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Louie Bruey

Birth	:	22 Jan 1876 Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Death	:	28 Feb 1926 Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Portage County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1719017, -81.2414017
Plot	:	Old.P.037
Description	:	Husband of Mary Ethel Walmer Bruey. First name can also be found in some sources as "Louis". Father of Beulah and Edna. -------------- From the "History of Jefferson County, Iowa" – 1912, Volume II, Pages 245-247. LOUIE BRUEY. "Louie Bruey, who engages in general farming and stock-raising in Cedar township, was born in Boise City, Idaho, on the 22d of January, 1876, and is a son of Peter and Philomene (Maries) Bruey. The father was born in Belfort, France, on the 27th of March, 1835, and there he spent the first twenty-three years of his life. In 1858 he emigrated to the United States locating... Read More	Husband of Mary Ethel Walmer Bruey. First name can also be found in some sources as "Louis". Father of Beulah and Edna. -------------- From the "History of Jefferson County, Iowa" – 1912, Volume II, Pages 245-247. LOUIE BRUEY. "Louie Bruey, who engages in general farming and stock-raising in Cedar township, was born in Boise City, Idaho, on the 22d of January, 1876, and is a son of Peter and Philomene (Maries) Bruey. The father was born in Belfort, France, on the 27th of March, 1835, and there he spent the first twenty-three years of his life. In 1858 he emigrated to the United States locating in Jefferson county on the farm where our subject is now living. He subsequently purchased eighty acres from his father, Pacific Bruey, who in turn bought it from Christopher Graber. Meeting with success in his agricultural pursuits, Peter Bruey was able to extend his holdings by the addition of another eighty acres, some of which he later sold, owning at the time of his death one hundred and forty acres of land. This land now belongs to his estate from whom it is rented by his son Louie. In the early ‘60s, Peter Bruey and his wife went west, locating in Utah, where he engaged in prospecting and gold mining until 1878, when he returned to his farm in this county, continuing to reside thereon until his death on October 5, 1905. The mother was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on the 28th of September, 1848, and passed away on their farm in Cedar township on the 21st of September, 1906. To Mr. and Mrs. Bruey were born five children: Anna, the widow of George E. Droz, of Fairfield, by whom she had three children: Ethel, Victor and Glen; Sylvia, the wife of Fred Raible, a cigar manufacturer of Fairfield; Louie, our subject; Peter, who is living with his sister in Fairfield; and Maggie, the wife of John Crawford, Jr., a farmer of Cedar township and the mother of one child, Lola Carmen. As he was an only child of eighteen months when his parents brought him to Fairfield, Louie Bruey has spent practically his entire life in Jefferson county. His education was obtained in the school of district No. 3, Cedar township, which he attended until he had mastered the common branches. While pursuing his studies he was qualifying himself for an agricultural career under the supervision of his father, whom he assisted with the operation of the farm. When he attained the age of twenty years, his father retired from the active work of the fields and the cultivation of the home place thereafter devolved upon the son. He has always been an industrious and enterprising man, who has applied himself intelligently to anything he undertook. In connection with the tilling of his fields he raises and feeds stock for the market, which he disposes of at a considerable profit. The farm is well kept up, the buildings being thoroughly repaired and the fields in a high state of cultivation, everything about the place suggesting the thrift and capable management that accompanies prosperity. On the 17th of April, 1907, Mr. Bruey established a home for himself by his marriage to Miss Marie Walmer, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Pattison) Walmer. The father, who was of Pennsylvania – Dutch extraction, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, whence he removed in 1848 to Jefferson county, Iowa. Here he was married in 1869 to Miss Elizabeth Pattison, who was born and reared in Cedar township, where her father, who was a native of Ireland, engaged in farming for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Walmer began their domestic life on a farm he had subsequently acquired two and a half miles south of Fairfield, and there she passed away during the childhood of Mrs. Marie (Pattison) Bruey. Farming always engaged the attention of the father, who at the time of his death owned one hundred and eighty-five acres of well improved land in Cedar township. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in Fairfield in 1863 in Company I, Forty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry and gone to the front, where he remained for three months. Upon receiving his discharge he returned to his farm and there he passed away on the 15th of May, 1911. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Walmer numbered five, as follows: Etta, the wife of Joseph Farrell, a clerk in a department store in Birmingham, by whom she has had two children, Paul Dennis and Robert; Kate, who married David Collais, a farmer of Van Buren county by whom she has had one child, Mildred Louise; Mrs. Bruey; Anna, the wife of Clarence McElwain a ranchman of Montana, and the mother of two children, Alice Louise and Harry; and Lee, who is living on the old homestead near Fairfield. To Mr. and Mrs. Bruey there have been born two daughters: Beulah Bernice, who was born on the 25th of May, 1908; and Edna Marie, whose birth occurred on the 6th of August, 1911. The political views of Mr. Bruey accord with the principles of the democratic party, but he does not conspicuously participate in governmental matters. He concentrates his entire attention upon the development of his personal interests in which he is meeting with a goodly measure of success, being known as one of the capable and prosperous citizens of Cedar township." ---------------------- ---------------------- Contributor note: the above biographical profile notwithstanding, Louie Bruey shot to death a young man (Samuel Arthur McNeese; see Samuel Arthur McNeese) in late 1925 who had reportedly molested at least one of the daughters. While awaiting the start of his trial, Louie committed suicide in jail. There was extensive coverage in the Fairfield area newspapers of the initial shooting, investigations, and the subsequent death of Louie Bruey, but the details are too graphic for use on this memorial per FindAGrave guidelines and out of respect for the family members involved.

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Where is Louie Bruey's memorial?
Louie Bruey's memorial is located at: Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Portage County, USA.
When did Louie Bruey death?
Louie Bruey death on 28 Feb 1926 in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Louie Bruey's memorial?
Latitude: 41.1719017
Longitude: -81.2414017

Family Members:

Parent

Peter Bruey

(1835 - 1905)

Philomen Maries Bruey

(1848 - 1906)

Spouse

Marie Ethel Walmer Bruey

(1884 - 1924)

Siblings

Anna Bruey Blough

(1858 - 1943)

Anna Elizabeth Bruey Droz Nelson

(1872 - 1959)

Silva E “Silvia” Bruey Raible

(1874 - 1967)

Peter Bruey

(1877 - 1925)

Margaret B “Maggie” Bruey Crawford

(1886 - 1984)

Children

Beulah Bernice Bruey Tonkinson

(1908 - 1994)

Edna Marie Bruey Brown

(1911 - 2000)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Maple Grove Cemetery
Ravenna, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1719017, -81.2414017

2. Tappan Graveyard
Ravenna, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1551830, -81.2465360

3. Saint Mary's Cemetery
Ravenna, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1519012, -81.2566986

4. Redbrush Road Cemetery
Ravenna Township, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1645140, -81.2805990

5. Portage County Infirmary Cemetery (Defunct)
Shalersville Township, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2078510, -81.2584480

6. Grandview Memorial Park
Ravenna, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1371994, -81.2832031

7. Fairview Cemetery
Shalersville, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2025990, -81.2992090

8. Hillside Cemetery
Shalersville, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2386017, -81.2371979

9. Charlestown Cemetery
Charlestown, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1627998, -81.1476974

10. Homeland Cemetery
Rootstown, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1002998, -81.2358017

11. Old Cemetery
Rootstown Township, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0978012, -81.2382965

12. Evergreen Cemetery
Streetsboro, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2210999, -81.3189011

13. Riverside Cemetery
Shalersville, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2449989, -81.2802963

14. Kent State University
Kent, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1508170, -81.3439160

15. Standing Rock Cemetery
Kent, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1664009, -81.3527985

16. Hattie Larlham Center for Children w Disabilities
Mantua, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2559360, -81.2799900

17. Edinburg Cemetery
Edinburg, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1080230, -81.1592140

18. Towner Mound
Kent, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1536102, -81.3580627

19. Freedom West Cemetery
Freedom Township, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2392006, -81.1619034

20. Russell Cemetery
Franklin Township, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1814003, -81.3653030

21. Stow Street Cemetery
Kent, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1508780, -81.3663450

22. Drakesburg Cemetery
Drakesburg, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2313995, -81.1355972

23. Unnamed Cemetery
Rootstown Township, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0763640, -81.2777810

24. Streetsboro Cemetery
Streetsboro, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2355995, -81.3452988