Brouster
J. Henry 1860 – 1927
Dora J.
1868 – 1942
Buried Mapleview Cemetery, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky.
J.H. Brouster and Miss Dora White
married 24 February 1897 at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. W.L.
White, of the New Salem neighborhood in Crittenden County.[1]
They had one known child, Reba Brouster Eason, who was born 25 May 1908
Livingston County, Kentucky and died 2001 Richardson, Dallas County, Texas. [2]
James H. and Dora (White) Brouster last appeared together on the 1920 McCracken County, Kentucky census, along with their daughter, Reba, and Dora’s sister, Nona White.[3]
The death certificate for James H. Brouster gives his birth date as 16 June 1860 Kentucky and his death date as 24 Mar 1927. His parents were S.E. Brouster and “Ditter Line." The informant was Reba Brouster”[4]
A brief note of James H. Brouster’s death appeared in a Paducah newspaper. The notice stated he was age 66 when he died at his home near Reidland. The body was to be shipped to Marion, where the funeral services were to be held.” [5]
Following the death of James H. Brouster, Dora Brouster moved to Texas, where she was enumerated on the 1940 Dallas, Dallas County census. She was listed as a housekeeper in the household of Ida Brown, 39 year old widow, born in Texas. [6] Dora died 5 April 1942 in Dallas, Texas. [7]
[1]
Crittenden Press, 25 September 1897, p. 3.
[2]
Find A Grave Memorial #107633333, Reba Eason, buried Restland Memorial Park,
Dallas County, Texas beside her husband, Sidney Eastborn Eason.
[3]
1920 McCracken County, Kentucky census, Roll T625_589. [/ 26A. E.D. 153,
household of James H. Brouster, Ancestry.com.
[4]
Kentucky Death Certificate #0758, James H. Brouster, “Ditter Line” probably
refers to the surname “Ditterline.” Ancestry.com
[5] Paducah
News-Democrat, 25 March 1927, p. 12, Newspapers.com.
[6]
1940 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas census, Roll m-t0627-04180, p. 5A, E.D.
255-256, Ancestry.com.
[7] Death Certificate #16304, Mrs. Mrs. Isadora J. Brouster; parents: William White and Nancy Hanks, both born Kentucky. Informant was Mrs. Reba Eason. Deceased was to be buried in Marion, Kentucky.
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Published 9 Nov 2021, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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