Brill, John

1844 - 1916  (72 years)

• Name	Brill, John
  Birth	26 Mar 1844	Hausbach, , Saarland, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	28 Sep 1852	New York, New York, New York, USA
  on the ship Probus from
  Name:Johan Brill Birth Year:abt 1845 Arrival Year:1852 Arrival Place:New York, New York Age:7 Source Publication Code:8504 Primary Immigrant:Brill, Johan Annotation:Port and date of arrival for three ships: the Probus, the Emperor, and the Hermine. Source Bibliography:SKINNER, JEAN C. "Excerpts from Ship Passenger Lists." In Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter. Vol. 28:2 (Sept. 1981), p. 66. Page:66
  1860 Census	1860	Menomonee, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
  Michael Brill 43, Elizabeth Brill 42, John Brill 16 , Mathias Brill 14, Peter Brill 12, Elizabeth Brill 10, Mary Brill 8, Joseph Brill 5, Robert Brill 4, Frances Brill 3, William Brill 1
  Moved	1863	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  1870 Census	1870	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 19
  Listed living with father, age 24, born in Prussia.
  	1870 Census Buchanan page 19 Outagamie County, Wisconsin
  1880 Census	1880	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Listed living with wife and 3 children, age 36 born in Prussia, brother Pe ter also living with also cousin Elizabeth Jacobe age 17 born in Canada li ving with them
  News Mention	21 Apr 1882
  Kaukauna Times
  1882 Kaukauna Times dated 4/21/1882; r. John Brill of Buchanan drove up to Nenah with his handsome sorrels a nd many wealthy Neenanites cast envious glances. 1882 Kaukauna Times dated 6/23/1882An interesting tombstone exists on the farm of John Brill, it reads;In Memory of Rev. Jesse Miner - Born Sept 29, 1781, Commenced the Moheahum uk Mission at this place, June 20,1828, died March 22, 1829.
  News Mention	6 Apr 1883
  Kaukauna Times
  1883 Kaukauna Times dated 4/06/1883On Sunday last Mr. John Brill received a telegram that his brother Peter w as seriously ill, then he received another on Monday that Peter had lost a ll speech and there was little hope for recovery. On Tuesday John start ed for Florence in hopes to bring Peter home. A few weeks earlier anoth er brother was taken home from Michigan. 1883 Kaukauna Times Dated 6/29/1883John Brill wears a more beaming countenence than usual, is probably d ue to the arrival of a little girl.
  News Mention	22 Feb 1884
  Kaukauna Times
  1884 Kaukauna Times dated 2/22/1884John Brill, landlord of the Commercial House, bought the Brewster's reside nce for $1000 as Art Brewster intends to move South or West.
  News Mention	13 Mar 1885
  Kaukauna Times
  1885 Kaukauna Times dated 3/13/1885John Brill is giving up his landloard of Commercial Hotel in Appleton to r eturn to Buchanan to farm. 1885 Kaukauna Times dated 3/27/1885 John Brill will stay on as landlord of Commercial Hotel. 1885 Kaukauna Times dated 10/16/1885 Contractor Wm. Eiting has completed John Brill's new house.Also John visited New London on Monday to attend the wedding of his broth er Robert Brill.
  1889 Appleton City Directory	1889	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Appleton 1889 City Directory B Page 11
  	Appleton 1889 City Directory B Page 11
  Land Record	Abt 1889	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  1889 Outagamie Co. Platt BookJohn Brill of S. Kaukuana mentioned as a Farmer and Stock Raiser
  1895 State Census	1895	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Buchanan John J Brill head of house of 3 males 6 f emales 8 born US 1 born Germany
  News Mention	10 Apr 1896
  Kaukauna Times
  1896 Kaukauna Times dated 4/10/1896 John Brill elected Chairman of Buchanan.
  1900 Census	1900	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  ED 77 page 16B Listed living with wife and children age 56 born Mar 1844 in Germany immig rated in 1852 married 29 years occupation Farmer.also living with them was an adopted son George age 12 born Apr 1888 in N ew York.
  News Mention	20 Feb 1903
  Kaukauna Times
  1903 Kaukauna Times dated 2/20/1903 John Brill Chairman of Buchanan, was re-elected as a member of the Fox Riv er Valley Fair and Driving Assoc. on Feb 12.
  News Mention	16 Sep 1904
  Kaukauna Times
  1904 Kuakauna Times dated 9/16/1904John Brill nominated for assembly of Democratic Convention in Back Cre ek on Thursday.
  News Mention	4 Nov 1905
  Kaukauna Sun
  1905 Kaukauna Sun dated 11/04/1905 (see article which includes a picture)John Brill, the democratic nominee for the second Assembly district, was b orn in the Province of Rhine, Germany March 26, 1844. At the age of eig ht his parents located at the town og Granville, in Milwaukee County. In O ctober 1863 the family located on the Meade farm in the Town of Buchana n, one year later his father Michael Brill, agreeing to purchase the plac e. The money paid for the farm was earned by the subject and his two broth ers, who worked in the lumber woods on the Oconto river and in the saw mil ls of the city of the same name. For four years Mr Brill purchased timb er for Webster & Lawson on the Shioc river in the town of Cicero and at Ma rtens landing below the Kaukauna Rapids.Being a favorite of the farmers Mr Brill was employed by the Reuter Br os to purchase hub and spoke timber for their factory. At the age of twen ty one he was elected clerk of the school district and later assesso r. At the age of thirty a committee of Appleton citizens waited on him a nd he was induced to enter the race for sheriff and was elected by a lar ge majority. Two years later he was reelcted in the same office. During h is two terms, Appleton county jail was considered the best managed and cle anest jail in the state. Any one who cares to refer to the report of the s tate board of charity and reform can see that our statement is true.For fourteen years Mr Brill has been supervisor of the Town of Buchanan a nd for four years now he held the responsible position of Chairman of t he County Board. Mr. Brill is a man who has always shown good judgeme nt as a public officer and a man who does his own thinking. His rulings wh ile chairman of the County board were fair and satisfactory to a majori ty of the members of the body.
  News Mention	26 Jun 1908
  Kaukauna Times
  The first triple wedding in Kaukauna in recent years took place Wednesday. The brides were the three daughters of ex-Assemblyman and Mrs. John Brill, namely, Minnie A., Amelia F. and Veronica C. Brill. The grooms were Peter H. Kauth of Appleton, Patrick E. Mullen of Antigo, and John J. Hyde of Kaukauna. The ceremony was performed at St. Mary's Church at 8 a.m. by the Rev. F. X. Steinbrecher. The couples were unattended.
  Biography	1911  [2]
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0898
  JOHN BRILL, who is now living retired on a fifteen-acre tract situated in section 23, Buchanan township, has for a number of years been prominently identified with the agricultural, public and religious interests of Outagamie county, and in every walk of life has proved himself a reliable and public-spirited citizen. Born March 26, 1844, in the Rhein Province, Germany, Mr. Brill is a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Eberhart) Brill, natives of Germany, who came to the United States in 1852 and settled in Granville township, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, where they lived for eleven years. In 1863 they came to Outagamie county, purchasing 120 acres in section 23, where they erected a log house, for which Mr. Brill cut the trees and hewed the logs, which was later replaced by a two-story brick house in 1870, and here he resided until his death in January, 1897, at the age of eighty-two years, his wife having passed away in 1868, when fifty-two years of age, and both are buried in St. Mary's Cemetery at South Kaukauna. John Brill was the second born of ten children, and remained at home until twenty-seven years of age, at which time he commenced working for wages on the river and in the woods. He was married in 1871, to Miss Caroline Mueller, daughter of John Adam and Anna Marie (Jacobs) Mueller, natives of Bavaria, who were married in that country. They came to America only as visitors and returned to their native country, where they died. Mrs. Brill was the second of a family of four children, and was born December 10, 1849. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brill: Anna M., who married Peter Kauth, lives with her father and has one child; Della H., single and living at home; Elizabeth G., who married Nicholas M. Haupt, is living in South Kaukauna and has four children; Amalie Frances, who married Patrick E. Mullen and is living in Antigo, Wisconsin, and has two children; Agnes L., who married Otto M. Koch and resides in North Kaukauna and has one child; Veronica C., who married John J. Hyde, is now living in Green Bay and has two children; and William N., who died in infancy. After his marriage, Mr. Brill engaged in buying logs for Webster & Lawson, of Menasha, for two years, and then became employed with Renter Brothers' hub and spoke factory, where he continued a like period. He became a candidate for sheriff of Outagamie county on the Democratic ticket in the convention of 1874, where he was defeated by but one vote, and was appealed to by the Republicans to run on their ticket, but declined to do so. Notwithstanding, his name was placed on the Republican ticket, and he was elected by 1,800 majority, serving very acceptably for two years in that office. After leaving that office, he purchased 240 acres of solid timber land in section 23, Buchanan township, and set to work to clear and develop it, and here he has resided ever since, with the exception of two years, 1879 and 1880, when he again served as sheriff. He was defeated in the Democratic primaries and ran independently against the Republican, Democratic and Greenback candidates, and was elected by a majority of 120 votes. He has sold all of his land with the exception of fifteen acres, where he has a fine, two-story brick residence, which he built in 1885 and which consists of twelve rooms, equipped with all modern conveniences, including running hot and cold water. Mr. Brill has served as chairman of the township board of supervisors for fourteen years, chairman of the county board for six years, clerk of the school board for six years in succession and assessor for about five years, and in 1893 was a member of the General Assembly from the Second District of Outagamie county. He and his family are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church of South Kaukauna, and he is a member of the board of church trustees and has served a number of years as treasurer. He is also a member of the Catholic K. of W., Branch No. 64, of South Kaukauna, and has served eight years in succession as president of Branch No. 64 of South Kaukauna.
  	Brill, John Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  News Mention	2 Apr 1914
  Kaukauna Sun
  Celebrated Seventieth Anniversary John Brill Kaukauna Sun 4/02/1914 7 Birthda
  Death	19 May 1916
  Prayer Card	Aft 19 May 1916
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  	Brill, John Prayer Card
  Obituary	1 Jun 1916
  Kaukauna Sun
  Probate Notice John Brill Kaukauna Sun 8/17/1916 8 News A Memory of John Brill John Brill Kaukauna Sun 6/01/1916 5 News Death of John Brill Friday John Brill Kaukauna Sun 5/25/1916 1 Obituary/Photo
  Burial	St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  		Brill, John St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I1420	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Brill, Michael,   b. 25 Nov 1815, Hausbach, , Saarland, Germany d. 14 Jan 1897, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Everhart, Elizabeth,   b. 15 Feb 1818, Britten, Merzig, , Saarland, Germany d. 17 Jun 1868, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F1780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mueller, Caroline,   b. 19 Dec 1850, , , Bavaria, Germany d. 4 Jul 1919, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1871	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  		Brill, John and Caroline Mueller
  Children	+ 1. Brill, Anna Mary "Minnie",   b. 12 Oct 1872, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 16 Mar 1942, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 69 years)   2. Brill, Della Helen,   b. 25 May 1875, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 20 Jun 1960, Manawa, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA (Age 85 years) + 3. Brill, Elizabeth G.,   b. 22 Jun 1878, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 17 Apr 1961 (Age 82 years) + 4. Brill, Amalie Frances "Mollie",   b. 3 Sep 1880, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 20 Jun 1955, Marshfield, Wood, Wisconsin, USA (Age 74 years) + 5. Brill, Agnes L.,   b. 18 Jun 1883, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 2 Jul 1973, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 90 years) + 6. Brill, Veronica,   b. 11 Mar 1886, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 7 Oct 1968, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 82 years)   7. Brill, George John,   b. 1 May 1888, New York, New York, New York, USA d. 24 Jan 1962, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]
  Family ID	F33239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2013

  
  

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  Brill, John 1844-1916

  
  

• Sources

  [S1262] Kaukauna Centennial 1885-1985, Kaukauna Centennial 1885-1985, (Kaukauna Centennial 1885-1985 1985, Kaukauna, Wisconsin), Page 4. [S1010] Thomas Henry Ryan, History of Outagamie County, (Published by: Chicago, Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, 1391 pages. Being a General Survey of Outagamie County History including a History of the Cities, Towns and Villages throughout the County, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present), page 0898.