Brush - Julia Powers - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal (Crawfordsville, IN), 15 Nov 1895

The whole community was shocked and saddened Monday evening to learn that Mrs. Wm. T. Brush had quietly passed away at 5 o’clock at her home on south Water street. It had been known for several days that she was very ill – dangerously ill, but so great was the love in which her many friends held her, that somehow hope surpassed their knowledge and when death came it came with crushing force. Mary Julia Powers was born in Madison, Indiana, Oct. 13, 1850, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David T. Powers. The first four years of her life were passed in Madison, but the balance of her life, except the years of 1865 and 1866, was passed in Crawfordsville. On September 8, 1868, she was married to Wm. T. Brush, at the homestead of Jonathan W. Powers, her grandfather. Mrs. Brush’s father died in Madison, in 1861, and her mother in Kokomo in 1887. Mrs. Brush’s only brother died in infancy and one of her sisters, Mrs. W. E. Brewer, May 24, 1882. Her other sister, Mrs. C.A. Jay, is still living and residing in Kokomo. Mrs. Brush never had children of her own but she reared two children with a mother’s love and care. The first of these was her cousin, Lulu Wilson, now Mrs. George A. Thomson, of Chicago, and the second the daughter of her sister, Mrs. Brewer. This child, Ella P. Brewer, Mrs. Brush received upon the death of Mrs. Brewer when little Ella was but eleven days old. Mrs. Brush’s whole life was one bright and beautiful example of womanly sweetness and Christian character. Ever quiet and retiring her life was none the less a power for good and there are very many people here today who feel her loss a personal bereavement. Never in vigorous health she was a most indefatigable worker in all interests of the First M. E. Church, of which she was one of the most constant and devout members. In her home life, however, her beautiful character was most manifest and those, who had the fortune to know her there, will long remember her as of the very few crowned with all the graces that go to make the real home the ideal home. Gentle in her life and really great in Christian courtesy and work she will long be mourned by all who knew her. Her bereaved husband the little girl to whom she was all that a mother could ever be, have the sympathy of all in their sad and irreparable affliction. The funeral of Mrs. Brush occurred from the family residence on Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment at Oak Hill cemetery. - thanks muches to Sue P for this great one :)

Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 15 November 1895