31 May 1972, Monroe Evening News, Picture and story of Brockway Centennial Farm.
Below the Evening News Photo Brockway Centennial Farm - Emory Brockway, 80, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz, live at 16015 Todd Rd ., Petersburg, on a farm which has been in the family since 1869. It recently has been designated as a Centennial Farm by the Michigan Historical Commission. Mr. Brockway stands proudly by the plaque.
CENTENNIAL FARM IS DESIGNATED
PETERSBURG - Dense forest covered the land at the southwest corner of Todd and Summerfield Rds. in 1869 when the Martin Brockway's bought the place where their son, Emory, now lives.
Designated as a Centennial Farm recently by the Michigan Historical Commission, the owner, Mr. Brockway, was presented with a certificate by the commission. The green and gold centennial farm signs are given to regional residents by the Detroit Edison Co. and Consumers Power Co.
Centennial farms are those which have been in continuous possession of the same family for 100 years or more. For this purpose the commission considers a farm to be 10 or more acres having estimated sales of more than $40 a year or less than 10 acres but having a minimum estimated sales of $250 a year.
The Monroe County Historical Museum at 320 E. front St. has applications for certificates or they may be obtained by applying to the Centennial Farm Program, Michigan Historical Commission, Department of State, Lansing, 48918.
"Dad was a veteran of the Civil War when he and mother (Lucy Brock) bought the 80-acre farm," Emory, who was 80 in February reported. "My share now is 10 acres.
"They came from Ogden with their first son, Justin. The family cleared the land and lived in a log house until this home on the corner was constructed.
"The rest of us, my three other brothers, Milo, Rollin and Forrest, and four sisters were born in this house," Mr. Brockway continued. "My sisters were Blanche (Mrs. Fred Moyers), Leroy (Mrs. Ralph Stewart), Tam (Mrs. Frank Summers) and Maude (Mrs. Frank Lewis)."
Emory attended Hogel School and farmed with his father. He married Nellie Hoffman in Ohio in 1923, and came back to share the family home with his mother. He has farmed here most of his life.
The home is shared with his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz. Emory and Nellie had seven other children, Elsworth, Walter, and Charles Brockway, Mrs. Louis (Helen) Waters and Mrs. Bernard (Cathryne) Good, all of Petersburg, and Mrs. Leroy (Virginia) Waters of Howell. One son, James Brockway, is deceased. All children with the exception of Elsworth were born at the homestead.
Mr. Brockway has 39 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
"The shingles were added during my life-time," remarked Emory glancing at the exterior of the home which has a weathered appearance. "In fact, I helped put them on."
"Among the family's papers I found a tax bill for 15 cents. One can hardly imagine anything in that amount today."
* Personal note: So many of the names are spelled wrong in the above newspaper story. Please do not take the spelling of names to be right from it. All newspaper articles are printed as written in the paper.
29 August 1977, Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
Emery Brockway
PETERSBURG - Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Rd., Petersburg, died early Sunday morning in Herrick Memorial Hospital, Tecumseh, where he had been for 17 days. He had been ill for five years.
Friends may call after 7 tonight in the Spencer Funeral Home, Petersburg, where funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Melvin Stevenson of the Deerfield Free Methodist Church will officiate and burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
The son of Martin and Lucy (Brock) Brockway, he was born Feb. 3, 1892 in Petersburg. He married Nellie Hoffman Feb. 7, 1723, in Ohio, who preceded him in death in 1960. A life-long resident of the area, he was a World War 1 Army Veteran and a retired farmer. He also had worked at Tecumseh Products.
Surviving him are 2 sons, Ellsworth and Walter, both of Petersburg: 3 daughters, Mrs. LeRoy (Virginia) Watters of Howell, and Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz and Mrs. Bernard (Cathryne) Good, both of Petersburg, 44 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by two sons, a daughter, four brothers and five sisters.
29 August 1977, Monday, The Daily Telegram, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan
E.O. Brockway
PETERSBURG - Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Road, Petersburg, died Sunday morning at Herrick Hospital, where he had been a patient for 17 days.
Brockway was born Feb. 3, 1892 in Petersburg, the son of Martin and Lucy (Brock) Brockway. He served in the Army during World War 1.
On Feb. 7, 1923 he married Nellie Hoffman in Ohio. She died in 1960.
Mr. Brockway was a retired farmer and a retired worker from Tecumseh Products Co.
He is survived by two sons, Ellsworth and Walter, both of Petersburg; three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy (Virginia) Watters of Howell, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz and Mrs. Bernard (Catheryne) Good - both of Petersburg; 44 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sons, one daughter, four brothers and five sisters.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Spencer Funeral Home, Petersburg, with the Rev. Melvin Stevenson officiating.
Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
1 September 1977, Thursday, Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
EMERY BROCKWAY
PETERSBURG - Funeral services for Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Rd., here, who died in Herrick Memorial Hospital in Tecumseh, were Wednesday in the Spencer Funeral home, here with the Rev. Melvin Stevenson of the Deerfield Free Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
Bearers, all grandsons of Mr. Brockway, were Gary, William and Dennis Brockway, and Phillip, Richard and Carl Watters.
Below the Evening News Photo Brockway Centennial Farm - Emory Brockway, 80, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz, live at 16015 Todd Rd ., Petersburg, on a farm which has been in the family since 1869. It recently has been designated as a Centennial Farm by the Michigan Historical Commission. Mr. Brockway stands proudly by the plaque.
CENTENNIAL FARM IS DESIGNATED
PETERSBURG - Dense forest covered the land at the southwest corner of Todd and Summerfield Rds. in 1869 when the Martin Brockway's bought the place where their son, Emory, now lives.
Designated as a Centennial Farm recently by the Michigan Historical Commission, the owner, Mr. Brockway, was presented with a certificate by the commission. The green and gold centennial farm signs are given to regional residents by the Detroit Edison Co. and Consumers Power Co.
Centennial farms are those which have been in continuous possession of the same family for 100 years or more. For this purpose the commission considers a farm to be 10 or more acres having estimated sales of more than $40 a year or less than 10 acres but having a minimum estimated sales of $250 a year.
The Monroe County Historical Museum at 320 E. front St. has applications for certificates or they may be obtained by applying to the Centennial Farm Program, Michigan Historical Commission, Department of State, Lansing, 48918.
"Dad was a veteran of the Civil War when he and mother (Lucy Brock) bought the 80-acre farm," Emory, who was 80 in February reported. "My share now is 10 acres.
"They came from Ogden with their first son, Justin. The family cleared the land and lived in a log house until this home on the corner was constructed.
"The rest of us, my three other brothers, Milo, Rollin and Forrest, and four sisters were born in this house," Mr. Brockway continued. "My sisters were Blanche (Mrs. Fred Moyers), Leroy (Mrs. Ralph Stewart), Tam (Mrs. Frank Summers) and Maude (Mrs. Frank Lewis)."
Emory attended Hogel School and farmed with his father. He married Nellie Hoffman in Ohio in 1923, and came back to share the family home with his mother. He has farmed here most of his life.
The home is shared with his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz. Emory and Nellie had seven other children, Elsworth, Walter, and Charles Brockway, Mrs. Louis (Helen) Waters and Mrs. Bernard (Cathryne) Good, all of Petersburg, and Mrs. Leroy (Virginia) Waters of Howell. One son, James Brockway, is deceased. All children with the exception of Elsworth were born at the homestead.
Mr. Brockway has 39 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
"The shingles were added during my life-time," remarked Emory glancing at the exterior of the home which has a weathered appearance. "In fact, I helped put them on."
"Among the family's papers I found a tax bill for 15 cents. One can hardly imagine anything in that amount today."
* Personal note: So many of the names are spelled wrong in the above newspaper story. Please do not take the spelling of names to be right from it. All newspaper articles are printed as written in the paper.
29 August 1977, Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
Emery Brockway
PETERSBURG - Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Rd., Petersburg, died early Sunday morning in Herrick Memorial Hospital, Tecumseh, where he had been for 17 days. He had been ill for five years.
Friends may call after 7 tonight in the Spencer Funeral Home, Petersburg, where funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Melvin Stevenson of the Deerfield Free Methodist Church will officiate and burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
The son of Martin and Lucy (Brock) Brockway, he was born Feb. 3, 1892 in Petersburg. He married Nellie Hoffman Feb. 7, 1723, in Ohio, who preceded him in death in 1960. A life-long resident of the area, he was a World War 1 Army Veteran and a retired farmer. He also had worked at Tecumseh Products.
Surviving him are 2 sons, Ellsworth and Walter, both of Petersburg: 3 daughters, Mrs. LeRoy (Virginia) Watters of Howell, and Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz and Mrs. Bernard (Cathryne) Good, both of Petersburg, 44 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by two sons, a daughter, four brothers and five sisters.
29 August 1977, Monday, The Daily Telegram, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan
E.O. Brockway
PETERSBURG - Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Road, Petersburg, died Sunday morning at Herrick Hospital, where he had been a patient for 17 days.
Brockway was born Feb. 3, 1892 in Petersburg, the son of Martin and Lucy (Brock) Brockway. He served in the Army during World War 1.
On Feb. 7, 1923 he married Nellie Hoffman in Ohio. She died in 1960.
Mr. Brockway was a retired farmer and a retired worker from Tecumseh Products Co.
He is survived by two sons, Ellsworth and Walter, both of Petersburg; three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy (Virginia) Watters of Howell, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz and Mrs. Bernard (Catheryne) Good - both of Petersburg; 44 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sons, one daughter, four brothers and five sisters.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Spencer Funeral Home, Petersburg, with the Rev. Melvin Stevenson officiating.
Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
1 September 1977, Thursday, Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
EMERY BROCKWAY
PETERSBURG - Funeral services for Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Rd., here, who died in Herrick Memorial Hospital in Tecumseh, were Wednesday in the Spencer Funeral home, here with the Rev. Melvin Stevenson of the Deerfield Free Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
Bearers, all grandsons of Mr. Brockway, were Gary, William and Dennis Brockway, and Phillip, Richard and Carl Watters.
31 May 1972, Monroe Evening News, Picture and story of Brockway Centennial Farm.
Below the Evening News Photo Brockway Centennial Farm - Emory Brockway, 80, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz, live at 16015 Todd Rd ., Petersburg, on a farm which has been in the family since 1869. It recently has been designated as a Centennial Farm by the Michigan Historical Commission. Mr. Brockway stands proudly by the plaque.
CENTENNIAL FARM IS DESIGNATED
PETERSBURG - Dense forest covered the land at the southwest corner of Todd and Summerfield Rds. in 1869 when the Martin Brockway's bought the place where their son, Emory, now lives.
Designated as a Centennial Farm recently by the Michigan Historical Commission, the owner, Mr. Brockway, was presented with a certificate by the commission. The green and gold centennial farm signs are given to regional residents by the Detroit Edison Co. and Consumers Power Co.
Centennial farms are those which have been in continuous possession of the same family for 100 years or more. For this purpose the commission considers a farm to be 10 or more acres having estimated sales of more than $40 a year or less than 10 acres but having a minimum estimated sales of $250 a year.
The Monroe County Historical Museum at 320 E. front St. has applications for certificates or they may be obtained by applying to the Centennial Farm Program, Michigan Historical Commission, Department of State, Lansing, 48918.
"Dad was a veteran of the Civil War when he and mother (Lucy Brock) bought the 80-acre farm," Emory, who was 80 in February reported. "My share now is 10 acres.
"They came from Ogden with their first son, Justin. The family cleared the land and lived in a log house until this home on the corner was constructed.
"The rest of us, my three other brothers, Milo, Rollin and Forrest, and four sisters were born in this house," Mr. Brockway continued. "My sisters were Blanche (Mrs. Fred Moyers), Leroy (Mrs. Ralph Stewart), Tam (Mrs. Frank Summers) and Maude (Mrs. Frank Lewis)."
Emory attended Hogel School and farmed with his father. He married Nellie Hoffman in Ohio in 1923, and came back to share the family home with his mother. He has farmed here most of his life.
The home is shared with his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz. Emory and Nellie had seven other children, Elsworth, Walter, and Charles Brockway, Mrs. Louis (Helen) Waters and Mrs. Bernard (Cathryne) Good, all of Petersburg, and Mrs. Leroy (Virginia) Waters of Howell. One son, James Brockway, is deceased. All children with the exception of Elsworth were born at the homestead.
Mr. Brockway has 39 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
"The shingles were added during my life-time," remarked Emory glancing at the exterior of the home which has a weathered appearance. "In fact, I helped put them on."
"Among the family's papers I found a tax bill for 15 cents. One can hardly imagine anything in that amount today."
* Personal note: So many of the names are spelled wrong in the above newspaper story. Please do not take the spelling of names to be right from it. All newspaper articles are printed as written in the paper.
29 August 1977, Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
Emery Brockway
PETERSBURG - Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Rd., Petersburg, died early Sunday morning in Herrick Memorial Hospital, Tecumseh, where he had been for 17 days. He had been ill for five years.
Friends may call after 7 tonight in the Spencer Funeral Home, Petersburg, where funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Melvin Stevenson of the Deerfield Free Methodist Church will officiate and burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
The son of Martin and Lucy (Brock) Brockway, he was born Feb. 3, 1892 in Petersburg. He married Nellie Hoffman Feb. 7, 1723, in Ohio, who preceded him in death in 1960. A life-long resident of the area, he was a World War 1 Army Veteran and a retired farmer. He also had worked at Tecumseh Products.
Surviving him are 2 sons, Ellsworth and Walter, both of Petersburg: 3 daughters, Mrs. LeRoy (Virginia) Watters of Howell, and Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz and Mrs. Bernard (Cathryne) Good, both of Petersburg, 44 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by two sons, a daughter, four brothers and five sisters.
29 August 1977, Monday, The Daily Telegram, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan
E.O. Brockway
PETERSBURG - Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Road, Petersburg, died Sunday morning at Herrick Hospital, where he had been a patient for 17 days.
Brockway was born Feb. 3, 1892 in Petersburg, the son of Martin and Lucy (Brock) Brockway. He served in the Army during World War 1.
On Feb. 7, 1923 he married Nellie Hoffman in Ohio. She died in 1960.
Mr. Brockway was a retired farmer and a retired worker from Tecumseh Products Co.
He is survived by two sons, Ellsworth and Walter, both of Petersburg; three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy (Virginia) Watters of Howell, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz and Mrs. Bernard (Catheryne) Good - both of Petersburg; 44 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sons, one daughter, four brothers and five sisters.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Spencer Funeral Home, Petersburg, with the Rev. Melvin Stevenson officiating.
Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
1 September 1977, Thursday, Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
EMERY BROCKWAY
PETERSBURG - Funeral services for Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Rd., here, who died in Herrick Memorial Hospital in Tecumseh, were Wednesday in the Spencer Funeral home, here with the Rev. Melvin Stevenson of the Deerfield Free Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
Bearers, all grandsons of Mr. Brockway, were Gary, William and Dennis Brockway, and Phillip, Richard and Carl Watters.
Below the Evening News Photo Brockway Centennial Farm - Emory Brockway, 80, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz, live at 16015 Todd Rd ., Petersburg, on a farm which has been in the family since 1869. It recently has been designated as a Centennial Farm by the Michigan Historical Commission. Mr. Brockway stands proudly by the plaque.
CENTENNIAL FARM IS DESIGNATED
PETERSBURG - Dense forest covered the land at the southwest corner of Todd and Summerfield Rds. in 1869 when the Martin Brockway's bought the place where their son, Emory, now lives.
Designated as a Centennial Farm recently by the Michigan Historical Commission, the owner, Mr. Brockway, was presented with a certificate by the commission. The green and gold centennial farm signs are given to regional residents by the Detroit Edison Co. and Consumers Power Co.
Centennial farms are those which have been in continuous possession of the same family for 100 years or more. For this purpose the commission considers a farm to be 10 or more acres having estimated sales of more than $40 a year or less than 10 acres but having a minimum estimated sales of $250 a year.
The Monroe County Historical Museum at 320 E. front St. has applications for certificates or they may be obtained by applying to the Centennial Farm Program, Michigan Historical Commission, Department of State, Lansing, 48918.
"Dad was a veteran of the Civil War when he and mother (Lucy Brock) bought the 80-acre farm," Emory, who was 80 in February reported. "My share now is 10 acres.
"They came from Ogden with their first son, Justin. The family cleared the land and lived in a log house until this home on the corner was constructed.
"The rest of us, my three other brothers, Milo, Rollin and Forrest, and four sisters were born in this house," Mr. Brockway continued. "My sisters were Blanche (Mrs. Fred Moyers), Leroy (Mrs. Ralph Stewart), Tam (Mrs. Frank Summers) and Maude (Mrs. Frank Lewis)."
Emory attended Hogel School and farmed with his father. He married Nellie Hoffman in Ohio in 1923, and came back to share the family home with his mother. He has farmed here most of his life.
The home is shared with his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz. Emory and Nellie had seven other children, Elsworth, Walter, and Charles Brockway, Mrs. Louis (Helen) Waters and Mrs. Bernard (Cathryne) Good, all of Petersburg, and Mrs. Leroy (Virginia) Waters of Howell. One son, James Brockway, is deceased. All children with the exception of Elsworth were born at the homestead.
Mr. Brockway has 39 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
"The shingles were added during my life-time," remarked Emory glancing at the exterior of the home which has a weathered appearance. "In fact, I helped put them on."
"Among the family's papers I found a tax bill for 15 cents. One can hardly imagine anything in that amount today."
* Personal note: So many of the names are spelled wrong in the above newspaper story. Please do not take the spelling of names to be right from it. All newspaper articles are printed as written in the paper.
29 August 1977, Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
Emery Brockway
PETERSBURG - Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Rd., Petersburg, died early Sunday morning in Herrick Memorial Hospital, Tecumseh, where he had been for 17 days. He had been ill for five years.
Friends may call after 7 tonight in the Spencer Funeral Home, Petersburg, where funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Melvin Stevenson of the Deerfield Free Methodist Church will officiate and burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
The son of Martin and Lucy (Brock) Brockway, he was born Feb. 3, 1892 in Petersburg. He married Nellie Hoffman Feb. 7, 1723, in Ohio, who preceded him in death in 1960. A life-long resident of the area, he was a World War 1 Army Veteran and a retired farmer. He also had worked at Tecumseh Products.
Surviving him are 2 sons, Ellsworth and Walter, both of Petersburg: 3 daughters, Mrs. LeRoy (Virginia) Watters of Howell, and Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz and Mrs. Bernard (Cathryne) Good, both of Petersburg, 44 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by two sons, a daughter, four brothers and five sisters.
29 August 1977, Monday, The Daily Telegram, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan
E.O. Brockway
PETERSBURG - Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Road, Petersburg, died Sunday morning at Herrick Hospital, where he had been a patient for 17 days.
Brockway was born Feb. 3, 1892 in Petersburg, the son of Martin and Lucy (Brock) Brockway. He served in the Army during World War 1.
On Feb. 7, 1923 he married Nellie Hoffman in Ohio. She died in 1960.
Mr. Brockway was a retired farmer and a retired worker from Tecumseh Products Co.
He is survived by two sons, Ellsworth and Walter, both of Petersburg; three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy (Virginia) Watters of Howell, Mrs. Dorothy Kurutz and Mrs. Bernard (Catheryne) Good - both of Petersburg; 44 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sons, one daughter, four brothers and five sisters.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Spencer Funeral Home, Petersburg, with the Rev. Melvin Stevenson officiating.
Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
1 September 1977, Thursday, Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
EMERY BROCKWAY
PETERSBURG - Funeral services for Emery O. Brockway, 85, of 16015 Todd Rd., here, who died in Herrick Memorial Hospital in Tecumseh, were Wednesday in the Spencer Funeral home, here with the Rev. Melvin Stevenson of the Deerfield Free Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg.
Bearers, all grandsons of Mr. Brockway, were Gary, William and Dennis Brockway, and Phillip, Richard and Carl Watters.
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