Pettyjohn, Louisa 'Lou'

1892 - 1977  (85 years)

• Name	Pettyjohn, Louisa 'Lou'
  		Pettyjohn Gathering Left to right: Bessie Brainard; Baby Brainard; Lou Pettyjohn; Nellie Wilder; Danny Wilder; Mary Bricker; Iva Pettyjohn; Lewis Pettyjohn; George Brainard; John Pettyjohn Contributed by Paul Wilder
  Birth	2 Mar 1892	Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	PETT.L002
  _FGRAVE	24196261
  Death	28 May 1977  [1, 5]
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  	Plot: Lot 5, 1 Add, Row 8
  		Headstone, Brainard, Louisa and George Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  		Headstone, Brainard, Louisa and George
  Person ID	I10199	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Pettyjohn, Edward Joseph,   b. 16 Oct 1856, Indiana d. 20 Mar 1924, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Walburn, Alice Elizabeth,   b. 15 Nov 1864, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 20 Jul 1941, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Pettyjohn, Nellie,   b. 1914, Illinois d. 14 Aug 1945, Dixon Township, Lee County, Illinois (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F4940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Brainard, George,   b. 1893, Illinois d. 12 Oct 1967 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1914  [1, 5, 9, 10]
  Age at Marriage	She was ~ 21 years and 9 months - He was ~ 21 years.
  Children	1. Brainard, Pansy M.,   b. 6 Jun 1915, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 29 Mar 1994, Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 78 years)   2. Brainard, Minnie Irene,   b. 14 Apr 1918, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 4 Dec 1994, Baxter County Regional Hospital, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas (Age 76 years) + 3. Brainard, Fay Elmo,   b. 8 Sep 1920, Clay County, Illinois d. 30 Jan 2003, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 82 years)   4. Brainard, Marvin Henry,   b. 15 Mar 1923, Illinois d. 25 Apr 1945, Germany (Age 22 years) + 5. Brainard, Bessie May,   b. 26 Apr 1925, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 19 Oct 1998, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 73 years) + 6. Brainard, Ray Norman,   b. 20 Mar 1927, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 1 Dec 2013, Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 86 years) + 7. Brainard, Glen Owen,   b. 28 Apr 1931   d. 2018 (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F4941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Mar 1892 - Illinois Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Services for Mrs. Louisa Brainard, 85, Clay City were at the Cardascio Funeral Home, Clay City with burial in Clay City Cemetery. Bro. Doyle Keller officiated. Mrs. Brainard died at 11:15 p.m. Saturday at Richland Memorial Hospital. She was born March 2, 1892 in Clay County to Joseph and Alice Walburn Pettijohn. She was married to George Brainard in Louisville Jan. 30, 1914. He died in 1967. She was a member of the Bloom Baptist Church. Surviving are sons, Fay and Ray, Olney, and Glenn, Pittsubrgh, IL; daughters, Mrs. Wiley (Pansy) Maynard, Clay City; Mrs. Glen (Minnie) Frazier, Gamaliel, Ark., and Mrs. Glen (Bessie) Auler, Flora; a sister, Mrs. Mary Bricker, Clay City; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, May, 1977.

  
  

• Sources

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