He was the oldest of the six children of Henry A BROWN and Louisa Jane CARPENTER.
Carey was of medium height and build with fair hair and blue eyes.
His father was a farmer and Carey became a farm laborer.
On Mar 17 1901, he married Eva Lucinda CRUM. They had three children:
Viola BROWN 1903 – 1956
Olive Eloise BROWN 1905 – 1992
Clovis Wayne BROWN 1906 – 1985
Eva died 11 May 1909. It was difficult raising three small children on his own. Carey took a job as a hired man working for John May. His children were cared for by his in laws: the two youngest with Eva's parents, Jacob and Martha CRUM, and the oldest with Eva's sister Bertha [CRUM] MOOD.
On Dec 21 1910 Carey married Flossie Mae Robinson. Together they had five more children:
Naomi Lucille BROWN 1912 – 1977
Pearl Edna BROWN 1914 –
Bell Christina BROWN 1916 – 1986
Vanita Freda BROWN 1919 – 2003
Rodney F BROWN 1923 – 1997
When Carey was younger he hired out as a farm laborer for others. He spent most of his life in or close to Monroe County, but he also worked as a farm laborer in McClean IL (circa 1918). By 1930 he owned a farm of his own in Washington TWp. Monroe County.
His wife, Flossie, predeceased him in 1958 and Carey passed away in 1961 at the age of 81.
Carey was of medium height and build with fair hair and blue eyes.
His father was a farmer and Carey became a farm laborer.
On Mar 17 1901, he married Eva Lucinda CRUM. They had three children:
Viola BROWN 1903 – 1956
Olive Eloise BROWN 1905 – 1992
Clovis Wayne BROWN 1906 – 1985
Eva died 11 May 1909. It was difficult raising three small children on his own. Carey took a job as a hired man working for John May. His children were cared for by his in laws: the two youngest with Eva's parents, Jacob and Martha CRUM, and the oldest with Eva's sister Bertha [CRUM] MOOD.
On Dec 21 1910 Carey married Flossie Mae Robinson. Together they had five more children:
Naomi Lucille BROWN 1912 – 1977
Pearl Edna BROWN 1914 –
Bell Christina BROWN 1916 – 1986
Vanita Freda BROWN 1919 – 2003
Rodney F BROWN 1923 – 1997
When Carey was younger he hired out as a farm laborer for others. He spent most of his life in or close to Monroe County, but he also worked as a farm laborer in McClean IL (circa 1918). By 1930 he owned a farm of his own in Washington TWp. Monroe County.
His wife, Flossie, predeceased him in 1958 and Carey passed away in 1961 at the age of 81.
He was the oldest of the six children of Henry A BROWN and Louisa Jane CARPENTER.
Carey was of medium height and build with fair hair and blue eyes.
His father was a farmer and Carey became a farm laborer.
On Mar 17 1901, he married Eva Lucinda CRUM. They had three children:
Viola BROWN 1903 – 1956
Olive Eloise BROWN 1905 – 1992
Clovis Wayne BROWN 1906 – 1985
Eva died 11 May 1909. It was difficult raising three small children on his own. Carey took a job as a hired man working for John May. His children were cared for by his in laws: the two youngest with Eva's parents, Jacob and Martha CRUM, and the oldest with Eva's sister Bertha [CRUM] MOOD.
On Dec 21 1910 Carey married Flossie Mae Robinson. Together they had five more children:
Naomi Lucille BROWN 1912 – 1977
Pearl Edna BROWN 1914 –
Bell Christina BROWN 1916 – 1986
Vanita Freda BROWN 1919 – 2003
Rodney F BROWN 1923 – 1997
When Carey was younger he hired out as a farm laborer for others. He spent most of his life in or close to Monroe County, but he also worked as a farm laborer in McClean IL (circa 1918). By 1930 he owned a farm of his own in Washington TWp. Monroe County.
His wife, Flossie, predeceased him in 1958 and Carey passed away in 1961 at the age of 81.
Carey was of medium height and build with fair hair and blue eyes.
His father was a farmer and Carey became a farm laborer.
On Mar 17 1901, he married Eva Lucinda CRUM. They had three children:
Viola BROWN 1903 – 1956
Olive Eloise BROWN 1905 – 1992
Clovis Wayne BROWN 1906 – 1985
Eva died 11 May 1909. It was difficult raising three small children on his own. Carey took a job as a hired man working for John May. His children were cared for by his in laws: the two youngest with Eva's parents, Jacob and Martha CRUM, and the oldest with Eva's sister Bertha [CRUM] MOOD.
On Dec 21 1910 Carey married Flossie Mae Robinson. Together they had five more children:
Naomi Lucille BROWN 1912 – 1977
Pearl Edna BROWN 1914 –
Bell Christina BROWN 1916 – 1986
Vanita Freda BROWN 1919 – 2003
Rodney F BROWN 1923 – 1997
When Carey was younger he hired out as a farm laborer for others. He spent most of his life in or close to Monroe County, but he also worked as a farm laborer in McClean IL (circa 1918). By 1930 he owned a farm of his own in Washington TWp. Monroe County.
His wife, Flossie, predeceased him in 1958 and Carey passed away in 1961 at the age of 81.
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