Notes for Abigail Higgins BROOKFIELD

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Notes for Abigail Higgins BROOKFIELD

1870 census:
Name: Abigail Noe
Estimated Birth Year: 1795
Gender: Female
Age in 1870: 75y
Color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, Indian): White
Birthplace: New Jersey
Home in 1870: Illinois, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
David W Danley M 50y Pennsylvania
Catherine Danley F 37y New Jersey
Eugene N Danley M 10y Illinois
Mary Danley F 8y Illinois
Abigail Noe F 75y New Jersey
Elizabeth Downey F 18y Illinois
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http://genealogytrails.com/ill/marshall/deaths/n-death.html [accessed 6/25/12]:
Mrs. Abbie H. Noe
July 22, 1880
Died at Hennepin, July 18, of congestion of the stomach and old age, Abbie H. Noe, 83 years, 7 months, 3 days, formerly of Henry and mother of Mrs. D. W. Danley.
On Sunday evening the remains of Mrs. Abbey H. Noe were brought to this city, and taken to the residence of Mrs. J. Hyndmarsh for the night. On Monday at 10 a.m., the funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church, Rev. Homer McVay officiating,
assisted by Rev. J. J. Bunnell. Messrs. Townsend, Hills, Gallaher, Wright, Newburn and Roberts, all old neighbors of the deceased, were selected as pall bearers, and the church was filled with a large circle of the deceased friends who came to pay
homage to the venerable friend they had long loved and respected.
Mrs. Noe was a native of New Jersey, moving to Henry in 1851, burying her husband Mr. Benjamin Noe, here within a year after their arrival. Two daughters and a son constituted the family - Mrs. Josiah McCoy (now deceased), Mrs. D. W. Danley and A. E.
Noe of Ohio. She had been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years, and was one of the original founders of the church in Henry. She now rests beside her husband in the cemetery here, having completed life's work, and to reap that fruition of
a useful, well spent life, hearing the applaudits, "well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." Mr. D. W. Danley and family, Jacob Robinson and family, and C. L. Loomis and family were the relatives present, Mrs. Leech
and son, P. B. Durley and Miss Durley, all of Hennepin, were also present at the obsequies.
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Lived in Whitefield, Marshall Co., Illinois 1860. Two Irish farm laborers
were in the same household.
DOB based on obituary details.
Possibly the dau. of Jacob Brookfield and Hulda Anderson, but proof needed.
They were married 10 April 1791 at the Westfield Presbyterian Church.

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