THE ADRIAN JOURNAL
March 22, 1917
Page 8, Column 2,
Death Missouri dc 5020. : Mrs. Ellen Brown, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Virden, ten miles northwest of Adrian, Mo., at 1:05 o'clock Monday morning, February 12, 1917, aged 79 years and 7 days. She united with the M.E. church at the age of 16 years and lived a consecrated Christian until death. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Brown April 28, 1863. To this union seven children, five of whom preceded her to the great beyond. Two are left to mourn her loss, Mrs. M. L. Virden, of Adrian, and Joe G. Brown, of Larned, Kansas, and one stepson, Morris G. Brown, of Indianapolis, Ind., and 11 grandchildren an aged sister, Mrs. Dorcas Street, of Brookstown, Ind. At the age of 71 years, after the death of her daughter, Mrs. Elda Maxwell, she undertook the responsibility of rearing the four motherless children. But on account of failing health she had to give up her task about six weeks ago, and came to live with her daughter, Mrs. M.L. Virden. Short funeral services were held at the home at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon by Rev. Daniel Kazee. The remains were shipped Tuesday to Turon, Kansas, where services were continued. Frank Bowman, undertaker."
Contributor: Cameron Herrell (47967691)
March 22, 1917
Page 8, Column 2,
Death Missouri dc 5020. : Mrs. Ellen Brown, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Virden, ten miles northwest of Adrian, Mo., at 1:05 o'clock Monday morning, February 12, 1917, aged 79 years and 7 days. She united with the M.E. church at the age of 16 years and lived a consecrated Christian until death. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Brown April 28, 1863. To this union seven children, five of whom preceded her to the great beyond. Two are left to mourn her loss, Mrs. M. L. Virden, of Adrian, and Joe G. Brown, of Larned, Kansas, and one stepson, Morris G. Brown, of Indianapolis, Ind., and 11 grandchildren an aged sister, Mrs. Dorcas Street, of Brookstown, Ind. At the age of 71 years, after the death of her daughter, Mrs. Elda Maxwell, she undertook the responsibility of rearing the four motherless children. But on account of failing health she had to give up her task about six weeks ago, and came to live with her daughter, Mrs. M.L. Virden. Short funeral services were held at the home at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon by Rev. Daniel Kazee. The remains were shipped Tuesday to Turon, Kansas, where services were continued. Frank Bowman, undertaker."
Contributor: Cameron Herrell (47967691)
THE ADRIAN JOURNAL
March 22, 1917
Page 8, Column 2,
Death Missouri dc 5020. : Mrs. Ellen Brown, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Virden, ten miles northwest of Adrian, Mo., at 1:05 o'clock Monday morning, February 12, 1917, aged 79 years and 7 days. She united with the M.E. church at the age of 16 years and lived a consecrated Christian until death. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Brown April 28, 1863. To this union seven children, five of whom preceded her to the great beyond. Two are left to mourn her loss, Mrs. M. L. Virden, of Adrian, and Joe G. Brown, of Larned, Kansas, and one stepson, Morris G. Brown, of Indianapolis, Ind., and 11 grandchildren an aged sister, Mrs. Dorcas Street, of Brookstown, Ind. At the age of 71 years, after the death of her daughter, Mrs. Elda Maxwell, she undertook the responsibility of rearing the four motherless children. But on account of failing health she had to give up her task about six weeks ago, and came to live with her daughter, Mrs. M.L. Virden. Short funeral services were held at the home at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon by Rev. Daniel Kazee. The remains were shipped Tuesday to Turon, Kansas, where services were continued. Frank Bowman, undertaker."
Contributor: Cameron Herrell (47967691)
March 22, 1917
Page 8, Column 2,
Death Missouri dc 5020. : Mrs. Ellen Brown, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Virden, ten miles northwest of Adrian, Mo., at 1:05 o'clock Monday morning, February 12, 1917, aged 79 years and 7 days. She united with the M.E. church at the age of 16 years and lived a consecrated Christian until death. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Brown April 28, 1863. To this union seven children, five of whom preceded her to the great beyond. Two are left to mourn her loss, Mrs. M. L. Virden, of Adrian, and Joe G. Brown, of Larned, Kansas, and one stepson, Morris G. Brown, of Indianapolis, Ind., and 11 grandchildren an aged sister, Mrs. Dorcas Street, of Brookstown, Ind. At the age of 71 years, after the death of her daughter, Mrs. Elda Maxwell, she undertook the responsibility of rearing the four motherless children. But on account of failing health she had to give up her task about six weeks ago, and came to live with her daughter, Mrs. M.L. Virden. Short funeral services were held at the home at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon by Rev. Daniel Kazee. The remains were shipped Tuesday to Turon, Kansas, where services were continued. Frank Bowman, undertaker."
Contributor: Cameron Herrell (47967691)
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