Individual Details

Earnest Austin BRILES

(30 Jul 1892 - 18 May 1975)

Events

BurialJul 1892Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States
Birth30 Jul 1892Coffey, Kansas, United States
Census1 Jul 1895a 2 year old male born Kasas and was listed as Earnest Briles - Neosho Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States
Census22 Jun 1900a 7 year old male born July 1892 in Kansas and was listed as Earnest O. Briles - Neosho Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States
Census29 Apr 1910a 17 year old male born Kansas and was listed as Ernest A. Briles - Neosho Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States
MarriageAda COLE
Education1912Campbell College - Holton, Jackson, Kansas, United States
Owner1915purchased the Stafford County Republican - Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States
Owner1917combined the Stafford County Republican with the Stafford Corier - Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States
Office-Pol1929 - 1933mayor - Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States
Office-Pol1934 - 1940member of the Kansas House of Representatives - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Political1937
Office-Pol1939speakerof the Kansas House of Representives - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Office-Pol1940 - 1948member of Kansas Senate - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Office-Pol1942announced budgets for KU and KState would be cut
Office-Pol1945speaker pro-term of the Kansas Senate - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Office-PolAft 1945first chairman of the Kansas Board of Social Welfare
Office-Pol1953announced record welfare budget for 1954
Award1970the William Allen White Foundation award for service to Kansas journalism
Death18 May 1975Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States
Burial21 May 1975Stafford Cemetery, Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States
Funeral21 May 1975Peacock Milton Funeral HOme - Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States
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Families

SpouseAda COLE (1895 - 1958)
Child_____ BRILES ( - 1975)
FatherHarrison W. BRILES (1852 - 1929)
MotherSusan HALL (1857 - 1931)
SiblingCharles BRILES (1878 - )
SiblingWarren BRILES (1880 - 1883)
SiblingTressie BRILES (1886 - 1890)
SiblingErnest Owen BRILES (1898 - 1972)

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