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Oregon Pioneer,
Arrived Eugene, OT, 1852 Wagon Train
Obituary for John Brown:
January 2, 1894
"Another one of the pioneers of Lane county and the state of Oregon has passed away. Last evening, at 9:15 o'clock, John Brown died as his residence in this city, of paralysis and the la grippe, aged 83 years and 6 days. Uncle Johnny Brown, as he was familiarly called by all, was born in Tennessee, December 26, 1810; was married to Mary Graham in Missouri, in the year 1835; came to Oregon in 1852 settling on a farm near Irving; moved to Eugene in 1870, where he has since continuously resided. Six children are left to mourn his death: Thomas Brown of Eugene, John Brown of Pendleton,Mrs. Sarah J. Beal of Pendleton, Jackson Brown of Creswell***, and Mrs. Mary M. Bucknell of Iowa, besides many relatives and friends. His wife died on Christmas day four years ago, while one of his sons, Benjamin, died on New Years day, 1858. Mr. Brown united with the old school Baptist Church in 1869, and was a consistent member of the same until his death. He received a severe fall the 6th day of last July, and since that time had been confined to his bed in a helpless condition. John Brown was respected by every one who knew him as he was an honest, kind, charitable citizen. When such a man dies the people mourn his loss.
The funeral will take place from his late residence, corner Eighth and Lincoln streets, Wednesday morning, Jan. 8 at 11 o'clock, to the Mulkey cemetary. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend."
--p. 129, Oregon Pioneers, volume 3
*** NOTE: John Brown did not have a child named Jackson Brown. This should have read "Mrs. Berrilla Brown Jackson" of Creswell.
Diary of John Brown
Places of Residence:
1852 Arrived in Oregon and soon took a
Donation Land Claim, DLC #1653
River Road, North of Beacon Dr, Luckey Ln,
Luper Cemetery, East to Willamette River,
Much of present day Thistledown Farm
John Brown, Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Assco, June 15th 1887
"1862 went to McKenzie, 20 miles east"
"also lived for a time on Camp Creek"
1894 time of death, Northwest corner of 8th & Lincoln
GEM notes 2/12/02: When I was a young lad, in about 1962, “Aunt” Ada Brown was visiting my mother, Sarah Jane Bennett Mertz, here in Eugene. We took Aunt Ada to the Pioneer Cemetery, where she showed us the graves of her parents John D. & Ella Brown. My family later went back and did some landscape work, sprucing up the graves as promised Aunt Ada, as she had purchased a grave marker and was having it placed on the graves. As I remember, it was on that same visit to Eugene, that we went up to the Mulkey Cemetery where Aunt Ada walked right to a spot where she said her Grandparents, John and Mary Brown were buried. As I remember, it was a "field" in the north-northwest corner area of the cemetery, just beyond the Wilcox Plot (where we stopped to visit Rosanna Wilcox's Grave). There were no markers as such, but very obvious that graves were located there. Today, this area is covered by houses.
Oregon Pioneer,
Arrived Eugene, OT, 1852 Wagon Train
Obituary for John Brown:
January 2, 1894
"Another one of the pioneers of Lane county and the state of Oregon has passed away. Last evening, at 9:15 o'clock, John Brown died as his residence in this city, of paralysis and the la grippe, aged 83 years and 6 days. Uncle Johnny Brown, as he was familiarly called by all, was born in Tennessee, December 26, 1810; was married to Mary Graham in Missouri, in the year 1835; came to Oregon in 1852 settling on a farm near Irving; moved to Eugene in 1870, where he has since continuously resided. Six children are left to mourn his death: Thomas Brown of Eugene, John Brown of Pendleton,Mrs. Sarah J. Beal of Pendleton, Jackson Brown of Creswell***, and Mrs. Mary M. Bucknell of Iowa, besides many relatives and friends. His wife died on Christmas day four years ago, while one of his sons, Benjamin, died on New Years day, 1858. Mr. Brown united with the old school Baptist Church in 1869, and was a consistent member of the same until his death. He received a severe fall the 6th day of last July, and since that time had been confined to his bed in a helpless condition. John Brown was respected by every one who knew him as he was an honest, kind, charitable citizen. When such a man dies the people mourn his loss.
The funeral will take place from his late residence, corner Eighth and Lincoln streets, Wednesday morning, Jan. 8 at 11 o'clock, to the Mulkey cemetary. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend."
--p. 129, Oregon Pioneers, volume 3
*** NOTE: John Brown did not have a child named Jackson Brown. This should have read "Mrs. Berrilla Brown Jackson" of Creswell.
Diary of John Brown
Places of Residence:
1852 Arrived in Oregon and soon took a
Donation Land Claim, DLC #1653
River Road, North of Beacon Dr, Luckey Ln,
Luper Cemetery, East to Willamette River,
Much of present day Thistledown Farm
John Brown, Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Assco, June 15th 1887
"1862 went to McKenzie, 20 miles east"
"also lived for a time on Camp Creek"
1894 time of death, Northwest corner of 8th & Lincoln
GEM notes 2/12/02: When I was a young lad, in about 1962, “Aunt” Ada Brown was visiting my mother, Sarah Jane Bennett Mertz, here in Eugene. We took Aunt Ada to the Pioneer Cemetery, where she showed us the graves of her parents John D. & Ella Brown. My family later went back and did some landscape work, sprucing up the graves as promised Aunt Ada, as she had purchased a grave marker and was having it placed on the graves. As I remember, it was on that same visit to Eugene, that we went up to the Mulkey Cemetery where Aunt Ada walked right to a spot where she said her Grandparents, John and Mary Brown were buried. As I remember, it was a "field" in the north-northwest corner area of the cemetery, just beyond the Wilcox Plot (where we stopped to visit Rosanna Wilcox's Grave). There were no markers as such, but very obvious that graves were located there. Today, this area is covered by houses.
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Oregon Pioneer,
Arrived Eugene, OT, 1852 Wagon Train
Obituary for John Brown:
January 2, 1894
"Another one of the pioneers of Lane county and the state of Oregon has passed away. Last evening, at 9:15 o'clock, John Brown died as his residence in this city, of paralysis and the la grippe, aged 83 years and 6 days. Uncle Johnny Brown, as he was familiarly called by all, was born in Tennessee, December 26, 1810; was married to Mary Graham in Missouri, in the year 1835; came to Oregon in 1852 settling on a farm near Irving; moved to Eugene in 1870, where he has since continuously resided. Six children are left to mourn his death: Thomas Brown of Eugene, John Brown of Pendleton,Mrs. Sarah J. Beal of Pendleton, Jackson Brown of Creswell***, and Mrs. Mary M. Bucknell of Iowa, besides many relatives and friends. His wife died on Christmas day four years ago, while one of his sons, Benjamin, died on New Years day, 1858. Mr. Brown united with the old school Baptist Church in 1869, and was a consistent member of the same until his death. He received a severe fall the 6th day of last July, and since that time had been confined to his bed in a helpless condition. John Brown was respected by every one who knew him as he was an honest, kind, charitable citizen. When such a man dies the people mourn his loss.
The funeral will take place from his late residence, corner Eighth and Lincoln streets, Wednesday morning, Jan. 8 at 11 o'clock, to the Mulkey cemetary. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend."
--p. 129, Oregon Pioneers, volume 3
*** NOTE: John Brown did not have a child named Jackson Brown. This should have read "Mrs. Berrilla Brown Jackson" of Creswell.
Diary of John Brown
Places of Residence:
1852 Arrived in Oregon and soon took a
Donation Land Claim, DLC #1653
River Road, North of Beacon Dr, Luckey Ln,
Luper Cemetery, East to Willamette River,
Much of present day Thistledown Farm
John Brown, Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Assco, June 15th 1887
"1862 went to McKenzie, 20 miles east"
"also lived for a time on Camp Creek"
1894 time of death, Northwest corner of 8th & Lincoln
GEM notes 2/12/02: When I was a young lad, in about 1962, “Aunt” Ada Brown was visiting my mother, Sarah Jane Bennett Mertz, here in Eugene. We took Aunt Ada to the Pioneer Cemetery, where she showed us the graves of her parents John D. & Ella Brown. My family later went back and did some landscape work, sprucing up the graves as promised Aunt Ada, as she had purchased a grave marker and was having it placed on the graves. As I remember, it was on that same visit to Eugene, that we went up to the Mulkey Cemetery where Aunt Ada walked right to a spot where she said her Grandparents, John and Mary Brown were buried. As I remember, it was a "field" in the north-northwest corner area of the cemetery, just beyond the Wilcox Plot (where we stopped to visit Rosanna Wilcox's Grave). There were no markers as such, but very obvious that graves were located there. Today, this area is covered by houses.
Oregon Pioneer,
Arrived Eugene, OT, 1852 Wagon Train
Obituary for John Brown:
January 2, 1894
"Another one of the pioneers of Lane county and the state of Oregon has passed away. Last evening, at 9:15 o'clock, John Brown died as his residence in this city, of paralysis and the la grippe, aged 83 years and 6 days. Uncle Johnny Brown, as he was familiarly called by all, was born in Tennessee, December 26, 1810; was married to Mary Graham in Missouri, in the year 1835; came to Oregon in 1852 settling on a farm near Irving; moved to Eugene in 1870, where he has since continuously resided. Six children are left to mourn his death: Thomas Brown of Eugene, John Brown of Pendleton,Mrs. Sarah J. Beal of Pendleton, Jackson Brown of Creswell***, and Mrs. Mary M. Bucknell of Iowa, besides many relatives and friends. His wife died on Christmas day four years ago, while one of his sons, Benjamin, died on New Years day, 1858. Mr. Brown united with the old school Baptist Church in 1869, and was a consistent member of the same until his death. He received a severe fall the 6th day of last July, and since that time had been confined to his bed in a helpless condition. John Brown was respected by every one who knew him as he was an honest, kind, charitable citizen. When such a man dies the people mourn his loss.
The funeral will take place from his late residence, corner Eighth and Lincoln streets, Wednesday morning, Jan. 8 at 11 o'clock, to the Mulkey cemetary. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend."
--p. 129, Oregon Pioneers, volume 3
*** NOTE: John Brown did not have a child named Jackson Brown. This should have read "Mrs. Berrilla Brown Jackson" of Creswell.
Diary of John Brown
Places of Residence:
1852 Arrived in Oregon and soon took a
Donation Land Claim, DLC #1653
River Road, North of Beacon Dr, Luckey Ln,
Luper Cemetery, East to Willamette River,
Much of present day Thistledown Farm
John Brown, Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Assco, June 15th 1887
"1862 went to McKenzie, 20 miles east"
"also lived for a time on Camp Creek"
1894 time of death, Northwest corner of 8th & Lincoln
GEM notes 2/12/02: When I was a young lad, in about 1962, “Aunt” Ada Brown was visiting my mother, Sarah Jane Bennett Mertz, here in Eugene. We took Aunt Ada to the Pioneer Cemetery, where she showed us the graves of her parents John D. & Ella Brown. My family later went back and did some landscape work, sprucing up the graves as promised Aunt Ada, as she had purchased a grave marker and was having it placed on the graves. As I remember, it was on that same visit to Eugene, that we went up to the Mulkey Cemetery where Aunt Ada walked right to a spot where she said her Grandparents, John and Mary Brown were buried. As I remember, it was a "field" in the north-northwest corner area of the cemetery, just beyond the Wilcox Plot (where we stopped to visit Rosanna Wilcox's Grave). There were no markers as such, but very obvious that graves were located there. Today, this area is covered by houses.
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