Samuel R. Brosius (1849 - 1945)

Born 6 Dec 1849 in Stanton, Jefferson County, Pennsylania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Agnes (Stahlman) Brosius — married 12 Jun 1883 in Shannondale, Clarion County, Pennsylania, United States

Died 15 Nov 1945 at age 95 in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1849. He passed away in 1945.

Samuel R. Brosius^[1]

Samuel R. Brosius, of Stanton, died in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Galbraith, of Brookville, Thursday morning, after an illness of several months. He would have celebrated his 96th birthday on Dec. 6.

The deceased lived his entire life in the community of Stanton, where he was born in 1849. He was a son of Peter and Christina (Shoemaker) Brosius. He was united in marriage in 1883 to Elizabeth Stahlman, who died some time later. In 1910 he married Anna Harp, who survives him.

An ever faithful member of the Methodist Church of Stanton, he taught the Adult Bible Class there for many years. Only last May failing health forced him to give up this work. He was by occupation a farmer. Well known in the Brookville area, his death is sincerely mourned by many friends.

Besides his widow, he leaves the following sons and daughters: Webster Brosius and Mrs. Frank Galbraith of Brookville; Mrs. Ladd Reitz and Mrs. Harry Reitz, of near Brookville, and Henry Brosius, of Titusville. Eleven grandchildren, four great grandchildren...and one brother, Brown Brosius, of near Summerville, also survive.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Reitz Funeral Home, Brookville, with interment in the Ohl Cemetery^[2]. Rev. W. E. Bartlett, of Brookville, and Rev. Skinner, of Stanton, will officiate.

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary in Newspaper name and date not noted
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35489303/samuel_r-brosius: accessed April 23, 2024), memorial page for Samuel R Brosius (6 Dec 1849–15 Nov 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35489303, citing Ohl Cemetery, Ohl, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Law-Miller Roots (contributor 47103448).

ALSO:

• The Jeffersonian-Democrat Brookville, Pennsylvania Thu, Nov 22, 1945 · Page 1