Rebecca Brown was an elderly widow, residing in the Cassil Place addition in Carthage, Missouri. Her husband William had preceded her in 1899.
Her age had brought on senility and she took a bad fall in her home and fractured her right femur and, suffering from shock, she passed away.
Her parents were:
FATHER: Philip [or possibly Phillip] Isley
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
MOTHER: Hannah Snepp Isley
Birthplace: Germany
H. Gierhart
Gierhart Undertaking Company was in charge of funeral directions.
Missouri Death Certificate
Informant: George Brown
822 Oak Street
Carthage, MO
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CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
MARCH 24, 1914
MRS. WILLIAM BROWN DIES
FALL PROVES FATAL TO WOMAN 87 YEARS OLD
Mrs. William Brown died at 11:35 o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Black in Cassill Place. Her death was caused by a injuries from a fall which she sustained a week ago today. She was almost 87 years old and had been feeble about fourteen. She was walking across the room when she suddenly gave way and fell. Her hip was fractured and the injury coupled with the shock was too much for her advanced years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Black, with whom she made her home since the death of her husband sixteen years ago, and a son, George Brown of 822 Oak Street. Mrs. and Mrs. Brown moved here from LaFayette, Indiana with their family in 1870. Mr. Brown was a farmer before he came here, but retired on coming to Missouri.
Mrs. Brown, who was a daughter of Phillip Isley, a miller, was the first white child born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. She was the youngest of a family of five children, all of whom are dead.
Before she became feeble Mrs. Brown attended the Lutheran church services regularly thought she was not a member of that church.
She had made her home with her daughter [705 south Main]since her own home was broken up by the death of her husband. Mrs. Brown was one of the pioneer women of Jasper County. She was well acquainted with the pleasures and privations of frontier life. With her husband and family of little children, she made the long trip over land to Minnesota from Indiana in search of health and to make their home on the vast prairie of the northwest. The settled in Wabash county and resided there 14 years, when they removed to this county.
Funeral services were conducted at the Black home in Cassil Place.
Rev. J. D. McCaughtry officiated
Her age had brought on senility and she took a bad fall in her home and fractured her right femur and, suffering from shock, she passed away.
Her parents were:
FATHER: Philip [or possibly Phillip] Isley
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
MOTHER: Hannah Snepp Isley
Birthplace: Germany
H. Gierhart
Gierhart Undertaking Company was in charge of funeral directions.
Missouri Death Certificate
Informant: George Brown
822 Oak Street
Carthage, MO
_________________________________________
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
MARCH 24, 1914
MRS. WILLIAM BROWN DIES
FALL PROVES FATAL TO WOMAN 87 YEARS OLD
Mrs. William Brown died at 11:35 o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Black in Cassill Place. Her death was caused by a injuries from a fall which she sustained a week ago today. She was almost 87 years old and had been feeble about fourteen. She was walking across the room when she suddenly gave way and fell. Her hip was fractured and the injury coupled with the shock was too much for her advanced years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Black, with whom she made her home since the death of her husband sixteen years ago, and a son, George Brown of 822 Oak Street. Mrs. and Mrs. Brown moved here from LaFayette, Indiana with their family in 1870. Mr. Brown was a farmer before he came here, but retired on coming to Missouri.
Mrs. Brown, who was a daughter of Phillip Isley, a miller, was the first white child born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. She was the youngest of a family of five children, all of whom are dead.
Before she became feeble Mrs. Brown attended the Lutheran church services regularly thought she was not a member of that church.
She had made her home with her daughter [705 south Main]since her own home was broken up by the death of her husband. Mrs. Brown was one of the pioneer women of Jasper County. She was well acquainted with the pleasures and privations of frontier life. With her husband and family of little children, she made the long trip over land to Minnesota from Indiana in search of health and to make their home on the vast prairie of the northwest. The settled in Wabash county and resided there 14 years, when they removed to this county.
Funeral services were conducted at the Black home in Cassil Place.
Rev. J. D. McCaughtry officiated
Rebecca Brown was an elderly widow, residing in the Cassil Place addition in Carthage, Missouri. Her husband William had preceded her in 1899.
Her age had brought on senility and she took a bad fall in her home and fractured her right femur and, suffering from shock, she passed away.
Her parents were:
FATHER: Philip [or possibly Phillip] Isley
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
MOTHER: Hannah Snepp Isley
Birthplace: Germany
H. Gierhart
Gierhart Undertaking Company was in charge of funeral directions.
Missouri Death Certificate
Informant: George Brown
822 Oak Street
Carthage, MO
_________________________________________
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
MARCH 24, 1914
MRS. WILLIAM BROWN DIES
FALL PROVES FATAL TO WOMAN 87 YEARS OLD
Mrs. William Brown died at 11:35 o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Black in Cassill Place. Her death was caused by a injuries from a fall which she sustained a week ago today. She was almost 87 years old and had been feeble about fourteen. She was walking across the room when she suddenly gave way and fell. Her hip was fractured and the injury coupled with the shock was too much for her advanced years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Black, with whom she made her home since the death of her husband sixteen years ago, and a son, George Brown of 822 Oak Street. Mrs. and Mrs. Brown moved here from LaFayette, Indiana with their family in 1870. Mr. Brown was a farmer before he came here, but retired on coming to Missouri.
Mrs. Brown, who was a daughter of Phillip Isley, a miller, was the first white child born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. She was the youngest of a family of five children, all of whom are dead.
Before she became feeble Mrs. Brown attended the Lutheran church services regularly thought she was not a member of that church.
She had made her home with her daughter [705 south Main]since her own home was broken up by the death of her husband. Mrs. Brown was one of the pioneer women of Jasper County. She was well acquainted with the pleasures and privations of frontier life. With her husband and family of little children, she made the long trip over land to Minnesota from Indiana in search of health and to make their home on the vast prairie of the northwest. The settled in Wabash county and resided there 14 years, when they removed to this county.
Funeral services were conducted at the Black home in Cassil Place.
Rev. J. D. McCaughtry officiated
Her age had brought on senility and she took a bad fall in her home and fractured her right femur and, suffering from shock, she passed away.
Her parents were:
FATHER: Philip [or possibly Phillip] Isley
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
MOTHER: Hannah Snepp Isley
Birthplace: Germany
H. Gierhart
Gierhart Undertaking Company was in charge of funeral directions.
Missouri Death Certificate
Informant: George Brown
822 Oak Street
Carthage, MO
_________________________________________
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
MARCH 24, 1914
MRS. WILLIAM BROWN DIES
FALL PROVES FATAL TO WOMAN 87 YEARS OLD
Mrs. William Brown died at 11:35 o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Black in Cassill Place. Her death was caused by a injuries from a fall which she sustained a week ago today. She was almost 87 years old and had been feeble about fourteen. She was walking across the room when she suddenly gave way and fell. Her hip was fractured and the injury coupled with the shock was too much for her advanced years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Black, with whom she made her home since the death of her husband sixteen years ago, and a son, George Brown of 822 Oak Street. Mrs. and Mrs. Brown moved here from LaFayette, Indiana with their family in 1870. Mr. Brown was a farmer before he came here, but retired on coming to Missouri.
Mrs. Brown, who was a daughter of Phillip Isley, a miller, was the first white child born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. She was the youngest of a family of five children, all of whom are dead.
Before she became feeble Mrs. Brown attended the Lutheran church services regularly thought she was not a member of that church.
She had made her home with her daughter [705 south Main]since her own home was broken up by the death of her husband. Mrs. Brown was one of the pioneer women of Jasper County. She was well acquainted with the pleasures and privations of frontier life. With her husband and family of little children, she made the long trip over land to Minnesota from Indiana in search of health and to make their home on the vast prairie of the northwest. The settled in Wabash county and resided there 14 years, when they removed to this county.
Funeral services were conducted at the Black home in Cassil Place.
Rev. J. D. McCaughtry officiated
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