Briley, Stephen H.

BRILEY, HIGHT, BUZZLETON, GOMER, HIGBEE

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Date: 6/28/2019 at 04:38:56

BIOGRAPHY ~ STEPHEN H. BRILEY
Garden Grove Township, Decatur County, Iowa
Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa
Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago. 1887.

STEPHEN H. BRILEY, farmer, section 32, Garden Grove Township, was born in Madison County, Ohio, December 23, 1827, son of JONATHAN and ELIZABETH BRILEY, natives of Maryland. They removed to Ohio where they spent the most of their lives, and where the mother died. The father came to Decatur County in 1853, where he died, about 1871. STEPHEN H. came here in 1854. He was married in Wyandotte County, Ohio to SARAH J. HIGHT, a native of Pennsylvania, and daughter of WILIAM HIGHT. Her parents were of German and Irish ancestry. The children of Mr. and Mrs. BRILEY are – ELIZABETH, wife of JOHN BUZZLETON; ALICE, wife of WINFIELD S. GOMER; EMILY, wife of JOHN M. HIGBEE. Mr. BRILEY has held the office of township trustee and supervisor, and was justice of the peace eight years. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and served three years. He was engaged in the siege of Mobile, Alabama, was on the Blakey charge east of Mobile, and numerous other battles of less importance. He was discharged November 12, 1864.

Transcription by Christy Jay