WE HAVE A HERITAGE, pg 1095
Jeremiah was mentioned in 1864 and 1863 when the estates of Thomas Sappington and John Shutt were settled in Stark and Tuscarawas Co. OH after the death of his grandmother Mary Shutt Sappington Weaver.
When his father's estate was settled, he had already died. His daughters shared $5.00.
These daughters (Luella M., Alice G., Myrtle E, Mildred E.) were named in James Brookens' wills as receiving Jeremiah's share of his estate. Each was under the age of 21 and living in NE.
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Record of Levena Stonecypher Thomas, daughter of Mary Luella.
Born on Sept. 20, 1870 in Grant County, Wisconsin to Jeremiah Brookens (1845-1880) and Laura Evelyn Johnson (1846-1927).
Married in 1887 in Hubbard, Iowa, to Frank Cady (Nursery Salesman)
Died on June 11, 1960 at Blair, Nebraska hospital.
Buried in Orchard Cemetery, Orchard, Iowa.
ChildrenBirth DateDeath Date
1 Arlotto Eugene1888Feb,,1892
2. Alice Mildred1891Feb.,1892
3. Vernie1892Feb.,1892
4. Grace Olivia1895 (Dec. 28)Jan. 9, 1933
5. Loran Clifford1893 (Dee. 4)Dec. 3, 1982
Divorced.
Second marriage to Edward Il. Stonecypher (farmer, 1868-1929)
6. Levena1899 (Jan. 11)1992 (Aug. 23)
7. William Henry1901 (Sept. I1)1986 (July 23)
8. Theodore1903 (Feb. 24)1992 (April 2)
9. Howard1905 (April 13)1980 (April 5)
Mary Luelia Brookens migrated from Bllomington Wisconsin, to Dawes County, Nebraska, when she was 10{.years old, in a covered wagon, with her parents and brother and sisters.
Her father, Jeremiah Brookens, had filed on a claim in Dawes County, and n few months later he died. Ilia wife, Laura, and children returned to Wisconsin and lived there until Isiah Johnson died in 1881.
Then, when her mother married W.J. Pock, she again made the trip to western Nebraska in n covered wagon with the family. She worked as n house maid and ns a waitress in a hotel dining room until she was 17 years old, at Crawgord, Nebraska.
Tben, she met and married Frank Cady, and they lived at lluhbard, Iowa for about I year. They later moved to Buffalo Center, Iowa. Their first three children died of who bping cough and pneumonia in February, 1892. Later, Loran and Grace were born.
'Cady lost his Job with the nursery company due to a fund deficit and applied for a Job on the farm. My father was a bachelor and often hired a man and his wife, so he hired them. The nursery company demanded payment, and Cady's mother, who lived at Hubbard, Iowa, offered to pay the bill. But she insisted that her son remain and farm her land. He wrote to his wife and urged her to join him, but she disliked his mother and refused. The bachelor farmer was reluctant to lose his housekeeper, and he urged her to stay. Cady never returned. About two years later, she divorced Cady and married Edward Stonecypher.
To this Union, four children were born: Levena, William Henry, Theodore, and Howard.
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CENSUS NOTES:
1895 Buffalo Center, Winnebago Iowa
Cady, Frank 31 b Allamakee
Co.,Iowa
Luella 24 b. Wisc
Loren 1 b. Winnebago Co IA
1900 Rome, Fairbault, Minnesota
Cady, Mary head Sep 1869 wd
12 6/3 Wisconsin Ohio Ohio (the 12 is
crossed out from years married column)
Loren C son Dec 1873 6 S Iowa Iowa
Wisconsin
Grace O. dau Dec 1895 S " " "
Levena daughter Jan 1899 S
Minnesota " "
1905 Buffalo, Winnebago, Iowa
Stonecypher, E.H.
Mary
Lavena
William
Theodore
1910 Buffalo, Winnebago, Iowa
Stoncypher, E. H. 42 head m1 11 Penn
Penn Penn farmer
Mary 39 wife m2 11 9/6 Wisconsin Ohio Ohio
Cady,
Grace 14 step dau Iowa Iowa Wisc
Lorena 11 dau Iowa Penn Wisc
William
8 son Iowa Penn Wisc
Theodore 7 son Iowa Penn Wisc
Howard 5 son Iowa
Penn Wisc
1915 Buffalo, WInnebago, Iowa
Mary Luella Stonecypher 45
Wisconsin Ohio Ohio married
(single name index card, rest of family not
listed)
1920 Buffalo twp, Winnebago, Iowa Census
Stonecypher E.H. m 52
Pennsylvania PA PA
Mary L wife 49 Wisconsin Ohio Ohio
Levena dau 21
Iowa teacher
Wm H. son 18 Iowa
Theodore son 17 Iowa
Howard son 14
Iowa
Hazard, Laura 73 mother in law wd OH NJ OH
1925 Floyd, Floyd, Iowa
Stonecypher, Edward H. (K) 56 father
Stonecypher W.H. b. Penn; mother Pheobe, Harman b. Penn, md Penn
Mary L.
wife 54 father Jeramia Brookins b. Ohio; mother Laura Johnson b. Ohio 78, md
Wis
William H son 23
Theodore son 21
Howard son 19
1930
Floyd, Floyd Iowa Census April 3, 19
Stonecyphe, Mary L Head 60 wd
Wisconsin Ohio Ohio
Theodore son 26 Iowa Wisconsin Ohio
Howard son 24
Iowa Wisconsin Ohio
Obituary:
13 Jun 1960 Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette
Charles City- Funeral
services will be held Tuesday...at the Grossman-Hage Funeral Home for Mrs.
Mary Luella Stonecypher, 89. A former resident of the Floyd vicinity, she
died Saturday at Blair, Nebr. Burial will be in the Orchard Cemetery at
Orchard.
Born near Praire du Chien, Wis., Sep 20, 1870, she was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Brookings. She was married to Edward
Stonecypher, in Buffalo Center in 1888.
Survivors in clude four sons,
Loran Cody; Clare, Ia.; William Theodore, William and Howard Stonecypher,
all of Floyd; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Thomas, Decatur, Neb., with whom she
had made her home the past year; 16 grandchildren; a sister, Mrs Myrtle
Morris, Portland, Ore. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband,
two brothers, four sisters, two sons, and two daughters.