Blakely Brush died at six o'clock last Sunday morning at the residence of Prof. H. S. Kirtz, his son-in-law, at Waveland. The cause of the death is said to have been nervous prostration. Mr. Brush had been quite ill for a month previous. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. They were conducted by Rev. Henry M. Giltner, of Aurora, Nebraska, and Rev. William Y. Allen, of Rockville. Both of these gentlemen were old friends of the deceased. All the living children and grandchildren of Mr. Brush were present. The session of the church and some assistants acted as pallbearers. The body was interred in the Presbyterian cemetery. At the time of his death Mr. Brush was 75 years of age. He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, on the 1st of March, 1807.

His parents, John and Nancy Brush, were natives of Virginia. Both were of Scotch-Irish descent. They went to Kentucky in 1806. Their removal to Indiana occurred in 1825. They settled one mile north of Waveland. In 1831 he was married to Rebecca G. Glenn, of Woodford County, Kentucky. Six children were born to them. One, the eldest, died in infancy. The others are still living. These are, Mary A., wife of Prof. H. S. Kritz; John C., attorney, Indianapolis; Sarah M., wife of Dr. A. T. Steele, of Waveland; David B., Farmer, Brown township; William T., lawyer, Crawfordsville. Mrs. Brush died in 1864 just eighteen years ago this month. Mr. Brush was a farmer, but for the last eight or ten years he has not been engaged actively. The parents of the subject of the present sketch were pious members of the Presbyterian Church, and Blakely himself has long been prominently identified with that body. Ever since 1844 he has held the office of elder. In early life he engaged in Sunday school work. With his brother-in-law, Preston McCormick, he organized the first school of that kind in Brown Township, which held its meetings in John Brush's house. Mr. Brush was a good man and respected citizen.