Mahala Love    id #6845                                              Edited 20140127
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Born:  5 Nov 1825 OH, Gallia                                                |[235]     
Died: 25 Feb 1892 IA, Muscatine                                             |[235]     
 
Marr: George M. Briles                                  
      m: 26 Mar 1846                                                        |           
      (Divorced)
      b: 30 Jun 1823 IN, Harrison                                           |          
      Son of Adam Briles & Susanna Michel                                   |          
 
                           +---born----+---------------++---died----+---------------+
  1.  William                      1847 IA, Muscatine                               
  2.  John E.                      1850 IA, Muscatine                               
  3.  Samuel? Vincent              1852 IA, Muscatine                               
  4.  Margaret E.                  1853 IA, Muscatine                               
  5.  Alice J.                     1856 IA, Muscatine                               
 
Census:
                                         Age BP   Occupation            
1850 Briles, Mahala       IA, Muscatine   25 OH                                                                                                        
1860 Briles, Mahella      IA, Muscatine   34 OH                                                                                                        
1870 Briles, Mahala       IA, Muscatine   45 OH   Living in this famil living w/ John & Anna Love                                                      
1880 Briles, Mahalie      IA, Muscatine   54 OH   Keeping house        widow.  w/  brother John Love (57)                                              
 
Died, at the home on the farm in Seventy-Six township, Thursday, 
Feb. 25, 1892, at 4:05 p.m., after an illness of nine weeks, MRS. 
MAHALA BRILES, wife of George M. Briles, deceased, aged 68 years, 
8 months and 20 days. She leaves two daughters and one son, 
besides two brothers-one in Oregon and one in Muscatine-to mourn 
her loss.

"Aunt Mahala," as she was called by her many friends, was born in
 Gallia, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1825, and came to Iowa when she was 13 years 
of age. She was beloved by all for her many noble qualities of mind 
and heart. She was of a gentle, quiet disposition. She bore her 
long suffering with patience and left all to the Master's care;
 but the dear mother's voice is still in death only to answer with 
joy the final summons when Gabriel calls to judgment.

She was laid to rest, with loving hands, in the Kiser cemetery, 
not far from the home where she lived fifty-three years.

"Dearest mother, thou hast left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel,
It is God who hast bereft us,
At His feet we humbly kneel."

"'Twas not in anger, not in wrath,
The Reaper came that day.
‘Twas an angel visited the green earth
And took our dear mother away."
 
Burial:
Kiser Cemetery
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Iowa, USA

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Sources: 
[235] Cemetery records by locale, FindAGrave.com

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