Carroll Reinscovle Brines 1906 - 1971, and Virgil Leroy Brines 1908 - 1983. Flo was a strong woman but reportedly afraid of thunder storms and "varmints" as she called them. When her husband was away she would have her son go out to the front porch and fire a shotgun off to scare away any critters who might want to come in. After they lost the farm during the great depression they moved to a small house in Mount Carmel at 811 Mulberry St. and lived there happily for several years. Her husband became an insurance agent in town. After dinner one night she cleaned-up the food, washed the dishes and then sat in her wood rocking chair had a stroke and died. Flora Viola died 11 March 1934 at the age of 62. She is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Wabash County, Illinois.
Sources: US Census Records, Combined history of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois published by J.L. McDonough & Co. 1883, Illinois Death Record, Mt. Carmel City Directory, Burial Record, Ancestry.com, Interview with grandson James Richard Brines.
Carroll Reinscovle Brines 1906 - 1971, and Virgil Leroy Brines 1908 - 1983. Flo was a strong woman but reportedly afraid of thunder storms and "varmints" as she called them. When her husband was away she would have her son go out to the front porch and fire a shotgun off to scare away any critters who might want to come in. After they lost the farm during the great depression they moved to a small house in Mount Carmel at 811 Mulberry St. and lived there happily for several years. Her husband became an insurance agent in town. After dinner one night she cleaned-up the food, washed the dishes and then sat in her wood rocking chair had a stroke and died. Flora Viola died 11 March 1934 at the age of 62. She is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Wabash County, Illinois.
Sources: US Census Records, Combined history of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois published by J.L. McDonough & Co. 1883, Illinois Death Record, Mt. Carmel City Directory, Burial Record, Ancestry.com, Interview with grandson James Richard Brines.
Family Members
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Benjamin Franklin Groff
1850–1918
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John Frederick Groff Jr
1853–1916
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Mary Elizabeth Groff Davis
1854–1902
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Anna Margaret Groff Rigg
1856–1933
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Elmira Frances Groff Cowling
1858–1957
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Perry Allen Groff
1860–1943
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Alfred Groff
1862–1862
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Harriet Madora Groff Chapman
1863–1923
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William Albert Groff
1865–1939
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Lewis E Groff
1867–1947
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