Times Newspaper, Munster, Indiana - Monday, September 13, 1922:
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday for Cleo Brown, Indiana's oldest veteran and one of the last survivors of the Spanish-American War who died at the age of 102. Cleo Garfield Brown will be buried with military honors in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. He died Saturday in the Roudebush Veterans Medical Center.
Brown was born at Campbellsburg and left high school in 1898 responding to President William McKinley's request for volunteers to fight the Spanish in Cuba. After cavalry training with his hand-picked horse, Axlegrease, he embarked on the military campaign but never reached Cuba. Instead, he was sent with the U.S. Army Third Cavalry to the Philippines where he fought the Spanish in five battles and eighteen engagements. He was discharged from the military in 1901.
Brown served twice as national commander-in-chief of the Spanish-American War Veterans. As a civilian, Brown worked 47 years for the Big 4 Railroad, retiring in 1949 ats head conductor. One of the former soldier's favorite hobbies was growing flowers which he continued to do until well past his 99th birthday.
Honors were bestowed on Brown by City officials and Governors. Several years ago, former President Gerald Ford bestowed him the honorary rank of four stars of general. A familiar figure in Indianapolis, he had ridden in every "500" Festival parade.
His wife, Eva, died in 1975. Survivors include three daughters, Gertrude Bainter, Pauline Myers, and Ethelmae Cooksey; and two sons, Russell C. and James A. Brown.
Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday for Cleo Brown, Indiana's oldest veteran and one of the last survivors of the Spanish-American War who died at the age of 102. Cleo Garfield Brown will be buried with military honors in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. He died Saturday in the Roudebush Veterans Medical Center.
Brown was born at Campbellsburg and left high school in 1898 responding to President William McKinley's request for volunteers to fight the Spanish in Cuba. After cavalry training with his hand-picked horse, Axlegrease, he embarked on the military campaign but never reached Cuba. Instead, he was sent with the U.S. Army Third Cavalry to the Philippines where he fought the Spanish in five battles and eighteen engagements. He was discharged from the military in 1901.
Brown served twice as national commander-in-chief of the Spanish-American War Veterans. As a civilian, Brown worked 47 years for the Big 4 Railroad, retiring in 1949 ats head conductor. One of the former soldier's favorite hobbies was growing flowers which he continued to do until well past his 99th birthday.
Honors were bestowed on Brown by City officials and Governors. Several years ago, former President Gerald Ford bestowed him the honorary rank of four stars of general. A familiar figure in Indianapolis, he had ridden in every "500" Festival parade.
His wife, Eva, died in 1975. Survivors include three daughters, Gertrude Bainter, Pauline Myers, and Ethelmae Cooksey; and two sons, Russell C. and James A. Brown.
Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home.
Times Newspaper, Munster, Indiana - Monday, September 13, 1922:
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday for Cleo Brown, Indiana's oldest veteran and one of the last survivors of the Spanish-American War who died at the age of 102. Cleo Garfield Brown will be buried with military honors in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. He died Saturday in the Roudebush Veterans Medical Center.
Brown was born at Campbellsburg and left high school in 1898 responding to President William McKinley's request for volunteers to fight the Spanish in Cuba. After cavalry training with his hand-picked horse, Axlegrease, he embarked on the military campaign but never reached Cuba. Instead, he was sent with the U.S. Army Third Cavalry to the Philippines where he fought the Spanish in five battles and eighteen engagements. He was discharged from the military in 1901.
Brown served twice as national commander-in-chief of the Spanish-American War Veterans. As a civilian, Brown worked 47 years for the Big 4 Railroad, retiring in 1949 ats head conductor. One of the former soldier's favorite hobbies was growing flowers which he continued to do until well past his 99th birthday.
Honors were bestowed on Brown by City officials and Governors. Several years ago, former President Gerald Ford bestowed him the honorary rank of four stars of general. A familiar figure in Indianapolis, he had ridden in every "500" Festival parade.
His wife, Eva, died in 1975. Survivors include three daughters, Gertrude Bainter, Pauline Myers, and Ethelmae Cooksey; and two sons, Russell C. and James A. Brown.
Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday for Cleo Brown, Indiana's oldest veteran and one of the last survivors of the Spanish-American War who died at the age of 102. Cleo Garfield Brown will be buried with military honors in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. He died Saturday in the Roudebush Veterans Medical Center.
Brown was born at Campbellsburg and left high school in 1898 responding to President William McKinley's request for volunteers to fight the Spanish in Cuba. After cavalry training with his hand-picked horse, Axlegrease, he embarked on the military campaign but never reached Cuba. Instead, he was sent with the U.S. Army Third Cavalry to the Philippines where he fought the Spanish in five battles and eighteen engagements. He was discharged from the military in 1901.
Brown served twice as national commander-in-chief of the Spanish-American War Veterans. As a civilian, Brown worked 47 years for the Big 4 Railroad, retiring in 1949 ats head conductor. One of the former soldier's favorite hobbies was growing flowers which he continued to do until well past his 99th birthday.
Honors were bestowed on Brown by City officials and Governors. Several years ago, former President Gerald Ford bestowed him the honorary rank of four stars of general. A familiar figure in Indianapolis, he had ridden in every "500" Festival parade.
His wife, Eva, died in 1975. Survivors include three daughters, Gertrude Bainter, Pauline Myers, and Ethelmae Cooksey; and two sons, Russell C. and James A. Brown.
Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home.
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TRP A 3 REGT US CAV
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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burial: SEP 14,1982; Same marker with Eva May Brown
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