New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-01-26

The funeral services were held Wednes-
day of last week in Washington, D. c.,
where interment was made.
JOSEPH SEARLES. :. 49, ,*~' -, , y.
/ At the home of his daughter in Mime.
apolis last week occurred the death Of
Joseph Searles, former resident Of
CRANKY township, Nicollet county, and
we'll known to the older residents OF
New Ulm and vicinity. Mr.. Searles
came originally to Minnesota in the year
1854. Driving a yoke of oxen and with
all his worldly possessions packed inside
the then popular 'prairie schooner, he
made the trip from Chicago to the wild
and woolly West, coming to the trading
post near the present site of Traverse,
where he remained a short time, having
been warned not to 60 farther on account
of the hostile tribes which then infested
this entire region. In the spring of '55,
however, he again took up his quest for
home and came to Nicollet county,
settling on the homestead in CRANKY,
where he lived for over fifty years. Only
a few years ago he removed to Mime
apolis to make his home with one of his
daughters. The old defenders of New
Ulm have occasion to well remember Mr..
Searles, for he was among the picked men
who accompanied the women and chill
dren to safety at St. Peter, during and
following the narrowing days of the
Indian massacre.
The deceased is survived by four
children, William Searles OF Seattle,
WASH; DR.. Scott Searles, Lakefeld,
Mimi; Mrs. William Webster and Mrs.
C. J. Carlson, both of Minneapolis.
The body Of the deceased was shipped
to St. Peter, where interment was made.
REINHOLD K. G. BRUESKE.
At the Loretto hospital last Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock occurred the death
of Reinhold K. G. Brueske, as the result
of an attack of heart failure which he
had suffered the day previous while
visiting at local doctors Offices. He
had been ailing for long time and last
Saturday decided to consult his physi-
clan. He was attacked while awaiting
his turn to be examined.
Mr.. Brueske was born February %,
1856, at Pruetznow, Pommern, Germany
and came to America in 1881, settling on
a farm in Linden township, Brown coun-
ty. A few years later he removed to
Nicollet and from there to New Ulm,
where he has resided ever since. The
deceased was married twice. He mar
ried his fist wife shortly before coming
to America, but she died Sept. 1900,
at Nicollet. He was married again in
1906 and his second wife also preceded
him in death December 81, 1911, in
New Ulm. Six children were born the
the earlier union OF whom five are still
living: Herman and Otto Brueske in
New Ulm; John in Redwood Falls; Mrs
Henry Priebe and August Brueske ir
North St. Paul. Of the second union
two of the three children are still living
Reinhart Brueske in New Ulm and Will.
helmina, the latter having been adopted
by the Alvin Resoft family of St
George. The other relatives are siste1
in Germany and a cousin, William
Bruseke, in New Ulm.
The funeral was held yesterday after
noon from the Forster undertaking estab
lishment and interment was made at thu
City cemetery. Rev. Geo. Mayer Of
iciated at the services.
JOHN STAMM.
The death of John Stamm, which
occurred at the home of his son on South
Minnesota street last Wednesday even.
ing at o'clock, removes from the ranks
of the New Ulm's pioneer settlers one
Of its Oldest members, both in point Of
age and time of residence. Although the
advanced age of the deceased con-
tributed to his death, a recently con-
tracted cold was the direct cause.
John Stamm was born May %, 1925,
at Schleitheim, Canton Schaffhausen,
Switzerland, consequently was nearly
81 years of age at the time of his death.
He came to America in the spring OF