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F°r Gabriel DuBrie. 91, oldest
citizen of Elmore and the last Civ¬
il War veteran in Ottawa County,
last taps were sounded Friday |
morning and he passed peacefully j
into Camp, after several weeks of s
gradual decline. Last rites were j
held Monday afternoon in the!
home of his son, Lester DuBrie, j
with whom he had live d for
many years. Rev, K. W. Scheuf-;
ler of Cincinnati, former pastor
here and neighbor of the Du-j
Bries for a number of year?, was
called to officiate and Sabroske;
and Myers, funeral directors, were
in charge. Interment was in
Union cemetery here. The Com¬
munity Post American Legion
here, of which Mr. Duprie was!
jan honorary member, precc
I ] the-funeral c^ru1**- on foot .to;
the grave, led by the color bear--j
ers, and the usual gun salute wa< l
given as the concluding military
j ceremony of the burial service.
Mr, DuBrie was boro at Presque1
Isle, in Lucas County, Septem¬
ber 4, 1846; his father having
been a native Frenchman and his
mother a native German. His
parents came to America shortly
after marriage. A second child
was born to them which died at
birth and claimed the life of the
mother. Then, when but four
y^ars of age the boy was bereft
of his father. Some years later
the Civil War broke out and Ga¬
briel DuBrie, then 17, enlisted
and served to the end of the war,
receiving his honorable discharge.
Soon after his return he was mar¬
ried to Mary Sonet ant of Locust
Point, Ottawa County, and they
[settled on a farm there where
j they lived until Mr. DuBrie re-
! fired and- tJbey -^s^ss^, tj^JJljMOjre to
| live. His wife died here about 21 j
years ago and since then he basj
lived with bis son here. A few
years ago, when the new Port
I Clinton bridge was completed, he
J was honored as a pioneer of the;
j county, to cut the ribbons at the j
dedication opening the bridge to
traffic.
Mr. DuBrie was a member of,
Robt. H. Caldwell Post G.A.R. *
and became acting commander!
of the Post upon the death of;
Commander Scott Scevens here j
a number of years ago. Robt. H. j
Caldwell Relief Corps, auxiliary j
to the Post, held Mr. DuBrie, in j
high esteem and, as an honorary j
member of the Corps, their xhar* j
ter was ceremoniously draped inj
his honor at the Monday night j
meeting.
Mr. DuBrie is survived by
his two sons, Lester of this place
and Stanley of Detroit, also one
'daughter, Mrs. Rella 0'Ha£n
of Los Angeles, Calif.
