Funeral of Mrs. Drusilla Brown.
The body of Mrs. Drusilla Brown arrived in Emporia from Kansas City at 1:30 Thursday and was taken to the residence of Mrs. Mary Evans, 406 State Street, where the funeral services were held at 2 o'clock by the Rev. S.L. Grigsby. The ladies of the G.A.R. had charge of the services at the grave. Interment was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Drusilla Kreager was born October 22, 1836, in Licking County, Ohio. She was one of the youngest of a family of sixteen, two brothers of whom are still living. Her paternal grandfather, a solider of the Revolution, was one of the early settlers of Ohio. Her father fought in the war of 1812. November 9, 1858, she was married to Ephraim Brown, who afterwards served in the Civil War, first as a captain of Company G and afterwards as a major of the One Hundred Fourteenth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to Emporia in 1868 and this was ever afterward their home. Four children were born to them, two of whom are living, Mrs. M.H. De Vault, of Kansas City, and Mrs. Guy Bangs, of Madison. Major Brown died in February, 1908. Until a year ago Mrs. Brown lived at her home, 24 South Congress, since then she had been with her daughters. She died Tuesday night at her daughter's home in Kansas City, as a result of a complication of diseases. Mrs. Brown had been a life-long Christian, having joined the Baptist Church in youth, but of later years had attended the Presbyterian Church. She was a charter member of Garfield Circle No. 22, Ladies of the G.A.R.
Funeral of Mrs. Drusilla Brown.
The body of Mrs. Drusilla Brown arrived in Emporia from Kansas City at 1:30 Thursday and was taken to the residence of Mrs. Mary Evans, 406 State Street, where the funeral services were held at 2 o'clock by the Rev. S.L. Grigsby. The ladies of the G.A.R. had charge of the services at the grave. Interment was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Drusilla Kreager was born October 22, 1836, in Licking County, Ohio. She was one of the youngest of a family of sixteen, two brothers of whom are still living. Her paternal grandfather, a solider of the Revolution, was one of the early settlers of Ohio. Her father fought in the war of 1812. November 9, 1858, she was married to Ephraim Brown, who afterwards served in the Civil War, first as a captain of Company G and afterwards as a major of the One Hundred Fourteenth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to Emporia in 1868 and this was ever afterward their home. Four children were born to them, two of whom are living, Mrs. M.H. De Vault, of Kansas City, and Mrs. Guy Bangs, of Madison. Major Brown died in February, 1908. Until a year ago Mrs. Brown lived at her home, 24 South Congress, since then she had been with her daughters. She died Tuesday night at her daughter's home in Kansas City, as a result of a complication of diseases. Mrs. Brown had been a life-long Christian, having joined the Baptist Church in youth, but of later years had attended the Presbyterian Church. She was a charter member of Garfield Circle No. 22, Ladies of the G.A.R.
Family Members
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John Milton Kreager
1815–1888
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Jacob Kreager
1815–1884
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William Kreager
1817–1839
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Jeremiah Kreager
1820–1891
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Stephen Kreager
1825–1889
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George Washington Kreager
1827–1873
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Elizabeth Kreager Walker
1831–1862
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Samuel M Kreager
1832–1920
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Louisa Kreager
1836–1837
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Albert B. Kreager
1839–1864
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George Washington "Wash" Kreager
1840–1927
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