This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BREES, BURNS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/830 Message Board Post: NOTE: This is not my family, but is an email that was overlooked and recently found. George Washington Brees was born 24 March 1837 in Franklin County, Indiana. He married Sarah Burns, 31 August 1868 in Appanoose County, Iowa. G. W. Brees served in the Civil War with G Co., 13th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry. G. W. died of tuberculosis contracted during the Civil War. G. W., his wife and many children are buried in the Richardson Cemetery near Harvard, Iowa. G. W. Brees came to Wayne County, Iowa about 1875 and farmed. He and Sarah had the following issue: Francis Marion b. 17 June 1857,d. 1917 Mercer Co., MO.; Samuel Delbert b.25 Sept. 1859, d. 1945 Kansas; Charles Ellsworth b. 10 July 1861, d. 1932 Mercer Co., MO; Oliver Elmer b. 16 August 1863 d. 1938 Kansas; Clara J. b. 6 August 1865 d. Washington; Maurice b. 1 Oct. 1867, d. 1928 Colorado; Warren b. 15 Sept. 1869, 1949 Wayne Co., Iowa; Elsie b. Jan 1872 d. Spokane, Washington; Wilford b. 11 Oct. 1874 d. 1970; Winnie b. 11 Oct. 1874 d. 1875 Wayne Co., Iowa; Odie b. 1 June 1877 d. 1877 Wayne Co., Iowa! ; Ora b. 1 June 1877 d. 1877 Wayne Co., Iowa; Minnie Myrtle b. 20 May 1881 d. 1906 Colorado. Anyone may contact Wilda Sweigard fswe@aol.com or snail mail Wilma Sweigard, 1533 6th St., Greeley, CO. 80631 for more information