Percy Goff BRAKE⁷ (Lorenzo Pitt,⁶ Granville,⁵ John J.,⁴ John,³ Jacob,² Johann Jacob¹) (b. 4 Dec. 1888 Mt. Hebron, Lewis Co., WV; d. 26 March 1926 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., W; bur: Odd Fellows Cemetery Clarksburg; moved to Bridgeport Cemetery ; Percy G. Brake 1888-1926) s/o Lorenzo Pitt and Alice Brown Brake, m. 2 April 1918 Gladys M. TRUSLER (b. 8 Sept 1894 Buckhannon, WV; d. 15 Nov. 1990 Silver Springs, MD age 96; bur. Ft. Lincoln, Bladenburg, MD)
Corp WV D 157 Depot Bridgeport
married: page 85 of 1910 Obits for Lewis County extracted by Newman: Brake, Percy married Miss Gladys Trussler in Charleston. (Independant Tuesday, 2 April 1918)

1. John Brake (changed name from Percy Goff, Jr.) (b. 15 Mar 1921 Clarksburg WV; d. 14 Feb. 1985 Erie, PA; bur. Ft. Lincoln, Bradenburg, MD) m. 8 Feb 1940 Thelma Irene Thompson (b. 1918 Good Hope, Harrison Co. WV; d. 1986 bur: Prairie Chapel, Coshocton, OH) d/o Loco & Effie Levada (Burbridge) Thompson
   a. Tonni Levada Brake (b. 21 Aug. 1943 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV [Bk:21/30F]) m. (1) 27 Feb. 1959 David Harold Hains (b. 1940; d.1964).
   1. Gary Harold Hains (b. 26 Dec. 1960 Coshocton, OH)

   Tonni m. (2) 5 Feb. 1965/div. 1980; James Gordon Geert (b. 1946).
   

   2. Tania Christine Geerts (b. 29 Nov 1967 Coshocton, OH) m. 16 Mar. 1992 Warsaw, OH Charles William Johnson.
   3. Kimberly Irene Geerts (b. 15 Oct 1968 Coshocton, OH); m. 20 Jul 1989 Columbus Ohio, Eric Jay Riggle
   4. Jamie Michell Geerts (b. 16 April 1975)
   
2. James William Brake (b. 4 Mar 1922 Clarksburg, WV; d. 5 Feb 1951 of illness on ship in Japan) WWII many decorations
   US Coast Guard on Wake Island when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. single

3. Alice Virginia Brake (b. 9 Jan 1923 Clarksburg, WV) m. (1) 20 Jan 1941 Mr. Heimer; div. 1945
   m. (2) 30 Oct. 1955 Alwyn Alvord Throckmorton
   See link for children.

see below:
p. 16 1910 obits

Brake, Percy Goff a former Jane Lew boy died of blood poisoning Friday. Deceased was 37 years of age, son of L. P. (Pitt) Brake and wife, was born near Mt. Hebron, later moved to Jane Lew. After six years moved to Clarksburg. He was a soldier in the WW. Funeral at the Stealey Methodist Episcopal Church, interment Odd Fellows cemetery at Clarksburg. Survived by both parents, widow, who was Gladys Trusler of Buckhannon and three children, Percy Goff Jr., James William and Alice Virginia Brake. Also, a brother, Dr. B. S. Brake, and a sister Ova, both at home. (Ind. Wed. 31 Mar 1926)

Compiled by Linda Brake Meyers.