Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1919 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Thomas Brien, son of John and Elizabeth Brien, was born near Preston, England, April sth, 1894, and died at his home in Rensselaer Aug. 28th, aged 70 years, 4 months and--23 days. When a young man he came to America, making his home on a farm near Joliet for about two years' afterward coming to Indiana, where he spent the remainder of his days in Newton and Jasper counties. On December sth, 1875, he was united i*n marriage with Mary Elizabeth Pruett and to this union six children were bom, one of whom preceded him in death. He leaves to mourn their loss his wife and children, Claremont, Cora and Ray, of Rensselaer; Mrs. Daisy G. Bingham, of Lake Cicotte, and Mrs. Bertha Irwin, of Powell, Wyoming; also three grandchildren and a host of friends. He was a kind and loving father and was loved by all who knew him.