairie, Wabash County, IL farmer James Edgar Brines and his wife Cleovis "Ova" McMenamen-Brines who died just weeks shy of his 4th birthday. At the time he had a 7 year-old sister and two infant twin brothers. At 3 at the dawn of the 20th century Edwin would have worked on the family farm helping with the endless tasks that needed to be done. His toys were home-made or fairly simple as manufactured toys
were uncommon in the 19th century. He most likely played and shouted in the green fields, creeks and thickets of Lick Prairie using sticks for rudimentary bow and arrows. He might tried to blow every bit of fluff from the white head of a dandelion in one breath or enjoyed the bland taste of the goo from the trumpet-vine blossoms of a honeysuckle.
Howard Chudacoff analyzed the time in which Edwin lived in his book Children at Play: An American History.
"Dodging the control of parents has long been a part of growing up, but in the first half of the twentieth century resistance and the quest for autonomy flourished in ways that previously had not existed and would soon fade," he wrote in part.
It's unclear why Edwin passed away at such a young age. He ended up one of 8 children to the Brines couple who lived in Wabash County their whole life.
Edwin Charleston is buried at Lick Prairie Cemetery in Gards Point, Wabash County, Illinois, USA next to his parents.
Sources: Burial records, Family records, Children at Play: An American History By Howard P. Chudacoff, US Census records.
were uncommon in the 19th century. He most likely played and shouted in the green fields, creeks and thickets of Lick Prairie using sticks for rudimentary bow and arrows. He might tried to blow every bit of fluff from the white head of a dandelion in one breath or enjoyed the bland taste of the goo from the trumpet-vine blossoms of a honeysuckle.
Howard Chudacoff analyzed the time in which Edwin lived in his book Children at Play: An American History.
"Dodging the control of parents has long been a part of growing up, but in the first half of the twentieth century resistance and the quest for autonomy flourished in ways that previously had not existed and would soon fade," he wrote in part.
It's unclear why Edwin passed away at such a young age. He ended up one of 8 children to the Brines couple who lived in Wabash County their whole life.
Edwin Charleston is buried at Lick Prairie Cemetery in Gards Point, Wabash County, Illinois, USA next to his parents.
Sources: Burial records, Family records, Children at Play: An American History By Howard P. Chudacoff, US Census records.
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