Obituaries for Watonwan County, Minnesota

 

Mrs. Peter Brenneis
26 January 1906  
Madelia Times Messenger 26 January 1906 pg. 1 

Death of Mrs. Brenneis - Good Old Lady passes to Her Eternal Reward Last Tuesday. 

After a lingering illness of several years, which, however, was not considered serious until a day or two before her death, Mrs. Peter A. Brenneis succumbed to the inevitable last Tuesday afternoon at about 12:30 0’clock. Her maiden name was Mayer, and she was born at Regensburg, Bavaria on Feb, 1st 1833. In 1864 she was married at Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Hoffman, and to this union there was born one child, John J. Hoffman, who now resides at Kent, Minnesota. Her husband was accidentally killed while painting a wheel-house on a steamboat at Cincinnati. In 1873 she was married to her late husband, Peter A. Brenneis at Cincinnati, and in the spring of the year following they moved to Madelia, where they have ever since made their home. Deceased was a good Christian woman and a member of the German Lutheran Church. During her long residence here she has made many warm friends who firmly trust that her passing from among them is only the beginning of a brighter and unending life in the realms of eternal bliss. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Messerli, of the Fieldon German Lutheran Church, at her late residence in the south part of town, at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon . The grief stricken husband and son have the sympathy of the entire community. [submitted by Bradley Thomas, obitspost@yahoo.com]

Henry L. Frisbey
April 15, 1915 - "Henry Republican", Henry IL
Who Passed From This Life At Madelia, Minn., on March 31.

The Madelia (Minn.) Messenger informs us that Henry L. Frisbey passed from this life at the hospital at St. Peter, Wednesday evening, March 31, 1915, and the remains were taken to Madelia for burial at noon April 2. The funeral services were held from his late home at 2 o’clock the following day, conducted by Rev. Goodell of the M. E. church, and the remains laid to rest in the Riverside cemetery.
Deceased was born at Henry, Ill., Feb. 10, 1848, and was married in that city. About 28 years ago he moved to Nebraska, and eight years later came to Madelia and located on a farm in Riverdale township. Eight years ago he bought a farm in Cass county, upon which he lived until he came to Madelia about two years ago. Mr. Frisbey lost the sight of one of his eyes about six years ago and last December following an operation at Mankato, he lost the sight of the other eye, rendering him totally blind. Some time ago his mind weakened, and only last week he was committed to the hospital at St. Peter.

The devoted wife, one son L. L. Frisbey of Luverne, Minn., and two daughters, Mrs. Robert Wood and Mrs. Preston Keyser of Philip, S. D., and two sisters, Mrs. W. H. Borland of Madelia and Mrs. Eliza Culver of Kansas, are left to mourn his loss. Mr. Frisbey was born on the Frisbey farm, three and a half miles northwest of Henry (Illinois), now the property of the estate of the late C. R. Jones estate, which was one of the first farms opened in this section, locating in 1835, some 80 years ago. His boyhood days were spent here until after his marriage to a sister of the wife of Guy Forrest. He was one of eight children. For a number of years he has shipped car-loads of potatoes to Henry and sold them at a profit, his last shipment being last fall. Mr. Frisbey was a farmer by occupation, an industrious and honorable man, and his death at the age of 67 is truly a sorrow. His mother died many years ago, but his father was over 91 years of age at death. The family and sisters have our sympathy in this sad time of sorrow.


April 15, 1915
The Mallary-Frisbey Families

In the death of Henry Frisbey, whose obituary appears elsewhere, we are reminded of the passing of the second generation of the pioneer families of this vicinity. His father, Loton Frisbey, located in this section when settlers were sparse, and wild game and the Indians were still roaming this part of the great state. His mother was a Mallary – Rhoda Mallary, sister of Hiram, Page and George Mallary, and a sister Lodema, a family of pioneer residents of this vicinity of the early ‘30’s. Hiram owned a considerable tract of land in a body, of which the Daniel Harney estate was a part; Page Mallary owned the farm known as the John Kapraun homestead in Whitefield township; George owned a farm just east of the Frisbey farm; Sylvanus Mallary also owned a farm between lands belonging to Hiram and Page. Page was the first blacksmith to erect a shop at his farm and conduct shoeing and repairing of plows and machinery for a wide territory. Later the families of these three brothers moved elsewhere, Hiram to Chicago, page to Waukegan and George to Henry county.
Loton Frisbey, who built a farm house on his farm, 75 years ago, constructed it well, which is the only landmark still standing as a monument of “ye olden tyme”. Of course primitive in appearance as dwellings are built now, but still inhabitable for tenants. Mr. Frisbey’s family consisted of eight children, six of whom reached maturity, were married and had sons and daughters. They were all prominent young people, taking active parts in the local life of the community. As the family was known by many of our readers a brief allusion to the Frisbey children may interest them. Amanda was married three times – to Watson Cook, George Bonham and A. C. Putnam; Emeline married twice, Wm. Moore, and at his death Horace Spencer, Mrs. Rosella Herr of Whitefield, being a daughter of this latter marriage; Eliza is the wife of Edwin Culver, residing in Kansas, but an invalid, having been confined to her bed the past five years. Alvira is the wife of W. H. Borland, residing at Maderia, Minn., hearty and well at 71; Hiram was an apprentice at the printing business with the writer in 1854-55 at La Salle, but as the vocation did not appeal to his liking, he abandoned it for farming, which he followed until his death in Minnesota some years ago; Henry has followed to the spiritual world, leaving only the two sisters mentioned elsewhere. Many of the families’ acquaintances still linger, and remember the family with respect and affection, reminded of the early day associations.
[Submitted by Nancy Piper]

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