William Frank Brussow was born in 1865, north of Woodbine, the son of William
  and Mina Ollhoff Brussow. He had four sisters. Mary Wilhelmina Krause was born
  in Germany in 1880, the oldest of the ten children of August and Wilhelmina
  Thome Krause. The family came to America when she was four years old. W.F.
  Brussow and Mary W. Krause were married in 1897 and reared five children. The
  oldest Malinda, married A.E. Cheyney, an oil geologist in Wichita. They had two
  sons. Kathryn and her husband, Ted Richardson, farmed in Tennessee. They had
  three children. Bessie's husband, Carl Ehrlich was a grocery store manager. They
  had one daughter. Wilma made her home with a family in Wichita. She had worked
  in the drug store in Woodbine before going to Wichita. William Otis (Sonny) was
  W.F. and Mary's youngest child. Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Brussow built and lived in 
  the home now occupied by the Milton Gunters. Mr. Brussow was a janitor at the
  Woodbine Methodist Church. He died July 21, 1931 just five days after the death
  of his mother.
       After the death of her husband, Mary Brussow sold her home to C.J. Mann. She
  and her son William Otis (Sonny) returned to the farm. Later she moved back to
  Woodbine and lived there until her death in 1953. She cooked school lunches at
  the Woodbine school for several years. Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Brussow were faithful
  members of the Woodbine Methodist Church. They were civic minded and supported
  the community endeavors.   
               
  Source: Woodbine, Kansas Centennial, 1887 - 1987, 
          Woodbine through the years pg. 69
          Submitted by Estelle Brussow