The Shelbyville News
Saturday February 24, 1973
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BRIGGERMAN RITES SET
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J. Edward Briggerman, 86, 416 Second Street, died Friday at the
Heritage House Convalescent Center where he had been a patient for two weeks.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Evangelical United Church of Christ
Monday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Richard Rasche officiating. Burial will be in
Forest Hill cemetery.
Mr. Briggerman spent the greater portion of his life in Shelbyville. He was a
former auto salesman and later engaged in interior decorating. He was a member
of the Evangelical United Church of Christ.
Born in Liberty township, July 25, 1886 the son of
Henry and Magdalena (Wissing)
Briggerman. He was married on October 16, 1907, to Elece Theobold and
she died June 27, 1939.
Survivors are a son, the
Rev. Robert E. Briggerman, East Lansing,
Michigan, and two daughters, Mrs. Max (Mildred) Robinson, Shelbyville,
and Mrs. Martha G. Jones, Noblesville. Also surviving are eight
grandchildren and six great grandchildren. One daughter preceded in death.
The family requests that memorials to be in the form of donations to the
organ fund of the church.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville News
Friday August 27, 1965
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LOCAL MAN DIES IN HOSPITAL
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Rites For George F. Briggerman
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George F. Briggerman, 87, of 1208 Elm Street, died Thursday at 3:50
p.m. at Major Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past 12 days. He had
been in failing health for two years.
Mr. Briggerman was a retired farmer who had resided on a farm in Liberty
township near Blue Ridge for 75 years, until moving to Shelbyville four years
ago. He was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ and a 50-year member of
the I.O.O.F. Lodge of Waldron.
Born in Liberty township on February 7, 1878 he was the on of
Henry and Magdalena (Wissing) Briggerman.
Survivors include a brother,
J. Edward Briggerman of Shelbyville,
three nieces and one nephew. Four sisters preceded in death.
Services will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. at the Carmony Funeral Home in
Shelbyville, with Rev. F. P. Puhlman officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill
cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville News
Friday April 9, 1965
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CITY WOMAN FOUND DEAD
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Rites To Be Set For Anna Briggerman, 84
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Miss Anna M. Briggerman, 84, 1206 Elm Street, died during the night in
her sleep at her home and was found before noon today. She had not been ill and
death was unexpected.
Miss Briggerman was born May 3, 1881, in Liberty township, the daughter of
Henry
and Magdalena (Wissing) Briggerman. Surviving are two brothers,
George F.
and J. Edward Briggerman of Shelbyville, three nieces and a nephew.
Miss Briggerman had resided in the Blue Ridge community until moving to
Shelbyville a few years ago. She was a member of the Zion United Church of
Christ and a charter member of the Zion Women’s Guild.
Services will be held Monday at the Carmony Funeral Home, with the Rev. F. P.
Puhlmann of the Zion United Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow in
Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday June 26, 1934
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MRS. BRIGGERMAN CALLED BY DEATH
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Rites Wednesday A.M. For Resident of
Liberty Township; Native
of Germany
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FIVE CHILDREN SURVIVE
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Mrs. Magdelena
Briggerman, 86, died at her home in Liberty township,
Shelby county, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, following an illness of three
weeks. She was the widow of Henry Briggerman.
Mrs. Briggerman was born in Germany, May 30, 1848, the daughter of
Mr. and
Mrs. George Wissing. She was a member of the Zion Evangelical church.
The deceased is survived by five children,
George and Miss Anna Briggerman,
both at home; Edward Briggerman and Mrs. Scott Byrum, of Shelbyville, and
Mrs. John Keppel, of Union township. Six grandchildren and one great
grandchild also survive.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock at the
home, with the Rev. J. W. Dickmann, pastor of Zion Evangelical church
officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery, in charge of Ezra Carmony,
funeral director.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Saturday May 24, 1929
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HENRY BRIGGERMAN
CALLED BY DEATH
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Aged Liberty Township Resident,
Civil War Veteran, Succumbs At
Home
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BORN ON ATLANTIC OCEAN
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Complication which developed from an injury suffered several weeks ago last
night resulted in the death of Henry Briggerman, Civil War veteran, at
his home in Liberty township, south of Blue Ridge. He was 83 years old.
Mr. Briggerman was born November 26, 1845, on the Atlantic ocean, as his
parents, Frederick and Margaret Briggerman were on their way to New
Orleans from Germany. They later moved to Cincinnati from New Orleans, and there
they lived for many years.
Mr. Briggerman enlisted in Company K, 193rd Ohio regiment of the Union
army, at the start of the civil war. After receiving his honorable discharge he
came to Shelbyville.
In 1869 he was married to
Magdalena Wissing. They spent the greater
part of their lives on the farm where his death occurred, in Liberty township.
Of the eight children born to them, six survive, the other having died in
infancy. The children now living are Mrs. John Keppel, Mrs. J. D.
Keppel, Miss Anna Briggerman, Miss Louise Briggerman, and
Mrs. George Briggerman,
all of Liberty township, and J. Edward Briggerman, of Shelbyville. Six
grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at the home, the Rev. J. W.
Dickman, of this city, officiating. Burial will take place in Forest Hill
cemetery. Carmony Brothers are the funeral directors in charge.
Mr. Briggerman was a devoted member of the Zion Evangelical church if Union
township.
Contributed by Barb Huff
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