This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Briley, Horner, Long, Endicott, Boone, McClary, Bartlett, Agee, Raines / Rains Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nk.2ADI/727 Message Board Post: BRILEY, JESSE Jesse Briley, a well known and respected former resident of Mills county, died at the home of friends in Council Bluffs January 25. Several of his children are residents of Mills county and have the sympathy of many friends and relatives here in their bereavement. We take the following from the Nonpareil: Jesse Briley, aged 81 years, died early Wednesday morning at the home of Harry Martin, 245 Benton street, after a prolonged illness. He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Ida Horner of Percival, Ia., Mrs. Hessie Long of Wheeling, Mo., Mrs. L.G. Endicott of Glenwood, Ia., Mrs. Mary Boone of Omaha, and Mrs. Ellen McClary of Pacific Junction; and six sons, James A., of Glenwood; Charles of Pacific Junction, Edward of Council Bluffs, Jesse of Tabor, John of Percival, Ia., and William of Randolph, Ia. He also leaves one brother, W.A. Briley of Strahan, Ia., one sister, Mrs. Ellen Isam of Bartlett, Ia., forty-nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mr. Briley had lived all his life in Mills and Fremont counties, and was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Baptist church and had been for thirty-five years. The body was removed to King's parlors and was shipped on Wednesday to McPaul, Ia., where funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the pastor of the Baptist church of Sidney, Ia., officiating. Interment took pace in the Thurman cemetery. >From Mills County Tribune, Glenwood, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1922 [Notes: Jesse was the 3rd of 10 children born to Andrew J. & Mary (Agee) Briley. On 18 Jan 1862 in Holt Co., Missouri, he married Mary Jane Raines/Rains. They were the parents of 14 children.] Submitted by Margaret Briley Crawford, great-granddaughter 1837 Paxton Dr., Carrollton, TX 75007 Briley1837@aol.com