Outagamie County, WI - Biography of Michael BRILL of Buchanan Township 1818-

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format
for profit or presentation by any 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.
************************************************************************

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives
SUBJECT: Biography of Michael BRILL of Buchanan Township 1818-
SUBMITTER: W. David Samuelsen
EMAIL: dsam@wasatch.com
DATE SUBMITTED: Apr 16, 1999
SURNAMES: BRILL, EVERHART, EVERHARDY, GEENEN, SAUNDERS, SCHWARZ
SOURCE: Record of the Pioneers of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; page 12, pub. 1898, The Post Publishing Co.


BIOGRAPHY:
MICHAEL BRILL

Michael BRILL, born in Germany, came to this country, settled on Sec. 23 in the town of Buchanan, Oct. 7, 1863;
married Elizabeth EVERHART Feb., 1840. They have nine children, six sons and three daughters. Their oldest son,
John BRILL, born in 1844, has been sheriff of this county four years and now lives on a fine farm on sections 22 and
23 in Buchanan, is married and has six daughters living. Second son, Mat. Brill, bron in 1846 and now lives in
Appleton. Third son, Peter
BRILL, born in 1848, died in Jan., 1885. Fourth son, Joseph BRILL, born in 1852, now drives a hack in Appleton.
Fifth son, Robert BRILL, born in 1854, is married and has three children; he now lives in Kaukauna. Sixth son,
William BRILL, born in 1859, is married to Harriett GEENEN, a niece of Everet SAUNDERS; they now live with
Mr. Saunders on his homestead. They have four children.

[Note: They came from Britten, Saarland, Germany along with many of their cousins to Wisconsin.
EVERHART is spelled EVERHARDY in Britten. Both are close related to Peter Francis SCHWARZ Sr. family of
Hortonville. - W. David Samuelsen]