Individual Details
Isabelle Jane Kirkpatrick
(14 Jan 1851 - 17 Dec 1926)
Isabelle (sometimes Isabella) was born 14 January 1851 in Wisconsin, and died there 17 December 1926. She married Charles E. Bromley, 16 June 1874, in grant County, Wisconsin. Bromley was a native of new York State having been born on 22 March 1841 in Tully, Onandaga County, the son of Roger and Mary Bromley. At the time of the marriage Bromley was living at Tipton, Cass County, Nebraska.
Bromley served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He enrolled at Platteville, Wisconsin, 12 August 1862 as a private in Company E, 25th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. At the time his occupation was given as farmer. He stood 5 feet, 9½ inches tall (another record says 5 feet 6 inches), and had blue eyes and brown hair.
During his service period he suffered from chronic diarrhea and also from a leg injury caused when his horse collided with another rider as they circled around a wagon in Washington, D.C. in 1865. He received a pension due to these war-connected disabilities (certificate no. 628,785). he was discharged at Washington on 7 June 1865.
After the war Bromley removed to Nebraska and lived at Omaha for a time, then Lincoln and other places, with occasional visits back to Wisconsin. In 1881 he and Isabelle moved back to the Mifflin area in Iowa County, Wisconsin. Bromley died 6 December 1915. He and Isabelle are both buried in the Kirkpatrick Cemetery, near Rewey, Wisconsin.
The couple had no children.
Madison Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, Tuesday, December 21, 1926, Page 17, Col. 6: Former Livingston Woman Dies at Rewey. Rewey---Mrs. Belle Bromley, daughter of J. G. Kirkpatrick, first settler in the town of Clifton, near the village of Livingston, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles Martin, Rewey, Friday night after an illness of several months. The husband of the deceased was a Civil war veteran. He died several years ago and was one of the first to establish a farm in the West Platte Mound district.
Funeral services were held at the Martin residence Sunday afternoon and burial was in the Kirkpatrick cemetery, two miles southwest of Rewey.
Surviving is the sister, Mrs. Charles Martin, Rewey; a brother John Kirkpatrick, residing at Alva, Neb., and another brother who was last heard from at Seattle, Wash.
Bromley served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He enrolled at Platteville, Wisconsin, 12 August 1862 as a private in Company E, 25th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. At the time his occupation was given as farmer. He stood 5 feet, 9½ inches tall (another record says 5 feet 6 inches), and had blue eyes and brown hair.
During his service period he suffered from chronic diarrhea and also from a leg injury caused when his horse collided with another rider as they circled around a wagon in Washington, D.C. in 1865. He received a pension due to these war-connected disabilities (certificate no. 628,785). he was discharged at Washington on 7 June 1865.
After the war Bromley removed to Nebraska and lived at Omaha for a time, then Lincoln and other places, with occasional visits back to Wisconsin. In 1881 he and Isabelle moved back to the Mifflin area in Iowa County, Wisconsin. Bromley died 6 December 1915. He and Isabelle are both buried in the Kirkpatrick Cemetery, near Rewey, Wisconsin.
The couple had no children.
Madison Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, Tuesday, December 21, 1926, Page 17, Col. 6: Former Livingston Woman Dies at Rewey. Rewey---Mrs. Belle Bromley, daughter of J. G. Kirkpatrick, first settler in the town of Clifton, near the village of Livingston, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles Martin, Rewey, Friday night after an illness of several months. The husband of the deceased was a Civil war veteran. He died several years ago and was one of the first to establish a farm in the West Platte Mound district.
Funeral services were held at the Martin residence Sunday afternoon and burial was in the Kirkpatrick cemetery, two miles southwest of Rewey.
Surviving is the sister, Mrs. Charles Martin, Rewey; a brother John Kirkpatrick, residing at Alva, Neb., and another brother who was last heard from at Seattle, Wash.
Events
| Birth | 14 Jan 1851 | Wisconsin |  | ||
| Marriage | 16 Jun 1874 | Grant Co., Wisconsin - Charles E. Bromley | | ||
| Death | 17 Dec 1926 | Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wisconsin | | ||
| Burial | Kirkpatrick Cemetery, Rewey, Iowa Co., Wisconsin | |
Families
| Spouse | Charles E. Bromley (1841 - 1915) |
| Father | James Gillham Kirkpatrick Jr. (1813 - 1897) |
| Mother | Caroline Newman (1821 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Samuel Cotter Kirkpatrick (1841 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Infant Kirkpatrick (1843 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Charles Hardin Kirkpatrick (1845 - 1935) |
| Sibling | John Newman Kirkpatrick (1848 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Nancy Ellen Kirkpatrick (1860 - 1934) |
Endnotes
1. U. S. Gen Web Site, Iowa Co., Wisconsin.
2. Marriage Index: Michigan and Wisconsin, 1830-1900, Family Tree Maker Marriage Index CD 251.
3. U. S. Gen Web Site, Iowa Co., Wisconsin.
4. U. S. Gen Web Site, Iowa Co., Wisconsin.