Brissenden, William

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• Reference Number: BRIS.W002

Family/Spouse: Bunting, Eliza. Eliza was born in 1815 in England; died in 1887 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: BRIS.J002
• _FGRAVE: 24073893
• Military Service: American Civil War, Private, Company A, 98th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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Military Service:
PVT Company A Unit 98 IL US INF

Personal Characteristics
Residence CLAY CITY, CLAY CO, IL Age 22 Height 6' 1 Hair DARK
Eyes BLUE Complexion FAIR Marital Status SINGLE Occupation FARMER
Nativity EDWARDS CO, IL

Service Record
Joined When AUG 2, 1862 Joined Where CLAY CO, IL
Joined By Whom E P TURNER Period 3 YRS
Muster In SEP 3, 1862 Muster In Where CAMP CENTRALIA, IL
Muster In By Whom L CPT Muster Out MAY 31, 1865
Muster Out Where EVANSVILLE, IN Muster Out By Whom CPT TEN EYCK
Remarks FOR DISABILITY

Family/Spouse: FINCH, Mary Matilda. Mary (daughter of Finch, John Resen and Schooley, Rachel Matilda) was born on 18 Jul 1849; died on 10 Jan 1915; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: BRIS.E003
• _FGRAVE: 36775229

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Emma Brissenden Duff is the daughter of William Brissenden (1808 ENG - 1881 IL) and Eliza Bunting Brissenden (1815 ENG - 1887 IL).

Miss Emma Brissenden married James Newton Duff January 7, 1875. They are parents of seven children.

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Mrs. Emma B. Duff, 85 years old, of Clay City, Illinois, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Smith, 1729 West Twenty-first street, after a brief illness.

She is survived by six daughters, one son, two brothers and a sister.

The body will be sent by the Hahn Funeral Home to Clay City for funeral services and burial.

(Submitted by: Janet LaMotte, MHR)

Emma married Duff, James Newton on 7 Jan 1875. James was born on 17 Jun 1834; died on 4 Dec 1912; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: BRIS.L005
• _FGRAVE: 29649240

Family/Spouse: Ransdell, Lena I.. Lena (daughter of Ransdell, J.T. and Brown, Mary Eliza) was born on 14 Jun 1874 in Illinois; died on 25 Mar 1918 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: McKnight, Nellie M.. Nellie was born on 8 Jun 1881 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1959 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: BRIS.A001
• _FGRAVE: 31512201

Family/Spouse: Riggle, Clarence Oscar. Clarence (son of Riggle, Daniel Ellis and Brainerd, Dolly Mariah) was born on 15 Mar 1873 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 13 Jul 1956 in Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: BRIS.J004

Family/Spouse: ?, Bertha. Bertha was born in 1880 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: BRIS.L002
• _FGRAVE: 32541930

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Lewis A. Brissenden, 87, of Flora, a native of Clay City, died Wednesday night at a hospital in Mesa, Arizona.

Funeral services will be held in the Frank-Branson Funeral Home at Flora and interment will follow at Elmwood cemetery, Flora. Friends may call at the funeral home.

A native of Clay City, he is survived by his wife, lone, a son, Kenneth of Decatur, and two, daughters, Mrs. Mary Ellen McLaughlin, Mesa, Ariz,; Mrs. Ermine Cisney, Chicago; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.

Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, January, 1971.

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• Reference Number: DUFF.E007
• _FGRAVE: 27164493

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Mrs. Claude (Emma Constance Duff) Fields, 102, of Broken Arrow, Okla., formerly of Clay City, died Sunday (Sept. 27, 1981) in Tulsa, Okla.

Graveside services will be 9 a.m. Wednesday in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City. No visitation. Cardascio Funeral Home, Clay City, is in charge.

Mrs. Fields was born in Clay City, daughter of James Newton and Emma Duff. She and her husband operated a furniture store for years in Broken Arrow, Okla. She married Claude Fields. He died in 1973.

Surviving are her sons, David of Tulsa, Okla.; Howard of Grants Pass, Ore.; daughters, Mildred Warren of Panacea, Fla.; Mary Grace Tucker of Broken Arrow, Okla.; 11 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren.

Family/Spouse: Fields, Joseph Claude. Joseph was born in 1880; died on 21 Apr 1973; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Post Master, Building and Loan Clerk
• Reference Number: DUFF.R001
• _FGRAVE: 24196240

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Birth:
The 1940 Census says he was born in 1897, his headstone says 1886

Robert married Raley, Maggie R. 'Dot' on 27 Apr 1913 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Maggie (daughter of Raley, John R. and Babbs, Mary Ann) was born on 2 Sep 1889 in Illinois; died on 26 Sep 1982; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: DUFF.A003
• _FGRAVE: 178310123

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Died:
Her obituary lists her age as 102.

Family/Spouse: Fields, C.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: BRIS.R005

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• Reference Number: BRIS.H003

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• Occupation: Elementary School Teacher
• Reference Number: DUFF.E001
• _FGRAVE: 69177590
• Funeral: 7 May 2011, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

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Olney, Ill. —

Emma Jean Lawson, 96, of Peoria and formerly of Clay City, died at 11:01 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Apostolic Christian Skylines in Peoria.

Mrs. Lawson was born December 29, 1914, in Clay City, the daughter of Robert Earl and Maggie (Raley) Duff. She married Monroe Arthur Lawson on September 20, 1936, in Murphysboro. He preceded her in death on March 31, 1976.

She was an elementary school teacher. She was a member of Clay City United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, a 50-year member of Magnolia Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary #840, elected to Outstanding Teachers of America, Unit I Clay City Garden Club and United Methodist Women.

Mrs. Lawson is survived by her daughter, Judy A. Partain and her husband Stan, of Virginia; daughter, Sharon K. Smith and her husband, Clark, of North Carolina; son, Gary D. Lawson and his wife, Cindy, of Illinois; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Monroe Arthur Lawson; father, Robert Earl Duff (9-26-1966); mother, Maggie "Dot" Duff (9-26-1982); sister, Helen Taylor (11-24-1982); and brother, Robert E. Duff Jr. (1-7-1996).

Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Pastor Mark Canada officiating. Burial will be in Clay City Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Lawson, Monroe Arthur. Monroe was born on 11 May 1912 in Illinois; died on 31 Mar 1976; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: DUFF.H001
• _FGRAVE: 18363670

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Helen Duff Taylor, 63, Clay City, died at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City with Rev. Jack Martin and Rev. Fred Gordon, Sr. presiding. Burial will be in Clay City Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society.

Mrs. Taylor was born Dec. 7, 1918, in Clay City, the daughter of Robert Earl and Maggie (Raley) Duff. She married David Taylor June 4, 1939 in Flora and he survives.

She was a bookkeeper assisting her husband in the insurance business in Flora; and was a member of the Clay City United Methodist Church.

Other survivors include a son, John D., Springfield; a daughter, Mrs. James (Nancy) Stewart, Jacksonville, Fla. a brother, Robert Earl Duff, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;a sister, Mrs. Emma Jean Lawson, Clay City; and two granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Helen married Taylor, David Earl on 4 Jun 1939 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois. David (son of Taylor, Earl and McKnight, Grace) was born on 14 Jan 1918 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 6 Apr 2001 in Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois; was buried on 9 May 2001 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Electrical Engineer
• Reference Number: DUFF.R002
• _FGRAVE: 26560071
• Military Service: Korean War, United States Navy
• Military Service: World War II, Aviation Radio Technician First Class, United States Navy
• Funeral: 12 Jan 1996, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

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Military Service:
Entered active service as an Apprentice Seaman on July 6, 1943. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station Farragut, Idaho; Naval Training School Wright Junior College, Chicago, Illinois; Naval Training School (Elementary Electricity and Radio Materials) Stillwater, Oklahoma and Advanced Radio School at Naval Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas. Assigned to and served with, in turn, Air Transport Squadrons 10, 9 and 12; and naval Air Station Olathe, Kansas. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as an aviation radio technician first Class on April 8, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2084396

His obituary states he served from 1943 to 1946 during the Korean War, but those dates would have been for World War II. The Korean War was from 1950 to 1953. His military headstone clarifies that he served in both World War II and Korea.

Robert married Miller, B.L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]