The Monroe News-Star.
Wednesday, August 19, 1942
Page 2
HUGH L. BRACEY'S FUNERAL IS HELD.
Hugh Lewis Bracey, well-known Monroe resident, died at his home, 516 Hudson lane, Tuesday at 2 p.m. after many months illness. The funeral was held at the residence this afternoon at 5 o'clock with Rev. Edward F. Hayward, rector of Grace Episcopal church, and Rabbi F. K. Hirsch, of Temple B'Nai Israel officiating. Burial was in the Jewish cemetery.
Pallbearers were A. H. Salisbury, Dick Brothers, Sidney Kahn, W. M. Love, W. S. Adcock, R. W. Irby, U. W. Pickens and E. Jack Selig. Honorary pallbearers were all friends of the family.
Mr. Bracey was born in Monroe August 24, 1875, the son of Dr. S. L. Bracey and Catherine L. Locke Bracey, both now dead.
He received his early education here and had lived in Monroe his entire life with the exception of a few years in boyhood spent in Mississippi. At the age of 18 he entered the employ of the V. S. and P. railroad shops here, where he worked for 26 years until the shops were acquired by the Illinois Central railroad and dismantled.
Since that time he had served as manager of maintenance at Neville high school and later as custodian at the Ouachita parish courthouse where he worked until last January 1, when illness forced him to retire.
Mr. Bracey was a genial man and made a wide circle of friends. He belonged to the Western Star Masonic lodge and was a member of the chapter, commandery and consistery. He was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason. He also was a member of the lodge of Maccabees and active for years in the Woodmen of the World.
Mr. Bracey is survived by his wife, who was before her marriage, Miss Carrie Shuster; two sisters, Mrs. Kate McLain and Mrs. Bert Williams, Sr.; and one brother, Benton Bracey.
Mulhearn Funeral home had charge of the funeral arrangements.
The son of Monroe dentist, Dr. Sedley L. Bracey (1831-1885) and his wife, Louise Catherine (1837-1928). Sedley had been raised in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi and fought in Company A 12th Regiment, Mississippi going in as a sergeant and ranking out as an acting quartermaster. In the 1880 US Federal Census for District 61, Monroe, Ouachita parish, the Braceys were living at 79 Jackson Street. Other than Hugh (age 5), the Bracey children enumerated were Sedley Jr. (age 7), and William Benton (age 3).
Dr. S.L. Bracey passed away hours after coming in from hunting after complaining of feeling bad in 1885. In the 1900 census, the widowed Mrs. Bracey lived with her daughter from a previous marriage, Kate Ross(now a widow also) Crosley and her two daughters Stella and Martha. Sedley Jr. and Hugh both worked as grocery salesmen in the household as did Benton who worked as a telephone lineman. The youngest Bracey child, Maggie Louise was 17 years old, born three years before her father's death in 1882.
Hugh grew up in Monroe and marry a Jewish girl from Farmerville, Louisiana named Carrie Shuster (sometimes spelled Schuster). In the 1910 Census they were living in the rear of a house owned by Avery's on Jackson Street. Hugh was working as a coppersmith.
Hugh's 1918 World War I draft registration card lists the following:
Residence: 316 Grammont; Monroe, Ouachita
Age: 43
Occupation: Coppersmith
Physical description: Medium height, medium build, blue eyes and red hair.
In the 1920 census, Hugh, Carrie and Carrie's mother, Sarah Shuster were living at the Grammont Street house. Hugh was working in a machine shop for the railroad at the time.
In 1930, Hugh and Carrie were living on Hudson Lane; also living with them were Carrie's mother, Sarah Shuster and a roomer, Melanie Mayer. During this time, Hugh was working in the city's maintenance department.
Wednesday, August 19, 1942
Page 2
HUGH L. BRACEY'S FUNERAL IS HELD.
Hugh Lewis Bracey, well-known Monroe resident, died at his home, 516 Hudson lane, Tuesday at 2 p.m. after many months illness. The funeral was held at the residence this afternoon at 5 o'clock with Rev. Edward F. Hayward, rector of Grace Episcopal church, and Rabbi F. K. Hirsch, of Temple B'Nai Israel officiating. Burial was in the Jewish cemetery.
Pallbearers were A. H. Salisbury, Dick Brothers, Sidney Kahn, W. M. Love, W. S. Adcock, R. W. Irby, U. W. Pickens and E. Jack Selig. Honorary pallbearers were all friends of the family.
Mr. Bracey was born in Monroe August 24, 1875, the son of Dr. S. L. Bracey and Catherine L. Locke Bracey, both now dead.
He received his early education here and had lived in Monroe his entire life with the exception of a few years in boyhood spent in Mississippi. At the age of 18 he entered the employ of the V. S. and P. railroad shops here, where he worked for 26 years until the shops were acquired by the Illinois Central railroad and dismantled.
Since that time he had served as manager of maintenance at Neville high school and later as custodian at the Ouachita parish courthouse where he worked until last January 1, when illness forced him to retire.
Mr. Bracey was a genial man and made a wide circle of friends. He belonged to the Western Star Masonic lodge and was a member of the chapter, commandery and consistery. He was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason. He also was a member of the lodge of Maccabees and active for years in the Woodmen of the World.
Mr. Bracey is survived by his wife, who was before her marriage, Miss Carrie Shuster; two sisters, Mrs. Kate McLain and Mrs. Bert Williams, Sr.; and one brother, Benton Bracey.
Mulhearn Funeral home had charge of the funeral arrangements.
The son of Monroe dentist, Dr. Sedley L. Bracey (1831-1885) and his wife, Louise Catherine (1837-1928). Sedley had been raised in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi and fought in Company A 12th Regiment, Mississippi going in as a sergeant and ranking out as an acting quartermaster. In the 1880 US Federal Census for District 61, Monroe, Ouachita parish, the Braceys were living at 79 Jackson Street. Other than Hugh (age 5), the Bracey children enumerated were Sedley Jr. (age 7), and William Benton (age 3).
Dr. S.L. Bracey passed away hours after coming in from hunting after complaining of feeling bad in 1885. In the 1900 census, the widowed Mrs. Bracey lived with her daughter from a previous marriage, Kate Ross(now a widow also) Crosley and her two daughters Stella and Martha. Sedley Jr. and Hugh both worked as grocery salesmen in the household as did Benton who worked as a telephone lineman. The youngest Bracey child, Maggie Louise was 17 years old, born three years before her father's death in 1882.
Hugh grew up in Monroe and marry a Jewish girl from Farmerville, Louisiana named Carrie Shuster (sometimes spelled Schuster). In the 1910 Census they were living in the rear of a house owned by Avery's on Jackson Street. Hugh was working as a coppersmith.
Hugh's 1918 World War I draft registration card lists the following:
Residence: 316 Grammont; Monroe, Ouachita
Age: 43
Occupation: Coppersmith
Physical description: Medium height, medium build, blue eyes and red hair.
In the 1920 census, Hugh, Carrie and Carrie's mother, Sarah Shuster were living at the Grammont Street house. Hugh was working in a machine shop for the railroad at the time.
In 1930, Hugh and Carrie were living on Hudson Lane; also living with them were Carrie's mother, Sarah Shuster and a roomer, Melanie Mayer. During this time, Hugh was working in the city's maintenance department.
The Monroe News-Star.
Wednesday, August 19, 1942
Page 2
HUGH L. BRACEY'S FUNERAL IS HELD.
Hugh Lewis Bracey, well-known Monroe resident, died at his home, 516 Hudson lane, Tuesday at 2 p.m. after many months illness. The funeral was held at the residence this afternoon at 5 o'clock with Rev. Edward F. Hayward, rector of Grace Episcopal church, and Rabbi F. K. Hirsch, of Temple B'Nai Israel officiating. Burial was in the Jewish cemetery.
Pallbearers were A. H. Salisbury, Dick Brothers, Sidney Kahn, W. M. Love, W. S. Adcock, R. W. Irby, U. W. Pickens and E. Jack Selig. Honorary pallbearers were all friends of the family.
Mr. Bracey was born in Monroe August 24, 1875, the son of Dr. S. L. Bracey and Catherine L. Locke Bracey, both now dead.
He received his early education here and had lived in Monroe his entire life with the exception of a few years in boyhood spent in Mississippi. At the age of 18 he entered the employ of the V. S. and P. railroad shops here, where he worked for 26 years until the shops were acquired by the Illinois Central railroad and dismantled.
Since that time he had served as manager of maintenance at Neville high school and later as custodian at the Ouachita parish courthouse where he worked until last January 1, when illness forced him to retire.
Mr. Bracey was a genial man and made a wide circle of friends. He belonged to the Western Star Masonic lodge and was a member of the chapter, commandery and consistery. He was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason. He also was a member of the lodge of Maccabees and active for years in the Woodmen of the World.
Mr. Bracey is survived by his wife, who was before her marriage, Miss Carrie Shuster; two sisters, Mrs. Kate McLain and Mrs. Bert Williams, Sr.; and one brother, Benton Bracey.
Mulhearn Funeral home had charge of the funeral arrangements.
The son of Monroe dentist, Dr. Sedley L. Bracey (1831-1885) and his wife, Louise Catherine (1837-1928). Sedley had been raised in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi and fought in Company A 12th Regiment, Mississippi going in as a sergeant and ranking out as an acting quartermaster. In the 1880 US Federal Census for District 61, Monroe, Ouachita parish, the Braceys were living at 79 Jackson Street. Other than Hugh (age 5), the Bracey children enumerated were Sedley Jr. (age 7), and William Benton (age 3).
Dr. S.L. Bracey passed away hours after coming in from hunting after complaining of feeling bad in 1885. In the 1900 census, the widowed Mrs. Bracey lived with her daughter from a previous marriage, Kate Ross(now a widow also) Crosley and her two daughters Stella and Martha. Sedley Jr. and Hugh both worked as grocery salesmen in the household as did Benton who worked as a telephone lineman. The youngest Bracey child, Maggie Louise was 17 years old, born three years before her father's death in 1882.
Hugh grew up in Monroe and marry a Jewish girl from Farmerville, Louisiana named Carrie Shuster (sometimes spelled Schuster). In the 1910 Census they were living in the rear of a house owned by Avery's on Jackson Street. Hugh was working as a coppersmith.
Hugh's 1918 World War I draft registration card lists the following:
Residence: 316 Grammont; Monroe, Ouachita
Age: 43
Occupation: Coppersmith
Physical description: Medium height, medium build, blue eyes and red hair.
In the 1920 census, Hugh, Carrie and Carrie's mother, Sarah Shuster were living at the Grammont Street house. Hugh was working in a machine shop for the railroad at the time.
In 1930, Hugh and Carrie were living on Hudson Lane; also living with them were Carrie's mother, Sarah Shuster and a roomer, Melanie Mayer. During this time, Hugh was working in the city's maintenance department.
Wednesday, August 19, 1942
Page 2
HUGH L. BRACEY'S FUNERAL IS HELD.
Hugh Lewis Bracey, well-known Monroe resident, died at his home, 516 Hudson lane, Tuesday at 2 p.m. after many months illness. The funeral was held at the residence this afternoon at 5 o'clock with Rev. Edward F. Hayward, rector of Grace Episcopal church, and Rabbi F. K. Hirsch, of Temple B'Nai Israel officiating. Burial was in the Jewish cemetery.
Pallbearers were A. H. Salisbury, Dick Brothers, Sidney Kahn, W. M. Love, W. S. Adcock, R. W. Irby, U. W. Pickens and E. Jack Selig. Honorary pallbearers were all friends of the family.
Mr. Bracey was born in Monroe August 24, 1875, the son of Dr. S. L. Bracey and Catherine L. Locke Bracey, both now dead.
He received his early education here and had lived in Monroe his entire life with the exception of a few years in boyhood spent in Mississippi. At the age of 18 he entered the employ of the V. S. and P. railroad shops here, where he worked for 26 years until the shops were acquired by the Illinois Central railroad and dismantled.
Since that time he had served as manager of maintenance at Neville high school and later as custodian at the Ouachita parish courthouse where he worked until last January 1, when illness forced him to retire.
Mr. Bracey was a genial man and made a wide circle of friends. He belonged to the Western Star Masonic lodge and was a member of the chapter, commandery and consistery. He was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason. He also was a member of the lodge of Maccabees and active for years in the Woodmen of the World.
Mr. Bracey is survived by his wife, who was before her marriage, Miss Carrie Shuster; two sisters, Mrs. Kate McLain and Mrs. Bert Williams, Sr.; and one brother, Benton Bracey.
Mulhearn Funeral home had charge of the funeral arrangements.
The son of Monroe dentist, Dr. Sedley L. Bracey (1831-1885) and his wife, Louise Catherine (1837-1928). Sedley had been raised in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi and fought in Company A 12th Regiment, Mississippi going in as a sergeant and ranking out as an acting quartermaster. In the 1880 US Federal Census for District 61, Monroe, Ouachita parish, the Braceys were living at 79 Jackson Street. Other than Hugh (age 5), the Bracey children enumerated were Sedley Jr. (age 7), and William Benton (age 3).
Dr. S.L. Bracey passed away hours after coming in from hunting after complaining of feeling bad in 1885. In the 1900 census, the widowed Mrs. Bracey lived with her daughter from a previous marriage, Kate Ross(now a widow also) Crosley and her two daughters Stella and Martha. Sedley Jr. and Hugh both worked as grocery salesmen in the household as did Benton who worked as a telephone lineman. The youngest Bracey child, Maggie Louise was 17 years old, born three years before her father's death in 1882.
Hugh grew up in Monroe and marry a Jewish girl from Farmerville, Louisiana named Carrie Shuster (sometimes spelled Schuster). In the 1910 Census they were living in the rear of a house owned by Avery's on Jackson Street. Hugh was working as a coppersmith.
Hugh's 1918 World War I draft registration card lists the following:
Residence: 316 Grammont; Monroe, Ouachita
Age: 43
Occupation: Coppersmith
Physical description: Medium height, medium build, blue eyes and red hair.
In the 1920 census, Hugh, Carrie and Carrie's mother, Sarah Shuster were living at the Grammont Street house. Hugh was working in a machine shop for the railroad at the time.
In 1930, Hugh and Carrie were living on Hudson Lane; also living with them were Carrie's mother, Sarah Shuster and a roomer, Melanie Mayer. During this time, Hugh was working in the city's maintenance department.
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