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William Young Jackson “W Y J” Brown

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William Young Jackson “W Y J” Brown

Birth
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Death
20 Apr 1936 (aged 64)
Campobello, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Landrum, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Date of birth on Campobello TWS, Spartanburg Co., SC Death Certificate #8305 states March 4, 1873. His name is listed as WILLIAM YOUNG JACKSON BROWN, a white single male who was born in Spartanburg Co., SC and died on April 20, 1936 at the age of 68 years 1 month and 16 days old. He was a farmer by trade. His father was listed as JAMES T. BROWN and mother as MARY CALDWELL BROWN, both born in Spartanburg Co., SC. Informant was J. C. BROWN of Landrum and Undertaker was Tolly W. Petty. Doctor was R. G. Christopher. Cause of death was listed as Cancer of the Brain.

NOTE: Newspaper obituary states he was killed by being hit by a train.

His obituary appears in the Spartanburg Hearld Journal Obituary Section on, April 21, 1936, on page 1, and April 22, 1936, on page 3.
A coroners jury came to the verdict that he "came to his death by being hit by a Soutern Railway train on April 20, 1936." He operated a farm at Brown's Crossing near Landrum, SC, was 63 years of age, and was well know through out the community. He was survived by, three brothers, E. E. BROWN, J. L. BROWN, and J. C. BROWN all ofLandrum SC.
Date of birth on Campobello TWS, Spartanburg Co., SC Death Certificate #8305 states March 4, 1873. His name is listed as WILLIAM YOUNG JACKSON BROWN, a white single male who was born in Spartanburg Co., SC and died on April 20, 1936 at the age of 68 years 1 month and 16 days old. He was a farmer by trade. His father was listed as JAMES T. BROWN and mother as MARY CALDWELL BROWN, both born in Spartanburg Co., SC. Informant was J. C. BROWN of Landrum and Undertaker was Tolly W. Petty. Doctor was R. G. Christopher. Cause of death was listed as Cancer of the Brain.

NOTE: Newspaper obituary states he was killed by being hit by a train.

His obituary appears in the Spartanburg Hearld Journal Obituary Section on, April 21, 1936, on page 1, and April 22, 1936, on page 3.
A coroners jury came to the verdict that he "came to his death by being hit by a Soutern Railway train on April 20, 1936." He operated a farm at Brown's Crossing near Landrum, SC, was 63 years of age, and was well know through out the community. He was survived by, three brothers, E. E. BROWN, J. L. BROWN, and J. C. BROWN all ofLandrum SC.


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