The Brown County World

Friday, September 15, 1905

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Branic.

Eli Branic was born near Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 8, 1846, and died at his home in Irving township on September 9, 1905, of paralysis.  He had been a resident of Kansas for 40 years, the last 10 of which were spent in Brown County. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Eliza Branic, and four children O. L. Branic, of Hiawatha,; Mrs. J. E. Wolfley, of White Cloud,  Mrs. Ed Scott, of Horton; and Mr.. J. A. Wolfley, of Hiawatha.  Interment was made in the Wolfley cemetery in Irving township on Monday, September 11. The funeral was attended by the many friends made by long residence in that locality and by the many acts of kindness and charity extended to friends and neighbors, for which Mr. Branic will long be remembered.