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- Rome NY Daily Sentinel - 3/11/1931
Lucian F. Brenon. 72, widely
known resident of this city for the
past 40 years, passed away at noon
today at his home R. F. D. 3, after
an illness of several weeks. He was
stricken with heart trouble February
13 and had been confined to
his bed since that time.
A son of Aime Brenon and Rose
Manigolde, both natives of France,
and pioneer settlers in Lewis and
Jefferson counties, Mr. Brenon was
born in the town of Turin, May 9.
1858. The elder Brenon was a major
general in the army of Napoleon I
and was on the ill-fated retreat
from Moscow.
Following his marriage forty
years ago in ST. Mary's Church
here to Mrs. Minnie Bradt of Lee
Center, Mr. Brenon came to this
city and had since made his home
here. He conducted the Brenon
Farm on the Rome-Utica highway,
just outside the city limits.
He was a member of St. Mary's
Church and of the Altar Society of
that church.
Surviving, besides his wife, is a
daughter. Mrs. George Q. Grogan at
home and a grandson, George Lu
cian Grogan of this city. He also
leaves five sisters, Mrs. Brenton
Bailey of Lyons palls; Mrs. Eleanor
Hoffman of Mohawk Hill; Mrs.
Kaine Maurer of West Leyden;
Mrs. Margaret O'Hara of Constablev
ille and Mrs. Adele Radel of Boonville;
one brother, Eugene Brenon
ot Turin. and stepson, Leo B Bradt
ol Rome.
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