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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