Joseph BROCK
Birth:
21 Nov 1822
Franklin, Missouri
Death:
25 Feb 1874
Jersey, Illinois
Burial:
Salem Cemetery, Otterville, Jersey, Illinois
Marriage:
5 Jun 1853
Jersey, Illinois
Father:
Mother:
Sources:
1870 US Federal Census Township 6 Range 11,Jersey,Illinois
Ancestry Family Trees
Jersey, IL Marriage Records (Research by Peggy Magee, 1990)
Letter - Howard Brock Elder to Charles Hosmer, 17 Dec 1987 (Linda Brock Fam. Records)
Ancestry Family Trees
Jersey, IL Marriage Records (Research by Peggy Magee, 1990)
Letter - Howard Brock Elder to Charles Hosmer, 17 Dec 1987 (Linda Brock Fam. Records)
Notes:
Administrator of his will was William Onetto
Proprietor of Brock and Onetto
Reported in Alton Telegraph, Jan 10 1878
"Messrs. Brock and Onetto have built them a nice store [in Elsah, IL] this past summer, which will match with any in the county for finish and beauty."
On Sept 24, 1885, it was reported "Mrs. Snow of St. Louis had purchased the old Onetto store building and was to have it enlarged for rent to L. H. Vanderslice as a residence, store, and post office.
In a letter from Howard Brock, the death of Joseph Brock is related: "Their father (Joseph Brock) died in the winter of 1873-1874. They had all been to a barn dance in Jersey County, it was cold and it rained. Joseph Brock died of Pneumonia 25 February 1874. At that time Uncle Henry was 19, Grandpa Tony was 17, and Uncle Justin was 7. Grandma Rett remarried... Married Renfro, the schoolmaster at Elsah. Just when, I don't know, nor when Renfro died. I do know that my father knew Renfro--that could have been 1904 or thereafter."
Mazaretta ONETTO
Birth:
30 Apr 1835
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Death:
2 Jul 1925
Elsah, Jersey, Illinois
Father:
Mother:
Sources:
Obituary of Mazzarreta from Alton Evening Telegraph
Notes:
Obituary:
from Newspaper Archive
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, USA
6 Jul 1926
Page 8
Death of Mrs. Mazzaretta Renfro
Mrs. Mazzaretta Renfro passed away at her home in Elsah, Thursday, July 2d, at 8:10 a. m. after a short illness. Mrs. Renfro was one of the oldest residents of Jersey County, being 90 years, 2 months and 2 days of age at the time of her death. She has been a resident of Elsah for eighty-four years, coming there from Harrisburg, Pa., with her parents, Joseph and Martha (Lame?)Lasne-Onetto. Her father was a native of Genoa, Italy.
Mazzaretta Onetto was the first woman to be married in the village of Elsah, her husband being a Mr. Brock, whose death occurred many years ago. She is survived by two sons, Justin Brock, with whom she has made her home for many years, and T. A. Brock of St. Louis.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Methodist church in Elsah, at 2:30 p. m., Rev. M. Edwin Johnson of Chautauqua officiating. Interment will be in the Elsah cemetery.
Mr Howard Brock Elder related the following in a letter to Mr. Hosmer:
"Uncle Justin told of his mother's death, in her bed, 2 Jul 1925. He said that she "picked at the coverlet" (a not-uncommon phenomenon) and began to talk to unseen persons, greeting them by name. These were family members who preceded her. Uncle Justin said it was as if they were waiting for Grandma and as if they were greeting each other as she went to join them."
Children
Marriage
1
Henry Tarleton BROCK
Birth:
11 Jun 1854
Jersey, Illinois
Death:
7 Jan 1880
Jersey, Illinois
Marr:
2
Birth:
10 Oct 1856
Jersey, Illinois
Death:
26 Aug 1941
Webster Groves, St. Louis, Missouri
3
Birth:
19 Aug 1866
Elsah, Jersey, Illinois
Death:
22 Feb 1929
St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
Notes:
NOTE:
At the time of marriage, Justin was living in Cliff, NE. He gives his birthplace as Elsah, IL.
Justin shows himself as widowed on later censuses, but was really divorced or separated. This is a common practice to avoid admitting divorce in public.
1866 - Born in Elsah, IL
1888 - Married to Mary Delight Whitcomb, also of Jersey county. He was 22, she was 17.
1889 - First son James is born.
1892 - Second son Gregory is born.
1900 - Single by this point.
1910 - Living in St Louis, son James is living with him, Justin is a steamboat pilot.
1917 - Justin begins regular trips between Elsah and Grafton with the yacht Bachelor
1920 - Living in his mothers home back in Elsah
1929 - Admitted to the Midland Sanitarium
1929 - Feb., dies at the sanitarium.
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Joseph Brock - Mazaretta Onetto
Joseph Brock
was born at Franklin, Missouri 21 Nov 1822.
His parents were Tarlton Fleming Brock and Susannah Antrobus.
He married Mazaretta Onetto 5 Jun 1853 at Jersey, Illinois . Mazaretta Onetto was born at Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania 30 Apr 1835 daughter of Joseph Onetto and Martha Lame .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Henry Tarleton Brock
born 11 Jun 1854.
Thomas A. "Tony" Brock
born 10 Oct 1856.
Justin Onetto Brock
born 19 Aug 1866.
Joseph Brock died 25 Feb 1874 at Jersey, Illinois .
Mazaretta Onetto died 2 Jul 1925 at Elsah, Jersey, Illinois .