I guess I should have added this. Death records in Illinois were not mandatory until 1916. The records before that time would not include all deaths that occurred in the county. Just the ones that were reported. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Michelle Wisniewski via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> To: <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ILJEFFER] Death Records Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 12:43:15 -0500 Thanks Mary! I didn't know when the records began. I have a copy of Elijah's will but don't know if there is anything else in the probate records. I will have to check that out. Message: 5 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 15:09:13 GMT From: "Mary" <zandz@juno.com> Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Jefferson County Death Records To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20140903.100913.13948.0@webmail04.dca.untd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Recorded death records begin December 7, 1877. Oard Probates: Elijah Oard - 1871 Box 30 (Adm. William M. Oard) Jasper M. & Mary A. Oard - 1918 Box 112 (Adm. G. L. Roberson) Mary ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Michelle Wisniewski via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> To: <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ILJEFFER] Jefferson County Death Records Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 08:49:00 -0500 Hi, Can anyone tell me if there were death certificates or death notices issued in Jefferson County for the year 1871 or 1875? My 2x G-Grandfather Elijah Oard died in Jefferson County on August 18, 1871 and my 2xG-Grandmother Catherine Bullock Oard died sometime after Sept 19, 1875 and before January 1, 1876. Thank you, Michelle Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/54072f5ad1c012f5a33fcst04duc ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 08:26:30 -0700 (MST) From: Sandy Bauer <sandy@whalen-family.org> Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Lewis Lew Brake 1896 1977 To: rwlmn <rwlmn@aol.com>, iljeffer@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <819480054.3694457.1409757990705.open-xchange@bosoxweb05.eigbox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 II think this must be his father's death record: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947? Name: Marshall?F.?Brake Birth Date: 26 May 1862 Birth Place: Hamilton Co , Illinois Death Date: 13 Feb 1933 Death Place: MT Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois Burial Date: 14 Feb 1933 Burial Place: MT. Vernon, Jefferson, Ill. Cemetery Name: Oakwood Death Age: 70 Occupation: General Laborer Race: White Marital Status: M Gender: Male Street address: 1407 So. 10 St. Father Name: Benjamin F.?Brake Father Birth Place: Tenn. Mother Name: Sophie Davis Spouse Name: Charity Lewis?Brake FHL Film Number: 1684955 > On September 3, 2014 at 7:54 AM rwlmn via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Tuesday, May 3, 1977 > Lew Brake Dies; City's Best Known Old Soldier > By GUY HENRY Managing Editor > Mt. Vernon's best known old soldier is dead. Lewis Brake, 81, of 723 > Harrison > street, suffered a heart attack last night and was dead upon arrival at > Good > Samaritan Hospital. Lew, as he was affectionately known by his friends all > over Southern Illinois, served as national commander of the World War I > veterans in 1957 and 1958. He was active right up to the day he died, > crusading for the rights of veterans of all wars with the zeal of an > evangelist. Mr. Brake was loved and respected by his "buddies"? veterans > of > all ages who honored him for his never-ending work in their behalf, and > for > their wives and their children. Unlike most men, Lew got to "smell the > roses" > for his great deeds before he died. In March of 1976 friends came from all > over Illinois to show their respect and friendship on "Lewis Brake Day." > The > mayor, who issued the official proclamation for > Lew's day, was there, along with The state VFW commander, and veterans > officials from many organizations. " I didn't know I had so many friends." > That was the simple, modest response Lew gave after listening to words of > praise by speaker after speaker. They all knew that Lew has done more than > anyone else around here for war veterans and their wives and children. He > was > visibly moved when Mayor Holland Lewis presented him with a framed > document > proclaiming the day as "Lewis Brake Day" in Mt. Vernon. As he always did > throughout his lifetime. Lew took advantage of the occasion to perform a > labor > of love - praising fellow veterans and crusading, once again, for > veterans' > causes. After serving In World War I, Mr. Brake was a postoffice employee > for > 39 years, except for a period when he was city editor of the Mt. Vernon > Daily > Herald. For a long time he was service officer for the Illinois Veterans > Commission in the Mt. Vernon area. Over the years he served as commander > of > the local American Legion and VFW posts and In 1937 and 1938 was commander > of > the Department of Illinois, VFW. Funeral services will be held al 2 p. m. > Thursday at the Central Church of Christ, of which he was a member. Mr. J > . > Howard Kraps and Mr. Mike Harbin will officiate and burial will be in > Oakwood > cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by American Legion > Post > 141 and VFW Post 1376, assisted by King City Barracks of World War I. > Friends > may call at the Hughey?Pulley Funeral Home after 5 p. m. Wednesday and > until > 11 a. m. Thursday, when the body will be moved to the church to lie in > stale > until the funeral hour. Lewis M. Brake was born Feb. 3, 1896 near > Dahlgren, > the son of Marshall F. and Belle (Lewis) Brake. The family moved to Mt. > Vernon > when he was ten years old, and he has been a resident here ever since. On > May > 26, 1923, he was married in Mt. Vernon, to Dorothy Coats of Woodlawn, who > survives. He served as a deacon at the Central Church of Christ for 25 > years. > He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 31, Order of White Shrine of > Jerusalem > No. 66, Lodge HI9 B.P.O. Elks, and the Disabled American Veterans. During > World War I, he served as an enlisted man with the 335th Infantry for 17 > months, 11 of which were in France. Surviving, besides his wife, are a > brother, Earl Brake, Mt. Vernon; four sisters, Mrs. Stacy Kern, Mrs. Maude > Eller and Mrs. Candace Dougherty of Mt. Vernon, and Mrs. Pearl Morris of > Escondido, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in > death by > one brother, Silas, one sister, Mrs. Minnie Smith, and his parents. > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the ILJEFFER list administrator, send an email to ILJEFFER-admin@rootsweb.com. 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