Obituary of John Brosman      16 August 1905, Clark County (IL) Herald   We take the following obituary from the Bloomfield News and republish it on account of the many relatives in this county.   John Brosman departed this life at his residence near Bloomfield, Indiana, on the 8th day of June 1905, and the funeral services were held on the 9th, the Rev. W. H. Wylie of the Bloomfield M. E. church officiating.   The deceased was born April 7, 1840, in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania and moved to Greene county, Indiana, with his parents, in 1851, where he resided until the time of his death.   On the first call for volunteers in April 1861, he volunteered as a soldier.  The first call for volunteers was filled so rapidly that the company in which he enlisted was not accepted when tendered to the Governor, but in May following was accepted and assigned to the 14th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. Nathan Kimball, who was afterwards Gen. Kimball.   He went into camp at Camp Vigo near Terre Haute on the 7th day of May 1861, and on the 7th day of June thereafter, was mustered into the service for three years, this being the first regiment mustered into the three year service in this State.  Later he re-enlisted as a veteran and served until the close of the war.   On the 4th day of July 1861, he left Indiana with his regiment for West Virginia, and was present at the battle of Rich Mountain.  He was in West Virginia unil march 1862, when he entered upon the Shenandoah Valley campaign with the first battle at Winchester.  On July 4th 1862, he with his regiment joined the army of the Potomac, at Harrison Landing on the James river, Va.  He continued in the second corps of the army of the Potomac until April 23, 1865, when he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps.  He was in all the battles in which the Second Corps participted from July 4, 1862, to and including Spottsylvania courthouse at which time he was severely wounded.  He served in Co. D 14th Regt. until that regiment was mustered out of service by reason of expiration of term of service, when he was transferred to 20th Regt. of Indiana Vol. Infy. and later was assigned to Co. B. of 20th Regt. re-organized.  He was always present for duty, and always at the fore front in every battle.  Among the battles in which he participated in addition to those already named were Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorville, second battle of Bull Run, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, together with many other engagements of less note.  He was gallant and faithful in all his years of service.   On returning home after his long service, he resumed the position of a faithful and upright citizen and continued thus to the end.  His occupation was farming.   On the 28th day of February 1864, while home on veteran furlough, he united in marriage with Harriet Hunter, formerly Harriet Myers.  To this union was born two children, Nancy J., who died at the age of 18, and Susan E., who married Thomas Terrell.  She died at the age of 23, leaving one child, Elmer K. Terrell, who is now 15 years of age.  Mr. Brosman's wife died Sept. 25, 1872.  On the 27th day of January 1874, he united in marriage with Elizabeth A. Burch, who survives him.   There was born to this marriage five children:  Charles W., who died in infancy, and four more who survive him.  They are Alva and Albert aged 25 years, Ezra, aged 26 years, and Cynthia Timmons, wife of Emms Timmons, aged 24 years.   The deceased united with the Protestant Methodist church about the year 1860 and lived a consistent upright Christian life, respected by all who knew him.   It can be truthfully said of him, that he fought a good fight and kept the faith, as a patriotic and gallant soldier, as well as a follower of the Great Master; and that henceforth there is laid up for him a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give him. --------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. --------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cindy McCachern (© 2002 Cindy McCachern)