Mills County Tribune
Glenwood, Iowa
Jan. 30, 1922
Jesse Briley, a well known and respected former resident of Mills county,
died at the home of friends in Council Bluffs January 25. Several of his
children are residents of Mills county and have the sympathy of many friends
and relatives here in their bereavement. We take the following from the
Nonpareil:
Jesse Briley, aged 81 years, died early Wednesday morning at the home of
Harry Martin, 245 Benton street, after a prolonged illness. He is survived by
five daughters, Mrs. Ida Horner of Percival, Ia., Mrs. Hessie Long of
Wheeling, Mo., Mrs. L.G. Endicott of Glenwood, Ia., Mrs. Mary Boone of Omaha,
and Mrs. Ellen McClary of Pacific Junction; and six sons, James A., of
Glenwood; Charles of Pacific Junction, Edward of Council Bluffs, Jesse of
Tabor, John of Percival, Ia., and William of Randolph, Ia. He also leaves one
brother, W.A. Briley of Strahan, Ia., one sister, Mrs. Ellen Isam of
Bartlett, Ia., forty-nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Mr. Briley had lived all his life in Mills and Fremont counties, and was a
retired farmer. He was a member of the Baptist church and had been for
thirty-five years. The body was removed to King's parlors and was shipped on
Wednesday to McPaul, Ia., where funeral services were held Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, the pastor of the Baptist church of Sidney, Ia., officiating.
Interment took place in the Thurman cemetery
Source: submitted by: Margaret Briley Crawford
