Tonasket, Aug. 30 - Turner G. Brown, 74, resident of Okanogan and Methow valleys for the past 45 years, died Tuesday in the Tonasket hospital. He had been in poor health the past four years.
Born on Mar 11, 1876, in Gillman, Iowa. Mr. Brown left Wessington, South Dakota in 1905 for the West. He shipped his belongings to Coulee City by train and from there by wagon freight to his homestead site in the Methow valley. Mr. Brown was one of the early settlers in the valley.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 1941.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Frank Hunter of Brewster and Mrs. Vera Jones of Seattle; two sons, Glynn Brown and Ellsworth Brown, both of Tonasket; one sister; Mrs. Andy Brownlee of Seattle; one brother, Ben Brown of Antelope, Saskatchewan, Canada; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Washington Death Certificate
Name: Turner G. Brown
Death Date: 29 Aug 1950
Death Place: Tonasket, Okanogan, Washington
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 74 years 5 months 18 days
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1876
Father's Name: Joshua Brown
Film Number: 2032912
Digital GS Number: 4223303
Image Number: 2581
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 14196
Tonasket, Aug. 30 - Turner G. Brown, 74, resident of Okanogan and Methow valleys for the past 45 years, died Tuesday in the Tonasket hospital. He had been in poor health the past four years.
Born on Mar 11, 1876, in Gillman, Iowa. Mr. Brown left Wessington, South Dakota in 1905 for the West. He shipped his belongings to Coulee City by train and from there by wagon freight to his homestead site in the Methow valley. Mr. Brown was one of the early settlers in the valley.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 1941.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Frank Hunter of Brewster and Mrs. Vera Jones of Seattle; two sons, Glynn Brown and Ellsworth Brown, both of Tonasket; one sister; Mrs. Andy Brownlee of Seattle; one brother, Ben Brown of Antelope, Saskatchewan, Canada; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Washington Death Certificate
Name: Turner G. Brown
Death Date: 29 Aug 1950
Death Place: Tonasket, Okanogan, Washington
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 74 years 5 months 18 days
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1876
Father's Name: Joshua Brown
Film Number: 2032912
Digital GS Number: 4223303
Image Number: 2581
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 14196
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