OBITUARY OF MRS. COL. JOHN BRIER



From the Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas 15 Nov 1888; submitted by Shirley Brier, copyright March 2001



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Topeka Daily Capital

Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas

Tuesday, June 12, 1894 pg. 5.



Mrs. Col. John Brier - Her Death Occurred Sunday After A Long Illness.



The funeral of Mrs. Brier will take place from the late residence, 415

West Sixth street, on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Brier's

maiden name was Deborah A. Mick. She was born June 22, 1835, in Franklin

county, Indiana, and was married at Covington, Ind., February 8, 1853.

She was the mother of six children, all of whom are dead except the

eldest, Mr. James M. Brier. She united with the M. E. church in her

girlhood, and later in life changed her religion to the First

Presbyterian church of this city, the churches of which her husband has

been for many years an honor ruling elder. Col. and Mrs. Brier came to

Topeka in April 1868, where they have resided continuously ever since.

In this rapidly growing country they may be regarded among our oldest

and most esteemed citizens. Mrs. Brier has been in failing health for

several years. Her last sickness extended through twenty-one weeks. The

greater part of the time she was nursed by the tender hands her husband.

The last few weeks of her life she was cheered by the presence and

kindly assistance of her two favorite nieces, Mrs. Walter F. Sargeant of

Chicago and Mrs. J. W. Harper of Indianapolis. Mrs. Brier was a woman of

very decided character having her opinions from which she would not

depart. Strong to her likes and dislikes and yet always very cheerful

and affectionate. What she professed she lived, what she promised she

would do. She loved the quiet and modest retirement of her home. To her

friends she was warmly attached. Her life was consistently Christian,

and her sufferings were full of Christian patience, her death was a

triumph of Christian faith. She leaves three brothers, C. W. and J. F.

Mick, Chicago, and W. E. Mick, Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. J. G.

Preble of Chicago and Mrs. J. W. King of Indianapolis. And none will

mourn her more than her little grandson, Edwin J. Brier, to whom she has

been a mother from his earliest infancy.



Friends desiring to view the remains are requested to call at the

residence, 415 West Sixth street, between 3 and 4 o'clock. The casket

will not be opened after the funeral.