McPherson Post 33 joined February 10, 1883

There is a descrepancy between sources as to who George Brigham's wife is. In the biography below she is Emma but in an ancestral report her name is Amy Stockwell - at this point I don't know if Emma/Amy are the same person such as first/middle names or which one of the records is wrong.
Siblings of Luman Brigham: Reeder, infant, Urania, William, Helen, Eaton, Mary, Lucinda, Julia, Juliette, Harriet.

The subject of this sketch left his native State in 1861, and during the war of the Rebellion resided in Ohio, May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, with which he served eight months. He subsequently served in the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and was in the lines around Petersburgh during the closing scenes of the war. He is now a comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is adjutant of the McPherson Post at Manning.

Mr. Brigham was married at Indianapolis, Indiana, July 20, 1877, to Miss Celia McCallister, and they are the parents of three children: Helen, Jessamy and George. Mr. Brigham lived for a time at Arcola, in Douglas County, Illinois, and from there came to Carroll County, Iowa, and since 1882 has been a resident of Manning. He became associated with his present partner, Mr. Salinger, in 1883, and perhaps no firm engaged in the loan and insurance business in Carroll County have a business equaling in extent that of this popular, reliable agency. Dr. Brigham, as he is familiarly called by his friends, is a liberally educated man, a graduate of the State Normal School at Normal, Illinois, and for six years followed the teacher's profession.

He studied medicine and graduated in the medical profession from Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, Illinois, and for five years practiced medicine in Indiana and Iowa. Genial and courteous, and a man of strict integrity and honorable in all his dealings, he has gained a host of friends during his residence in Carroll County.

Hundreds of friends were at the home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock to take a last look at the remains, and the Knights of Pythias Lodge, of which the deceased was a member, took charge and conveyed their friend to the cemetery where the beautiful and impressive ceremony of that order was gone through with. It was a most solemn occasion, and tears streamed down the cheeks of every one while Mr. Salinger, the business partner and the companion of a half a score of years delivered the oration.

Being an intimate friend of the deceased since his arrival in this town, the writer is emphatic saving that no one had more friends in this community than he. Honor had come to him in many ways if a project was under way that needed skilled hands to push it to a successful end, Dr. Brigham was always unanimously selected to handle it. A number of times he was selected to fill important trusts by the people, and in these he always used good judgment and withal was conscientious, albeit he might have been opposed by a majority.

Dr. Brigham was born at Canton, Pennsylvania, December 8th, 1848, consequently he had only reached the 44th year of his age. His residence in Manning dates back to the early days, October 1882, at winch time he moved here with his family from Indiana. He was a graduate of the State Normal School at Normal, Ill., and for a number of years taught school, having been the principal of the schools at Arcola. He was not entirely satisfied with this as his life avocation, however, and early in 1882 he graduated from Hahnemann Homeopathic College in Chicago. In the fall of that year he came to Manning, and after a few months of successful practice he entered into a partnership with B.I. Salinger in the real estate, law and insurance business, and has been an active member of that firm since. For a brief time he was one of the publishers of the MONITOR and showed marked ability as an editor, being a man of more than ordinary intelligence, posted on history, and with a fund of general information. In May 1861, when but little more than fifteen years old, he enlisted in Company D, 136th Ohio Infantry, and served eight months in that regiment, and subsequently enlisted in the 164th Ohio, and served with credit until the end of the war. The deceased was a member of McPherson Post, G.A.R., also of the A.O.U.W. and the Knights of Pythias, all of whom, together with the W.R.C., assisted in the obsequies.

As a neighbor, friend, advisor, Dr. Brigham was true, and as an opponent he was feared but always respected. At home he was cheerful, and put in much time in instructing his bright children, and they with their mother, have lost an indigent father and a kind and faithful husband. The family and other relatives may rest assured that while they are the chief sufferers in the great affliction, the entire community also mourns.

Resolutions of respect in memory of Bro. L. P. Brigham of Manning Lodge No. 262, A.O.U.W.
WHEREAS, Brother L.P. Brigham has been called from our midst by the stern mandate of death; therefore, be it
Resolved, That in his untimely death Manning Lodge sustains a great loss; his associates in business life a respected and valued friend; his wife and children an affectionate husband and father.
Resolved, Further, that our charter be draped for thirty days; copies of these resolutions be spread upon our records, sent the relatives of our deceased brother, find to the Loyal Workman and our city papers for publication.
J.J. CHENOWETH, PAUL WINTER, S. ARMSTRONG, Committee.

RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, The hand of death has invaded our order and claimed our beloved Brother Luman P. Brigham, and,
WHEREAS, By his death we have lost a worthy brother, a true friend and valuable associate; therefore be it
Resolved, By Manning Lodge No. 166, Knights of Pythias, that we deplore his untimely death and extend to his bereaved family our knightly and fraternal sympathy; and be it further
Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the Manning papers and a copy he handed to the family of our departed brother.
Benjamin I. SALINGER, Fred A. BENETT, C.L. DEWING, Committee.