Emily (High) Brelsford (1855 - 1921)

Born 14 Oct 1855 in Virginia

Ancestors

Died 6 Oct 1921 at age 65 in Austin, Macon, Illinois

Biography

Emma married Elmer Brelsford.

She died Oct. 6, 1921. Her death record shows her father was Lukey High. ^[1]

She is buried in Wrights Grove cemetery. ^[2]

Obituary

Maroa, Oct 7 - Mrs. Emma Brelsford, wife of H.G.Brelsford, a prominent farmer residing six miles west and two miles south of Maroa, died at her home on Thursday evening at 5:52. She had been sick for some time.

Emma Jane High was born in Virginia on Oct. 14, 1855. She moved with her parents to Seven Miles, O., later coming to Illinois . She was married to W.G. Brelsford Feb. 21, 1876. Five children were born to them, four of whom, with the father, survive. The children are Orville, at home; Elmer and Mrs. Aaron Lakin, of near Maroa, and Frank of Kenney. Three brothers and four sisters survive. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in Maroa Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. W.W. Theobald. Burial will be in the Ridge cemetery. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3GK-MBZ : 8 March 2018), Emma Jane Brelsford, 06 Oct 1921; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,570,849.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23918914/emma-jane-brelsford
3. ↑ Bloomington Pantagraph, Sat., Oct. 8, 1921

• 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1870; Census Place: St Clair, Butler, Ohio; Roll: M593_1177; Page: 452A; Image: 394; Family History Library Film: 552676

• 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1860; Census Place: Western, Hampshire, Virginia; Roll: M653_1350; Page: 165; Image: 171; Family History Library Film: 805350