Daily Gazette (Martinez, California)
January 16, 1922 (Monday)
"MRS. CAROLINE BROWN, PIONEER OF CAL., ANSWERS FINAL SUMMONS. [Portrait of Caroline Brown with the following caption] Mrs. Caroline Brown, Widow of the late Judge Thomas A. Brown, Pioneer of Contra Costa County.
On Saturday evening shortly after six o'clock death summoned one more of California's pioneer women when Mrs. Caroline T[hela] Brown [nee Camron], widow of the late Judge Thomas A. Brown, passed away at her home at the corner of Ward and Las Juntas streets.
Mrs. Judge Brown, as she was generally known among her friends and acquaintances throughout Contra Costa county who were numbered by the hundreds, was 88 years of age, a native of Bernadott, Fulton county, Illinois.
The death of Mrs. Brown marks the passing of one of the few remaining friends of Abraham Lincoln for it was at her childhood home on the Sagamon river in Illinois that she knew Lincoln when he worked in a grist mill owned and operated by her father Rev. John Cameron [Camron].
To her intimate friends here, Mrs. Brown frequently told of seeing Lincoln when he worked at her father's mill and she also related the entrancing tale of the martyred President's romance and engagement to Mrs. Brown's cousin, Ann Rutledge.
Many who are familiar with the life history of Lincoln will recall the story of his romance with Ann Rutledge when he worked on the banks of Sagamon in the Cameron and Orendorff mill. Ann Rutledge was a first cousin of Mrs. Brown.
After Lincoln and Ann Rutledge were engaged to be married, she was taken ill and died and for many months after the man who was later to direct the destiny of the nation grieved over the loss of his first love.
When Mrs. Brown was fifteen years old her parents decided to migrate to California with the first gold rush of 1849 and in a prairie schooner they came west settling first at Long's Bar near Sacramento where they mined for several months. Early in 1850 they removed to Martinez where Mrs. Brown has made her home since that time with the exception of a few months spent at Bodega Bay in Sonoma county during 1851.
In 1850 Rev. Cameron, father of the deceased, erected the first brick house in Martinez at the corner of Green and Las Juntas streets. This building stood for many years but was finally torn down.
On the 20th of May, 1851 Mrs. Brown was married to her late husband.
During her entire life Mrs. Brown was an active church worker and was a moving spirit in the community during the pioneer days. With a number of other friends during the early fifties she joined in the establishment of the Episcopal church in this city. Prior to that time Mrs. Brown and a party from Martinez attended church in Benicia, making the trip across the bay every Sunday morning.
Mrs. Brown was a woman of high ideals who was loved and esteemed by all who came to know her and was a prominent figure in the civic and religious activities in Martinez during the early days.
For some time past she has been in declining health and for several weeks proceeding her death on Saturday evening she was confined to her bed. She is survived by two sons, Elam C. Brown, former surveyor of Contra Costa county, and Byron Brown, both residents of this city. Her third son, Wallace Brown, passed away here a short time ago. She also leaves one sister.
Funeral arrangements are being made by the J. F. Brunscher parlors and services will be held from the Grace Episcopal church on Las Juntas street on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. E. G. Davies will officiate. Since the erection of Grace church here many years ago the deceased was a regular attendant. The body will be at the Brown home at the corner of Ward and Las Juntas streets until the time of the funeral."
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Daily Gazette (Martinez, California)
January 17, 1922 (Tuesday)
"MRS. BROWN LAID TO REST IN TOMB HERE TUESDAY.
At two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the final services over the remains of the late Mrs. Caroline T[hela] Brown [nee Camron], pioneer of this city, who passed away on Saturday evening, were held from the Episcopal church here. Rev. E. G. Davies officiating.
The services were attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances of the deceased pioneer matron and the Grace Episcopal church on Las Juntas street that she helped to build many year ago, was appropriately decorated for the services.
Following the services at the church, the remains were conveyed to the family tomb in the Alhambra cemetery where interment was made."∼Died at the age of 86.
January 16, 1922 (Monday)
"MRS. CAROLINE BROWN, PIONEER OF CAL., ANSWERS FINAL SUMMONS. [Portrait of Caroline Brown with the following caption] Mrs. Caroline Brown, Widow of the late Judge Thomas A. Brown, Pioneer of Contra Costa County.
On Saturday evening shortly after six o'clock death summoned one more of California's pioneer women when Mrs. Caroline T[hela] Brown [nee Camron], widow of the late Judge Thomas A. Brown, passed away at her home at the corner of Ward and Las Juntas streets.
Mrs. Judge Brown, as she was generally known among her friends and acquaintances throughout Contra Costa county who were numbered by the hundreds, was 88 years of age, a native of Bernadott, Fulton county, Illinois.
The death of Mrs. Brown marks the passing of one of the few remaining friends of Abraham Lincoln for it was at her childhood home on the Sagamon river in Illinois that she knew Lincoln when he worked in a grist mill owned and operated by her father Rev. John Cameron [Camron].
To her intimate friends here, Mrs. Brown frequently told of seeing Lincoln when he worked at her father's mill and she also related the entrancing tale of the martyred President's romance and engagement to Mrs. Brown's cousin, Ann Rutledge.
Many who are familiar with the life history of Lincoln will recall the story of his romance with Ann Rutledge when he worked on the banks of Sagamon in the Cameron and Orendorff mill. Ann Rutledge was a first cousin of Mrs. Brown.
After Lincoln and Ann Rutledge were engaged to be married, she was taken ill and died and for many months after the man who was later to direct the destiny of the nation grieved over the loss of his first love.
When Mrs. Brown was fifteen years old her parents decided to migrate to California with the first gold rush of 1849 and in a prairie schooner they came west settling first at Long's Bar near Sacramento where they mined for several months. Early in 1850 they removed to Martinez where Mrs. Brown has made her home since that time with the exception of a few months spent at Bodega Bay in Sonoma county during 1851.
In 1850 Rev. Cameron, father of the deceased, erected the first brick house in Martinez at the corner of Green and Las Juntas streets. This building stood for many years but was finally torn down.
On the 20th of May, 1851 Mrs. Brown was married to her late husband.
During her entire life Mrs. Brown was an active church worker and was a moving spirit in the community during the pioneer days. With a number of other friends during the early fifties she joined in the establishment of the Episcopal church in this city. Prior to that time Mrs. Brown and a party from Martinez attended church in Benicia, making the trip across the bay every Sunday morning.
Mrs. Brown was a woman of high ideals who was loved and esteemed by all who came to know her and was a prominent figure in the civic and religious activities in Martinez during the early days.
For some time past she has been in declining health and for several weeks proceeding her death on Saturday evening she was confined to her bed. She is survived by two sons, Elam C. Brown, former surveyor of Contra Costa county, and Byron Brown, both residents of this city. Her third son, Wallace Brown, passed away here a short time ago. She also leaves one sister.
Funeral arrangements are being made by the J. F. Brunscher parlors and services will be held from the Grace Episcopal church on Las Juntas street on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. E. G. Davies will officiate. Since the erection of Grace church here many years ago the deceased was a regular attendant. The body will be at the Brown home at the corner of Ward and Las Juntas streets until the time of the funeral."
AND
Daily Gazette (Martinez, California)
January 17, 1922 (Tuesday)
"MRS. BROWN LAID TO REST IN TOMB HERE TUESDAY.
At two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the final services over the remains of the late Mrs. Caroline T[hela] Brown [nee Camron], pioneer of this city, who passed away on Saturday evening, were held from the Episcopal church here. Rev. E. G. Davies officiating.
The services were attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances of the deceased pioneer matron and the Grace Episcopal church on Las Juntas street that she helped to build many year ago, was appropriately decorated for the services.
Following the services at the church, the remains were conveyed to the family tomb in the Alhambra cemetery where interment was made."∼Died at the age of 86.
Daily Gazette (Martinez, California)
January 16, 1922 (Monday)
"MRS. CAROLINE BROWN, PIONEER OF CAL., ANSWERS FINAL SUMMONS. [Portrait of Caroline Brown with the following caption] Mrs. Caroline Brown, Widow of the late Judge Thomas A. Brown, Pioneer of Contra Costa County.
On Saturday evening shortly after six o'clock death summoned one more of California's pioneer women when Mrs. Caroline T[hela] Brown [nee Camron], widow of the late Judge Thomas A. Brown, passed away at her home at the corner of Ward and Las Juntas streets.
Mrs. Judge Brown, as she was generally known among her friends and acquaintances throughout Contra Costa county who were numbered by the hundreds, was 88 years of age, a native of Bernadott, Fulton county, Illinois.
The death of Mrs. Brown marks the passing of one of the few remaining friends of Abraham Lincoln for it was at her childhood home on the Sagamon river in Illinois that she knew Lincoln when he worked in a grist mill owned and operated by her father Rev. John Cameron [Camron].
To her intimate friends here, Mrs. Brown frequently told of seeing Lincoln when he worked at her father's mill and she also related the entrancing tale of the martyred President's romance and engagement to Mrs. Brown's cousin, Ann Rutledge.
Many who are familiar with the life history of Lincoln will recall the story of his romance with Ann Rutledge when he worked on the banks of Sagamon in the Cameron and Orendorff mill. Ann Rutledge was a first cousin of Mrs. Brown.
After Lincoln and Ann Rutledge were engaged to be married, she was taken ill and died and for many months after the man who was later to direct the destiny of the nation grieved over the loss of his first love.
When Mrs. Brown was fifteen years old her parents decided to migrate to California with the first gold rush of 1849 and in a prairie schooner they came west settling first at Long's Bar near Sacramento where they mined for several months. Early in 1850 they removed to Martinez where Mrs. Brown has made her home since that time with the exception of a few months spent at Bodega Bay in Sonoma county during 1851.
In 1850 Rev. Cameron, father of the deceased, erected the first brick house in Martinez at the corner of Green and Las Juntas streets. This building stood for many years but was finally torn down.
On the 20th of May, 1851 Mrs. Brown was married to her late husband.
During her entire life Mrs. Brown was an active church worker and was a moving spirit in the community during the pioneer days. With a number of other friends during the early fifties she joined in the establishment of the Episcopal church in this city. Prior to that time Mrs. Brown and a party from Martinez attended church in Benicia, making the trip across the bay every Sunday morning.
Mrs. Brown was a woman of high ideals who was loved and esteemed by all who came to know her and was a prominent figure in the civic and religious activities in Martinez during the early days.
For some time past she has been in declining health and for several weeks proceeding her death on Saturday evening she was confined to her bed. She is survived by two sons, Elam C. Brown, former surveyor of Contra Costa county, and Byron Brown, both residents of this city. Her third son, Wallace Brown, passed away here a short time ago. She also leaves one sister.
Funeral arrangements are being made by the J. F. Brunscher parlors and services will be held from the Grace Episcopal church on Las Juntas street on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. E. G. Davies will officiate. Since the erection of Grace church here many years ago the deceased was a regular attendant. The body will be at the Brown home at the corner of Ward and Las Juntas streets until the time of the funeral."
AND
Daily Gazette (Martinez, California)
January 17, 1922 (Tuesday)
"MRS. BROWN LAID TO REST IN TOMB HERE TUESDAY.
At two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the final services over the remains of the late Mrs. Caroline T[hela] Brown [nee Camron], pioneer of this city, who passed away on Saturday evening, were held from the Episcopal church here. Rev. E. G. Davies officiating.
The services were attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances of the deceased pioneer matron and the Grace Episcopal church on Las Juntas street that she helped to build many year ago, was appropriately decorated for the services.
Following the services at the church, the remains were conveyed to the family tomb in the Alhambra cemetery where interment was made."∼Died at the age of 86.
January 16, 1922 (Monday)
"MRS. CAROLINE BROWN, PIONEER OF CAL., ANSWERS FINAL SUMMONS. [Portrait of Caroline Brown with the following caption] Mrs. Caroline Brown, Widow of the late Judge Thomas A. Brown, Pioneer of Contra Costa County.
On Saturday evening shortly after six o'clock death summoned one more of California's pioneer women when Mrs. Caroline T[hela] Brown [nee Camron], widow of the late Judge Thomas A. Brown, passed away at her home at the corner of Ward and Las Juntas streets.
Mrs. Judge Brown, as she was generally known among her friends and acquaintances throughout Contra Costa county who were numbered by the hundreds, was 88 years of age, a native of Bernadott, Fulton county, Illinois.
The death of Mrs. Brown marks the passing of one of the few remaining friends of Abraham Lincoln for it was at her childhood home on the Sagamon river in Illinois that she knew Lincoln when he worked in a grist mill owned and operated by her father Rev. John Cameron [Camron].
To her intimate friends here, Mrs. Brown frequently told of seeing Lincoln when he worked at her father's mill and she also related the entrancing tale of the martyred President's romance and engagement to Mrs. Brown's cousin, Ann Rutledge.
Many who are familiar with the life history of Lincoln will recall the story of his romance with Ann Rutledge when he worked on the banks of Sagamon in the Cameron and Orendorff mill. Ann Rutledge was a first cousin of Mrs. Brown.
After Lincoln and Ann Rutledge were engaged to be married, she was taken ill and died and for many months after the man who was later to direct the destiny of the nation grieved over the loss of his first love.
When Mrs. Brown was fifteen years old her parents decided to migrate to California with the first gold rush of 1849 and in a prairie schooner they came west settling first at Long's Bar near Sacramento where they mined for several months. Early in 1850 they removed to Martinez where Mrs. Brown has made her home since that time with the exception of a few months spent at Bodega Bay in Sonoma county during 1851.
In 1850 Rev. Cameron, father of the deceased, erected the first brick house in Martinez at the corner of Green and Las Juntas streets. This building stood for many years but was finally torn down.
On the 20th of May, 1851 Mrs. Brown was married to her late husband.
During her entire life Mrs. Brown was an active church worker and was a moving spirit in the community during the pioneer days. With a number of other friends during the early fifties she joined in the establishment of the Episcopal church in this city. Prior to that time Mrs. Brown and a party from Martinez attended church in Benicia, making the trip across the bay every Sunday morning.
Mrs. Brown was a woman of high ideals who was loved and esteemed by all who came to know her and was a prominent figure in the civic and religious activities in Martinez during the early days.
For some time past she has been in declining health and for several weeks proceeding her death on Saturday evening she was confined to her bed. She is survived by two sons, Elam C. Brown, former surveyor of Contra Costa county, and Byron Brown, both residents of this city. Her third son, Wallace Brown, passed away here a short time ago. She also leaves one sister.
Funeral arrangements are being made by the J. F. Brunscher parlors and services will be held from the Grace Episcopal church on Las Juntas street on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. E. G. Davies will officiate. Since the erection of Grace church here many years ago the deceased was a regular attendant. The body will be at the Brown home at the corner of Ward and Las Juntas streets until the time of the funeral."
AND
Daily Gazette (Martinez, California)
January 17, 1922 (Tuesday)
"MRS. BROWN LAID TO REST IN TOMB HERE TUESDAY.
At two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the final services over the remains of the late Mrs. Caroline T[hela] Brown [nee Camron], pioneer of this city, who passed away on Saturday evening, were held from the Episcopal church here. Rev. E. G. Davies officiating.
The services were attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances of the deceased pioneer matron and the Grace Episcopal church on Las Juntas street that she helped to build many year ago, was appropriately decorated for the services.
Following the services at the church, the remains were conveyed to the family tomb in the Alhambra cemetery where interment was made."∼Died at the age of 86.
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