| Name |
Lewis Brown [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Birth |
21 Jan 1856 |
Washington Co., Ohio, USA  [2, 3, 5] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1900 |
Lincoln, Lincoln Co., Kansas, USA [4] |
- Louis Brown, head, W-M-45, Dec 1854, widowed, WV, Germany, Germany, farmer
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1900 U.S. census, Lincoln, Russell Co., KS, p. 5B
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| Census |
1910 |
Collyer, Trego Co., Kansas, USA [6] |
- Lewis Brown, M-W-54, widowed, Ohio, Germany, Germany, farmer
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1910 U.S. census, Collyer, Trego Co., KS, p. 145
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| Census |
1920 |
Collyer Township, Trego Co., Kansas, USA [7] |
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1920 U.S. census, Collyer Township, Trego Co., Kansas, USA
sheet 6A (penned), p. 215 (stamped) |
| Census |
1925 |
Collyer, Trego Co., Kansas, USA [8] |
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1925 Kansas state census, Collyer, Trego Co., Kansas, USA
p. 2 |
| Census |
1930 |
Collyer, Trego Co., Kansas, USA [2] |
- Lewis Brown, father-in-law, M-W-75, widowed, OH, Germany, Germany
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| Obituary |
Mar 1943 [3] |
- BROWN
Lewis Brown, son of Carl and Margaret Brown, was born January 21, 1856 in Washington County, Ohio; and died in the hospital at Quinter, Kansas, on March 9, 1943 at the age of 87 years, one month and 16 days.
He was confirmed in the Lutheran church at the place of his birth on April 15, 1870.
As a young man he came to Kansas marking his home in and around Russell and meeting all the rigors of early pioneer life there.
On September 20, 1883 he was united in marriage to Margaret E. McConnell to which union four children were born. His wife died in 1896 when their youngest child was but a few months old and he became father and mother to his children raising them to manhood and womanhood.
In 1911 the family moved to the Collyer Community where he has since resided.
He married Mary A. Pattimore December 22, 1920, but when they had been married only nine years, she too was taken in death. The remaining years of his life were spent with his children.
He leaves to mourn his passing his four children: Edgar Brown of WaKeeney; Mrs. Clarence Tilton of Sharon Springs; Mrs. Wm. Palkowksy and Mrs. Chas. Razak of Collyer; one sister, Miss Kate Brown of Wheeling, West Virginia; 17 grandchildren; six great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted in Collyer at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Methodist church with Reverend Trimble officiating. Burial was in the Russell cemetery.
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Obituary of Lewis Brown
Undated clipping from unidentified newspaper |
| Death |
9 Mar 1943 |
Quinter, Gove Co., Kansas, USA [3] |
| Burial |
Russell, Russell Co., Kansas, USA [3] |
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Headstone of Lewis Brown and Margaret Ellen Brown
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| Notes |
- In 1920, Lewis Brown is 64 and has moved into his daughter's home in Collyer, Trego Co., KS with her husband Charles Razak and their two children, Fern and Kenneth.
In the 1930 census, Lewis Brown can be found in the home of William Palkowsky and his daughter Nettie, still in Collyer, Trego Co., KS.
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| Person ID |
I107 |
Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree | Bret's lineage |
| Last Modified |
7 Jan 2014 |
| Family 1 |
Margaret Ellen McConnell, b. 15 Oct 1856, Elm Grove, Ohio Co., Virginia, USA d. 11 Dec 1896, Russell, Russell Co., Kansas, USA (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Sep 1883 |
Russell, Russell Co., Kansas, USA [3] |
Address:
John and Mary McCuskey's home |
| Children |
| + | 1. John Edgar Brown, b. 30 Apr 1885, Russell, Russell Co., Kansas, USA d. 23 Oct 1962, WaKeeney, Trego Co., Kansas, USA (Age 77 years) |
| + | 2. Mary Estella Brown, b. 22 Aug 1890, Kansas, USA d. 26 Aug 1971, Sharon Springs, Wallace Co., Kansas, USA (Age 81 years) |
| + | 3. Nettie M. Brown, b. 5 Dec 1892, Lincoln, Lincoln Co., Kansas, USA d. 21 Jul 1975, Russell, Russell Co., Kansas, USA (Age 82 years) |
| + | 4. Dorothy Emiline Brown, b. 6 Sep 1895, Lincoln, Lincoln Co., Kansas, USA d. 28 Nov 1983, Newton, Harvey Co., Kansas, USA (Age 88 years) |
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| Family ID |
F85 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Mar 2011 |
1856 - 1943 (87 years)
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set
