Bracken, John
Death
1870-07-08
(aged 62 years)
Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Birth
1808
Gravestone
Location
NC.11.1
Biography
husband of Marie
Obituary
Bracken. At his residence in this city, on Friday morning, July 8th, 1870, at 4 o'clock, Mr John Bracken aged 62 years. Mr. Bracken was one of the oldest settlers of Wisconsin, having located in Mineral Point in 1836. He has always been one of our most energetic, enterprising and reliable citizens, and the benefits of his labors are acknowledged by all who have watched the progress of Mineral Point during the thirty-four years of his residence here. During his life he has held different positions of public trust, and been connected with the leading improvements of our city and county, always doing well what he had to do, and giving general satisfaction to those interested. in his decease we have all suffered great loss. A prominent page in the history of Iowa County was stricken out when Mr. Bracken closed his eyes in death. The funeral, from Trinity Church, on Sunday afternoon was one of the largest ever known in this city. Mineral Point Tribune, July 14, 1870