Michael O. Brouse
1775-1859
1850 Census
(#1043)
See DAR linage, Miss Adelaide L. Brouse
(#139)
Michael bought government land in section 5 in Doylestown in 1816. Church
services were held at peoples homes in the early day. About 1834, Lutheran
Church services were being held at the home of Michael Brouse. Michael Brouse
was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and is buried in or near Doylestown,
Wayne County, Ohio. In 1846 Michael deeded land to be used for the site of a
church to the trustee of the Newcomer Chapel. This church was later used by the
United Brethren Congregation. The church, was commonly called the Brouse Church
and was disassembled in the late 1860's and removed to Easton, Ohio where it was
reconstructed and used as a dwelling. From the History of Doylestown, 1952 by
Charlotte B Severs, souvenir booklet printed by Rittman Press.
(#129)
Michael Brouse, Jr. is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Medina Co. Ohio
