STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, 02 FEB 1887, P.5, C.4, ITEM #2, 02 FEB 1887, P.5, C.4 LEANDER BRUGH, 16 MAY 1839 - 28 JAN 1887 OBITUARY Leander Brugh was born in Thompson township, Seneca county, Ohio, May 16, 1839, and died Jan. 28, 1887, at 7:10 o'clock A. M., aged 47 years, 8 months and 12 days. He was the eldest of twelve children of George and Catherine Brugh. He came to Steuben county with his parents in 1848, where he has since resided. April 30, 1862, he was married to Susan Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith. His occupation was farming, commencing in 1862 to work the farm known as the Daniel Smith farm, where he resided two years. He then bought a farm one mile northwest of Hudson, and then purchased the farm on which a large part of Hudson is now situated, and where he died, leaving a wife, three daughters, a son, a mother, three brothers and four sisters to mourn his loss. He became a member of the United Brethren church, November the first and was baptized and received into the church Jan. 19, 1887, by Rev. J. W. Martin. He has been a great sufferer for a long time, but his faith in God made him patient to the end. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Hudson at 10 o'clock A. M., Rev. J. S. Tedrow officiating. He was buried in the Noll cemetery. ITEM #2 We wish by this way to express our sincere thanks to the friends who so kindly assisted through the sickness and burial of husband and father; to the choir, to the people in the vicinity, and members of Trinity church who asisted at the cemetery and opened their church, giving us an opportunity on that bitter cold day to warm, and to Rev. J. S. Tedrow and other friends who arranged and assisted in the hours of our affliction and grief. MRS. L. BRUGH AND FAMILY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Leander Brugh, 16 May 1839 - 28 Jan 1887, married Susan (Smith) Brugh, 15 Nov 1842 - 30 Nov 1923, daughter of Daniel Smith. They are buried at O- HUD, Cemetery, Steuben County, IN. Leander was the oldest son of George Brugh, 31 Dec 1813 - 24 Sep 1856, and Cathern/Catherine (Clemens) Brugh, 16 Jun 1815 - 26 Jun 1899. George is buried at Trinity Cemetery, Steuben County, IN, and Cathern is buried at O-Hud. GEORGE BRUGH'S SIBLINGS: BRO: Joseph Brugh, born 28 Sep 1822 in Penn.; died 21 Mar 1874 in Fulton County, IN. His 1st wife was Catherine (VanKirk) Brugh born in 1823 in Penn and died 12 Jan 1853 in Fulton County, IN. His 2nd wife was Verlinda (Allison) Brugh, born 26 Apr 1834 in Penn.; died 11 Dec 1915 in Fulton County, IN. BRO: John Brugh, born in 1810 in Penn.; died 15 Dec 1886 in Fulton County, IN. His wife's 1st name was Margaret BRO: Francis Brugh, born in 1813 in Penn. On 21 Apr 1844 in Huron County, OH, he married Anna (Clemmons) Brugh. BRO: Charles Brugh, born 04 Apr 1818 in Penn.; died 18 Jun 1863 in Fulton County, IN. He married Sarah (Worman) Brugh. BRO: William Brugh, born 16 Nov 1826 in Columbia County, OH; died 02 Nov 1901 in Fulton County, OH. On 14 Jun 1846 in Seneca County, OH, he married Louisa Klink. BRO: Simon Brugh, born 17 Dec 1806 in Penn.; died 17 Jan 1892 in Ohio. He married Sarah (Kerrick) Brugh. CHILDREN OF LEANDER AND SUSAN (SMITH) BRUGH: DGTR: Ginevra/Netta/Neva G. (Brugh) Bixler, 11 Sep 1864 - 06 Apr 1949, buried at Tryon, Polk County, North Carolinsa, is listed in the Cemetery Books as buried at Circle Hill with husband, Sumner W. Bixler, 1858 - 1916, whom she married on 30 Sep 1883 in Steuben County, IN. Sumner was the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Stealey) Bixler. DGTR: Ortha A. (Brugh) Clink, 1867 - 1945, on 12 Sep 1896 in Steuben County, IN, married Ezra Ellsworth Clink, 1864 - 1940, son of John R. Clink, 1836 - 1911 and Elizabeth (Ritter) Clink, 1834 - 1922. Orpha and Ezra are buried at O-Hud Cemeter;y and John and Elizabeth Clink are buried at MT. Zion Cemetery, Steuben County, IN. SON: Herme C. Brugh, born 1869 in In. SON: Byron A. Brugh, Dec 1869 - 24 Sep 1872, age 3 years, 9 months and 13 days. He is buried at O-HUD Cemetery. SON: Avery L. Brugh, born 1873/74 - 1956. On 14 Sep 1895 he married his 1st wife in Jackson, Jackson County, MI, Nellie L. (Wren) Brugh, born in 1877 in Michigan. On 26 Dec 1915 in Adrian, Lenawee County, MI, he married his 2nd wife, Grace Palmer Decker Brugh (I don't know if Palmer or Decker is her maiden name) born in 1884 in Detroit, MI. No information on where the wives are buried. Avery is buried at Circle Hill Cemetery. SOURCES: Kay Lash Collection of obituaries, Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County, Angola, IN; obit of Catherine/Cathern (Clemens) Brugh, 16 Jun 1815 - 26 Jun 1899. Obit for Effie Matilda (Fisher) Brugh, 27 Jan 1851 - 29 Jan 1906. "Cemeteries of Steuben County, IN - 1990", by Audree Seibel Lewis, "Vol. 1, pages 156, 157, 234, 235, 365, 366. www.rootswebworldconnect.com: "Fritz-Brugh Family", Contact: Melinda Clinger, melinda@rtcol.com, George Brugh. www.familysearch.org: U. S. Census 1870, Byron Brugh. 1880 U. S. Census for: Herme C. Brugh, Ortha A. Brugh, Leander Brugh. North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898 - 1994 for Ginerva Bixler; Michigan Marriages 1868 - 1925 for Avery L. Brugh; Indiana Marriages, 1780 - 1992 for Ezra Ellsworth Clink, Sumner W. Bixler. Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith e-mail: hilbeck123@att.net