Obituary of James McBREARTY, Lee County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: A Garbis Obituaries of JAMES McBREARTY (note the inconsistancies in the 2 obits) born? died 1915 James Garfield McBrearty was born January 31, 1850, in Milford, Mass., and died Apr. 16th 1915 at Dayton, Illinois. He was a soldier of the Civil war being a member of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment in the Army of the Potomac, also served his country in the Indian Campaign in the famous 7th Cavalry with General Custer. He was buried Sunday, April 18th from St. Columba's church in Ottawa, Illinois. The beautiful and impressive services were conducted by the Rev. Dean Quinn whose high tribute to his character and services was heard by a large gathering of friends and neighbors, among whom was the G. A. R. post of Ottawa and Dayton, who had charge of the services at the grave in the cemetery at Dayton. He leaves to mourn, his wife and two step- children. Roy and Mrs. Mary Emmons of Tulsa, Oklahoma, three brothers P.H., T.F., and Ben Leddy, and two sisters, Mrs. W.J. Keho, and Mrs. John Mead of Amboy, who were at his bedside when he passed away. He was a man of fine qualities of mind and heart, and leaves many friends to regret his death in Dayton, where he was an agent for the C.B. & Q. Railroad for the past 16 years. OBITUARY OF JAMES McBREARTY Sergeant James McBrearty was born at Medford, Pa., January 31, 1819. He was employed by the C. B. & Q. Railroad company for 28 years. For the last 16 years he was located at Dayton, Ill. He was also an agent at LaGrange for eight years and at Western S night about 9 P.M. The funeral took place Friday at 1:30 P.M. at the Catholic church, Father Caughlin officiating. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: A Garbis