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Nellie Mae Dawson Brickey
23 May 1875 – 28 Sep 1950
| Birth | 23 May 1875 |
| Death | 28 Sep 1950 |
| Cemetery | Molsbee Cemetery Nocona , Montague County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Nancy on 06 Feb 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22298921 |
Bio
Daughter of Melvin and Sina (Wilkey) Dawson. Married to Joel Allen Brickey in Jan. 1894. Ft. Smith, AR. Parents of Sammy, Henry Sherman Dewey U. all died young, Hubert, Katie Mae Brickey-Roper, Theulie Brickey Whitten, Jewell Brickey and James Harmon "Billy" Brickey. Sina was the daughter and wife of Church of the Brethren ministers. Cause of Death: heart attack. Nellie was a large boned woman, wore her hair in a bun, always wore a bib-apron and high top button shoes with hose rolled down to her ankles. My Mother, Iva Brickey Cardell said that as a small child they would visit Nellie, and she remembers Nora (Iva's Mother) saying that Nellie was a spotless housekeeper. Iva remembers one of the "viewers" that Nellie had, and sometimes Nellie would let the kids look through it. They had a house which stood off the ground, and kept a pig underneath. Mom said that was the first time she ever saw a pig and it scared her to death. (Iva was very small at the time!) Nellie's church "letter" came from (Wyman, Washington Co., Ar. date could not be read. (185?) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montague County, Texas record book 6, page 161 Montague County, Nocona, Texas 120 Cook Street, Nocona, Texas Birth: May 23, 1875, Kansas Died: Sept. 28, 1950 (75 years) Father: M. M. Dawson of Iowa Mother: Sina Wilkie of Indiana signed by Jewell Brickey Cause of Death: Coronary thrombosis, arterio sclerosis 1:40 p. m. 10 min. W. W. Davis, M.D. Nocona Burial: 20 September 1950, Moslsbee Cem., Scott Bro's. Funeral Home ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Three children of Nellie and Joel lie in (probably unmarked) graves in an unknown place Perhaps in Oklahoma or Arkansas: Sammy, (1895-1899) Dewey (1899-1899) and Sherman (1896-1896) all died as infants, and we have no record of place of burials. The names and dates are from their sister's bible record. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FROM HER OBITUARY NELLIE MAE BRICKEY DAUGHTER IF M M AND SINA DAWSON WAS BORN MAY 23 1875 IN INDEPENDECE KANSAS AND DIED SEPTEMBER 28 1950. IN 1893 SHE WAS MARRIED TO J. A. BRICKEY. IN 1916 THEY MOVED TO THE VICINITY OF MOLSBEE CHAPEL TEXAS WHERE BRO BRICKEY WAS A FARMER AND SUPPLY MINISTER IN THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1931. SISTER BRICKEY HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN SINCE 1916. SHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS MRS W. A. ROPER, MRS L. M. WHITTEN, AND JEWEL BRICKEY, ALL OF NOCONA TEXAS. TWO SONS HUBERT OF LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO, AND HARMON OF HOBOKEN, N. J. TEN GRANDCHILDREN AND NINE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED IN NOCONA, TEXAS, BY BRO J. A. EBY. INTERMENT WAS IN THE MOLSBEE CHAPEL CEMETERY. (END OF OBIT)
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Siblings
- Mary Ann Dawson Smith 1867–1939
- Sarah Henrietta Dawson Luttrell 1868–1958
- Clarence Wesley Dawson 1877–1950
- Margaret Jane "Maggie" Dawson Brogdon 1878–1938
- Jacob Melvin Dawson 1881–1964
- Elizabeth Frances "Betty" Dawson Blakely 1883–1915
- Rachel Rebecca Dawson Weathers 1887–1970
Children
- Hubert Harvey "KID" Brickey 1897–1967
- Katie Mae Brickey Roper 1900–1981
- Theulie Rhea Brickey Whitten 1906–1975
- James Harmon Brickey 1913–1995
- Jewell Willie Brickey 1914–1997
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