Early Clay County Settlers from Foreign Countries

Anna Berrisford:  Born May 16, 1856, England; died Sept. 30, 1927, Terre Haute at age 71 years, 4 months, & 14 days.  Buried Harmony Cemetery; d/o Joseph Little and Mary Thurber.  Married John R. Berrisford; Born 1887;  died 1907.

Frank Chevalier:  Born December 4, 1863, Nice, France.  Died January 8, 1931, Brazil, Indiana, at age 61 years, 1 month, & 4 days.  Buried Catholic Cemetery; s/o Benoit & Roselie Deveaux Chevalier.  Single, retired merchant.

Charles B. Cross, a painter, born January 6, 1877, in England to James & Elizabeth Beadling Cross.  Died September 8, 1929, in the Clay County Hospital of an automobile accident.  Age 52 years, 8 months, & 2 days.  Buried Cottage Hill Cemetery.

Anna Egener: Born July 3, 1853, in Germany.  Died October 10, 1927, Brazil, Indiana, at age 74 years, 3 months, & 7 days.  Buried Cottage Hill Cemetery; d/o of William Karf.  Mother unknown.  Married Herman Egener, Sr., a shoe cobbler.  Herman was born in England on July 5, 1847, and died January 8, 1929, in Brazil.  Buried Cottage Hill Cemetery at 81 years, 6 months, & 3 days; s/o Fred and Margaret Steinkent Egener.

Job M. Harris: Born June 7, 1850, in Wales.  Died December 5, 1926, in Harmony, Indiana, at age 76 years, 5 months, & 28 days; s/o William & Salina Powell Harris.  Both were born in Wales.  Job married Anna ___; born 1849 in Wales; died 1924; buried in Harmony Cemetery with Job.  He made his own casket out of oak.

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