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Barton S. Brick, Gardner Cemetery, Gardner (Johnson) Kansas.<br />

Courtesy of Sharyn Masters Graham<br />

Brick, George W.—Enlisted 24 March 1864 as a Private, 17 years old, in Co. H, 28 th<br />

Infantry. Mustered out 15 March 1866 at Brownsville, Texas. Description at enlistment:<br />

5’10” tall, dark hair, grey eyes. Born Cincinnati (Hamilton) Ohio on 7 July 1847. Died<br />

on 12 February 1930 in LaPorte (Harris) Texas. Buried in Forest Park Cemetery,<br />

Houston (Harris) Texas.<br />

(used with permission)<br />

George W. Brick, Forest Park Cemetery, Houston (Harris) TX<br />

George Brick <strong>Civil</strong> <strong>War</strong> Pension Application—National Archives, Washington, DC: His<br />

father was Thomas Brick, born in Vermont, and his mother was Rachael Frochours born<br />

in Tennessee. In 1913 he wrote: “There is no church record of my birth. I do not know of<br />

any Bible or other family record of my birth. My parents told me that I was born on the<br />

7 th day of July 1847 in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio. My fathers name<br />

Thomas Brick. My mothers Racheal Brick. I resided with them during years 1850 and<br />

1860 and longer in Pleasant Township <strong>Fulton</strong> County <strong>Illinois</strong>.” George was a painter and<br />

a paper hanger.<br />

He married Mary Ann Clannin on 7 November 1867 in <strong>Fulton</strong> County, <strong>Illinois</strong>. Their<br />

children: Olive Racheal (married name Morris) born 21 December 1868; Charles M. born<br />

20 January 1871; Mary E. born 8 September 1873; Margaret J. (married name<br />

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