Children:
Mary I.
Charles R.
John C.
Cary
Urbana Daily Courier, 24 October 1913
LIVED IN URBANA NEAR CENTURY AGO
JOHN B. BRUER WAS SON OF FIRST SCHOOL TEACHER.
Remembered as a Child Abraham Lincoln's Frequent Visits to His Father's Tavern Which Stood on County Jail Site.
Mrs. Martha Lindsey, 714 West Green street, has received a message notifying her of the death of her brother, John B. Bruer, one of Urbana's earliest settlers, who, as a child, played about the knees of Abraham Lincoln when the latter boarded with his father at the old Pennsylvania house, located where the county jail now stands. Mr. Bruer died at Pontiac, aged 94 years.
Was Son of Pioneer.
The decedent was the only son of Asahel B. Bruer, one of the first school teachers in Champaign county. The school house was an old log structure, in which Mr. Bruer taught eighteen months in 1832-33. An old wood cut captioned, "Ashael Brewer Smoking Out the Boys," is familiar to readers of "Pioneers of Champaign County," published in the '80's by the late W. M. Mathews and L. A. McLean.
John B. Bruer was reared in Urbana and was well known to many settlers, who are still living. He often visited Urbana relatives prior to six years ago, when he became too enfeebled to travel. He well remembered Abraham Lincoln as a frequent guest at his father's tavern and his recollections of early days in Urbana were deeply interesting.
Is Last of Family.
Mrs. Lindsey is the only surviving sister, she being the youngest member of the family. There are four surviving sons and two daughters, all living near Pontiac excepting one daughter, who resides at Decatur. Mrs. Permelia McWilliams and Mrs. Laura Thorton of West Oregon street are nieces, and George W. Lindsey and Edward Lindsey and N. W. Davis and Samuel Davis of East Main street, are nephews. The funeral and burial will take place Sunday at Pontiac.
By MidwestMom
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Mary I.
Charles R.
John C.
Cary
Urbana Daily Courier, 24 October 1913
LIVED IN URBANA NEAR CENTURY AGO
JOHN B. BRUER WAS SON OF FIRST SCHOOL TEACHER.
Remembered as a Child Abraham Lincoln's Frequent Visits to His Father's Tavern Which Stood on County Jail Site.
Mrs. Martha Lindsey, 714 West Green street, has received a message notifying her of the death of her brother, John B. Bruer, one of Urbana's earliest settlers, who, as a child, played about the knees of Abraham Lincoln when the latter boarded with his father at the old Pennsylvania house, located where the county jail now stands. Mr. Bruer died at Pontiac, aged 94 years.
Was Son of Pioneer.
The decedent was the only son of Asahel B. Bruer, one of the first school teachers in Champaign county. The school house was an old log structure, in which Mr. Bruer taught eighteen months in 1832-33. An old wood cut captioned, "Ashael Brewer Smoking Out the Boys," is familiar to readers of "Pioneers of Champaign County," published in the '80's by the late W. M. Mathews and L. A. McLean.
John B. Bruer was reared in Urbana and was well known to many settlers, who are still living. He often visited Urbana relatives prior to six years ago, when he became too enfeebled to travel. He well remembered Abraham Lincoln as a frequent guest at his father's tavern and his recollections of early days in Urbana were deeply interesting.
Is Last of Family.
Mrs. Lindsey is the only surviving sister, she being the youngest member of the family. There are four surviving sons and two daughters, all living near Pontiac excepting one daughter, who resides at Decatur. Mrs. Permelia McWilliams and Mrs. Laura Thorton of West Oregon street are nieces, and George W. Lindsey and Edward Lindsey and N. W. Davis and Samuel Davis of East Main street, are nephews. The funeral and burial will take place Sunday at Pontiac.
By MidwestMom
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Children:
Mary I.
Charles R.
John C.
Cary
Urbana Daily Courier, 24 October 1913
LIVED IN URBANA NEAR CENTURY AGO
JOHN B. BRUER WAS SON OF FIRST SCHOOL TEACHER.
Remembered as a Child Abraham Lincoln's Frequent Visits to His Father's Tavern Which Stood on County Jail Site.
Mrs. Martha Lindsey, 714 West Green street, has received a message notifying her of the death of her brother, John B. Bruer, one of Urbana's earliest settlers, who, as a child, played about the knees of Abraham Lincoln when the latter boarded with his father at the old Pennsylvania house, located where the county jail now stands. Mr. Bruer died at Pontiac, aged 94 years.
Was Son of Pioneer.
The decedent was the only son of Asahel B. Bruer, one of the first school teachers in Champaign county. The school house was an old log structure, in which Mr. Bruer taught eighteen months in 1832-33. An old wood cut captioned, "Ashael Brewer Smoking Out the Boys," is familiar to readers of "Pioneers of Champaign County," published in the '80's by the late W. M. Mathews and L. A. McLean.
John B. Bruer was reared in Urbana and was well known to many settlers, who are still living. He often visited Urbana relatives prior to six years ago, when he became too enfeebled to travel. He well remembered Abraham Lincoln as a frequent guest at his father's tavern and his recollections of early days in Urbana were deeply interesting.
Is Last of Family.
Mrs. Lindsey is the only surviving sister, she being the youngest member of the family. There are four surviving sons and two daughters, all living near Pontiac excepting one daughter, who resides at Decatur. Mrs. Permelia McWilliams and Mrs. Laura Thorton of West Oregon street are nieces, and George W. Lindsey and Edward Lindsey and N. W. Davis and Samuel Davis of East Main street, are nephews. The funeral and burial will take place Sunday at Pontiac.
By MidwestMom
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Mary I.
Charles R.
John C.
Cary
Urbana Daily Courier, 24 October 1913
LIVED IN URBANA NEAR CENTURY AGO
JOHN B. BRUER WAS SON OF FIRST SCHOOL TEACHER.
Remembered as a Child Abraham Lincoln's Frequent Visits to His Father's Tavern Which Stood on County Jail Site.
Mrs. Martha Lindsey, 714 West Green street, has received a message notifying her of the death of her brother, John B. Bruer, one of Urbana's earliest settlers, who, as a child, played about the knees of Abraham Lincoln when the latter boarded with his father at the old Pennsylvania house, located where the county jail now stands. Mr. Bruer died at Pontiac, aged 94 years.
Was Son of Pioneer.
The decedent was the only son of Asahel B. Bruer, one of the first school teachers in Champaign county. The school house was an old log structure, in which Mr. Bruer taught eighteen months in 1832-33. An old wood cut captioned, "Ashael Brewer Smoking Out the Boys," is familiar to readers of "Pioneers of Champaign County," published in the '80's by the late W. M. Mathews and L. A. McLean.
John B. Bruer was reared in Urbana and was well known to many settlers, who are still living. He often visited Urbana relatives prior to six years ago, when he became too enfeebled to travel. He well remembered Abraham Lincoln as a frequent guest at his father's tavern and his recollections of early days in Urbana were deeply interesting.
Is Last of Family.
Mrs. Lindsey is the only surviving sister, she being the youngest member of the family. There are four surviving sons and two daughters, all living near Pontiac excepting one daughter, who resides at Decatur. Mrs. Permelia McWilliams and Mrs. Laura Thorton of West Oregon street are nieces, and George W. Lindsey and Edward Lindsey and N. W. Davis and Samuel Davis of East Main street, are nephews. The funeral and burial will take place Sunday at Pontiac.
By MidwestMom
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