BRISSEY, James W. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

James W. Brissey, age 82, oldest member of the Fountain County Bar Association, died Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Jackson, in Walkerton, where he had made his home since last August. Mr. Brissey had been in failing health for the past year.  Active in the practice of law, Mr. Brissey had served two terms as prosecuting attorney for the judicial district, then composed of Fountain Warren, and Benton Counties. Previously, he has served a term as superintendent of schools in Fountain County.  Mr. Brissey also practiced law in Lake County, where he served four years as city attorney at East Chicago and he was also deputy prosecuting attorney for a term in Lake County.    Born in Owen County, Kentucky on October 7, 1861, Mr. Brissey was the son of James Milton and Sarah Osborn Brissey. When he was one year old, his parents removed from Kentucky to Fountain County and lived on a farm near Covington.  He was married to Anna Martin of Attica in 1889, she dying in 1914. He remarried later, and his second wife preceded him in death a few years ago.  Mr. Brissey was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Knights of Pythias and he also held membership in the Presbyterian Church in Covington. In addition to the daughter, at whose home he died, he is survived by another daughter, Miss Ruth Ellen Brissey, of Walkerton. He also leaves a brother, John P. Brissey, an attorney in Covington, and a sister, Mrs. Ellen Redenbaugh, living at Sterling. The body was taken to the Crumley Funeral Home in Covington where services in his memory were held at two o’clock Friday afternoon in charge of Rev. O. W. McGaughey of Veedersburg. Burial was made at Mt. Hope Cemetery near Covington. Members of the Fountain County Bar Association served as pall bearers at the services.