Leonidus Brown, son of A.M. and Nancy Al Phillips Brown was born in Clay County, Missouri, August 27, 1861, and passed away suddenly at the home in Norborne, July 30, 1946, at the age of 84 years. At the age of nine, he moved with his parents to Wyandotte County, Kansas, here he spent his young manhood. He watched the developmnet of Kansas City from a very small river town and lived to see it become a thriving metropolis.
In 1881 he moved to Carroll County, Missouri, settling on a farm near Bingham in Trotter Township. On September 16, 1883, he was united in marriage with Jennie Brown, daughter of Theodore and Mary Elizabeth Falke Brown, also of Carroll County. The long span of years spent together was characterized by a very close companionship and an unusual devotion to each other. No children were born to this union, but nieces and nephews and neighboring children delighted in visiting in their home where they were always good neighbors and staunch friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown continued to live in the Bingham community until 1896 when they moved to a farm near Roads in Fairfield Township. They maintained this home until 1940, when failing health and advanced years influenced them to move to Norborne. This had since been their home.
In early manhood Mr. Brown was converted and became a Christian, and in 1919 he placed his membership with the Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church. Religion was always one of the paramount interests in his life. He read the Bible diligently, and believed in practicing its teachings daily.
Lon Brown's interment was in Fairhaven Cemetery, Norborne, Carroll, Missouri.
In 1881 he moved to Carroll County, Missouri, settling on a farm near Bingham in Trotter Township. On September 16, 1883, he was united in marriage with Jennie Brown, daughter of Theodore and Mary Elizabeth Falke Brown, also of Carroll County. The long span of years spent together was characterized by a very close companionship and an unusual devotion to each other. No children were born to this union, but nieces and nephews and neighboring children delighted in visiting in their home where they were always good neighbors and staunch friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown continued to live in the Bingham community until 1896 when they moved to a farm near Roads in Fairfield Township. They maintained this home until 1940, when failing health and advanced years influenced them to move to Norborne. This had since been their home.
In early manhood Mr. Brown was converted and became a Christian, and in 1919 he placed his membership with the Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church. Religion was always one of the paramount interests in his life. He read the Bible diligently, and believed in practicing its teachings daily.
Lon Brown's interment was in Fairhaven Cemetery, Norborne, Carroll, Missouri.
Leonidus Brown, son of A.M. and Nancy Al Phillips Brown was born in Clay County, Missouri, August 27, 1861, and passed away suddenly at the home in Norborne, July 30, 1946, at the age of 84 years. At the age of nine, he moved with his parents to Wyandotte County, Kansas, here he spent his young manhood. He watched the developmnet of Kansas City from a very small river town and lived to see it become a thriving metropolis.
In 1881 he moved to Carroll County, Missouri, settling on a farm near Bingham in Trotter Township. On September 16, 1883, he was united in marriage with Jennie Brown, daughter of Theodore and Mary Elizabeth Falke Brown, also of Carroll County. The long span of years spent together was characterized by a very close companionship and an unusual devotion to each other. No children were born to this union, but nieces and nephews and neighboring children delighted in visiting in their home where they were always good neighbors and staunch friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown continued to live in the Bingham community until 1896 when they moved to a farm near Roads in Fairfield Township. They maintained this home until 1940, when failing health and advanced years influenced them to move to Norborne. This had since been their home.
In early manhood Mr. Brown was converted and became a Christian, and in 1919 he placed his membership with the Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church. Religion was always one of the paramount interests in his life. He read the Bible diligently, and believed in practicing its teachings daily.
Lon Brown's interment was in Fairhaven Cemetery, Norborne, Carroll, Missouri.
In 1881 he moved to Carroll County, Missouri, settling on a farm near Bingham in Trotter Township. On September 16, 1883, he was united in marriage with Jennie Brown, daughter of Theodore and Mary Elizabeth Falke Brown, also of Carroll County. The long span of years spent together was characterized by a very close companionship and an unusual devotion to each other. No children were born to this union, but nieces and nephews and neighboring children delighted in visiting in their home where they were always good neighbors and staunch friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown continued to live in the Bingham community until 1896 when they moved to a farm near Roads in Fairfield Township. They maintained this home until 1940, when failing health and advanced years influenced them to move to Norborne. This had since been their home.
In early manhood Mr. Brown was converted and became a Christian, and in 1919 he placed his membership with the Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church. Religion was always one of the paramount interests in his life. He read the Bible diligently, and believed in practicing its teachings daily.
Lon Brown's interment was in Fairhaven Cemetery, Norborne, Carroll, Missouri.
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