Individual Details
Mary Martha Bowles
(15 Oct 1858 - 26 Oct 1913)
Obituary from Daily Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, October 31, 1913: Funeral of Mrs. Henry Briscoe was held Tuesday at 2:30 at the Fairview Methodist church in charge of Rev. Kroft and was attended by a large number of the friends. Interment was at Rose Hill. Mrs. Martha Bowles Briscoe, wife of Wm. Henry Briscoe, was born Oct. 15, 1858 at Orleans and died Oct. 26, aged 55, after an illness of 22 months, during which time she bore her suffering with patience. She goes to meet three daughters already passed to the great beyond. She was a faithful Christian, a member of the Fairview Methodist church and a member of the Sisterhood of Mary. She was a devoted wife and mother and is survived by the husband and two daughters. A host of loving friends will miss her will pay for and strew flowers in the path of the lonely husband, an old soldier, who has been such a faithful watcher by her bedside through so many months.
Posted at findagrave.com: Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1913, p. 1. ROLL OF DEATH. Mrs. William Henry Briscoe, aged 55, an invalid for almost two years, died Sunday morning at the home on West 8th Street from cancer. She was a member of the Fairview Methodist Church and endured her suffering with patience. The husband, who is an old soldier, and two daughters, Mrs. Harry St. Clair of Indianapolis and Miss Dorothy Briscoe, mourn the death. The brothers and sisters are: Mrs. Fred Hoover, Mrs. George Butcher and Harry Bowles, this city; Mrs. Herbert Conner of Chicago; Homer Bowles in Ohio. Funeral Tuesday at two o'clock from the Fairview Methodist Church in charge of Rev. Kroft. Pallbearers are: Mrs. William Griffin, Mrs. Jesse Baker, Mrs. Earl Thornton, Mrs. Charles Routte, Mrs. Orville Ramage and Mrs. Oscar Moore.
Posted at findagrave.com: Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1913, p. 1. ROLL OF DEATH. Mrs. William Henry Briscoe, aged 55, an invalid for almost two years, died Sunday morning at the home on West 8th Street from cancer. She was a member of the Fairview Methodist Church and endured her suffering with patience. The husband, who is an old soldier, and two daughters, Mrs. Harry St. Clair of Indianapolis and Miss Dorothy Briscoe, mourn the death. The brothers and sisters are: Mrs. Fred Hoover, Mrs. George Butcher and Harry Bowles, this city; Mrs. Herbert Conner of Chicago; Homer Bowles in Ohio. Funeral Tuesday at two o'clock from the Fairview Methodist Church in charge of Rev. Kroft. Pallbearers are: Mrs. William Griffin, Mrs. Jesse Baker, Mrs. Earl Thornton, Mrs. Charles Routte, Mrs. Orville Ramage and Mrs. Oscar Moore.
Events
| Birth | 15 Oct 1858 | Orleans, Orange Co., Indiana |  | ||
| Marriage | 26 May 1883 | Monroe Co., Indiana - William Henry Briscoe | |||
| Death | 26 Oct 1913 | Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana | | ||
| Burial | Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana | |
Families
| Spouse | William Henry Briscoe (1842 - 1920) |
| Child | Norine E. Briscoe (1884 - 1944) |
| Child | Roxie Briscoe (1887 - 1900) |
| Child | Dorothy M. Briscoe (1900 - 1950) |
Endnotes
1. 1900 Census Monroe Co., Indiana.
2. Obituary of Mrs. Henry Briscoe [Mary], Daily Telephone,Bloomington, Indiana, Oct. 31, 1913.
3. Ancestry.com, Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004).
4. E-Mail from Monroe Co. Indiana Look Up.