Rueben married Sarah Elizabeth Vandervoort on December 28, 1880 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois. To this union were born Adlai J. Browning who died in December of 1913; Mrs. Earl G. Hastings of Tulsa, Oklahoma and a child who died in infancy.
Sibling surviving at his death were R.T. Browning, John T. Browning, William Browning all of Oakland, Maryland; Nathan Browning, Mary A. Browning Dewitt, both of Hoyes, Maryland; Edward A. Browning, George Browning both of Thayervile, Maryland, and two other sisters living in Hoyes, Maryland. Two grandchildren also survived his death Ruth Browning and Aileen Browning both of Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
He was a descendant of good sturdy ancestors of English stock, who settled in Garret County, Maryland in the colonial days.
He was the youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. William Browning. He grew into manhood in his native state of Maryland and came to McLean County, Illinois in 1872, settling in Shirley, where he followed the trade of a mechanic. Many of that town's older residents remembered him as an expert in his trade, and his popularity made him prosperous in the community. After a few years he became interested in farming and finally took up that vocation and became one of McLean County's well known farmers.
Mr. Browning spent the greater part of his life in Bloomington, Illinois where he gained a reputation for his honorable and straightforward dealings with his fellow men.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Bloomington.
Sibling surviving at his death were R.T. Browning, John T. Browning, William Browning all of Oakland, Maryland; Nathan Browning, Mary A. Browning Dewitt, both of Hoyes, Maryland; Edward A. Browning, George Browning both of Thayervile, Maryland, and two other sisters living in Hoyes, Maryland. Two grandchildren also survived his death Ruth Browning and Aileen Browning both of Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
He was a descendant of good sturdy ancestors of English stock, who settled in Garret County, Maryland in the colonial days.
He was the youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. William Browning. He grew into manhood in his native state of Maryland and came to McLean County, Illinois in 1872, settling in Shirley, where he followed the trade of a mechanic. Many of that town's older residents remembered him as an expert in his trade, and his popularity made him prosperous in the community. After a few years he became interested in farming and finally took up that vocation and became one of McLean County's well known farmers.
Mr. Browning spent the greater part of his life in Bloomington, Illinois where he gained a reputation for his honorable and straightforward dealings with his fellow men.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Bloomington.
Rueben married Sarah Elizabeth Vandervoort on December 28, 1880 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois. To this union were born Adlai J. Browning who died in December of 1913; Mrs. Earl G. Hastings of Tulsa, Oklahoma and a child who died in infancy.
Sibling surviving at his death were R.T. Browning, John T. Browning, William Browning all of Oakland, Maryland; Nathan Browning, Mary A. Browning Dewitt, both of Hoyes, Maryland; Edward A. Browning, George Browning both of Thayervile, Maryland, and two other sisters living in Hoyes, Maryland. Two grandchildren also survived his death Ruth Browning and Aileen Browning both of Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
He was a descendant of good sturdy ancestors of English stock, who settled in Garret County, Maryland in the colonial days.
He was the youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. William Browning. He grew into manhood in his native state of Maryland and came to McLean County, Illinois in 1872, settling in Shirley, where he followed the trade of a mechanic. Many of that town's older residents remembered him as an expert in his trade, and his popularity made him prosperous in the community. After a few years he became interested in farming and finally took up that vocation and became one of McLean County's well known farmers.
Mr. Browning spent the greater part of his life in Bloomington, Illinois where he gained a reputation for his honorable and straightforward dealings with his fellow men.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Bloomington.
Sibling surviving at his death were R.T. Browning, John T. Browning, William Browning all of Oakland, Maryland; Nathan Browning, Mary A. Browning Dewitt, both of Hoyes, Maryland; Edward A. Browning, George Browning both of Thayervile, Maryland, and two other sisters living in Hoyes, Maryland. Two grandchildren also survived his death Ruth Browning and Aileen Browning both of Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
He was a descendant of good sturdy ancestors of English stock, who settled in Garret County, Maryland in the colonial days.
He was the youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. William Browning. He grew into manhood in his native state of Maryland and came to McLean County, Illinois in 1872, settling in Shirley, where he followed the trade of a mechanic. Many of that town's older residents remembered him as an expert in his trade, and his popularity made him prosperous in the community. After a few years he became interested in farming and finally took up that vocation and became one of McLean County's well known farmers.
Mr. Browning spent the greater part of his life in Bloomington, Illinois where he gained a reputation for his honorable and straightforward dealings with his fellow men.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Bloomington.
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