Friday, April 12, 1918, Morning Star (Rockford, IL), pg. 3
Dr. Lorinda J. Brown, widow of Dr. George W. Brown, died yesterday morning at 8:15 o'clock at the Jennie Snow Home, where she had resided for the last eleven years. Last Saturday she fell and broke her hip and at her advanced age she unable to survive the injury.
She was born in Seneca, N.Y., April 25, 1830, and had lived in Rockford since 1865. She was the mother of two sons, who died some years ago. She was a physician by profession and practiced for many years in this city.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Church of the Christian Union and a woman of rare mind and spirit; to have her friendship was a privilege. Life had not dealt kindly with her in many ways, her path had been stony and difficult to climb, but she seemed to welcome each rebuff, so buoyant and full of hope and trust, that she felt whatever cross came to her to bear was "machinery just meant to give the soul its bent."
In spite of her feeble body and impaired eyesight she had the "faith that could look through earth" and remarked recently to a friend that "friendship and love are as eternal as the existence of the universal spirit that pervades all realms." Mrs. Brown was merely old in years. In mind and spirit she was as fresh and full of hope as the month that gave her birth. Her memory will be cherished by all who were so fortunate as to enjoy her friendship.
Funeral services will be held at the Jennie Snow home Saturday afternoon and burial will take place in the West Side cemetery.
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Thursday, April 11, 1918, Daily Register Gazette (Rockford, IL), pg. 6
DEATH TODAY OF LORINDA BROWN - WIDOW OF DR. GEORGE W. BROWN - FIGHTER OF LIBERTY BATTLES
Dr. Lorinda G. Brown, widow of Dr. George W. Brown, died at the Jennie Snow home this morning at 8:15 o'clock. She was born in Seneca, New York, April 25, 1830. She was married in Kansas to Dr. Brown, and came to Rockford in 1865, when her husband bought the home of the Rev. Warren F. Parrish on Kilburn avenue. The Rev. Mr. Parrish was a cousin of Mrs. Brown.
Two sons were born to Dr. and Mrs. Brown, but both died several years ago.
Mrs. Brown, herself a physician, had resided at the Jennie Snow home for eleven years. Last Saturday she fell in her room and broke her hip and this, with her advanced years, caused her death.
She was a member of the Christian Union Church for many years. The funeral will be held at the Jennie Snow home Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Charles Parker Connolly, now in New York, will not return to Rockford till Tuesday, and a minister other than the pastor of her church will officiate.
Mrs. Brown's husband, Dr. George W. Brown, who died three years ago at the age of 96 years, was a national character. During the "border ruffian war," of Kansas, in the trying days when the advocates of slavery and freedom were battling for control of the central territory, Dr. Brown was one or the leaders of the freemen of the north. As publisher and editor o the "The Herald of Freedom" at Lawrence, Kansas, he was the object of much bitter attack on the part of the proslavery advocates. His property was destroyed; he was assaulted in midnight raids, and at one time he was held in prison four months by a proslavery senate on the charge of treason. After the cessation of hostilities in Kansas, Dr. and Mrs. Brown made their residence in Rockford.
Dr. Lorinda J. Brown, widow of Dr. George W. Brown, died yesterday morning at 8:15 o'clock at the Jennie Snow Home, where she had resided for the last eleven years. Last Saturday she fell and broke her hip and at her advanced age she unable to survive the injury.
She was born in Seneca, N.Y., April 25, 1830, and had lived in Rockford since 1865. She was the mother of two sons, who died some years ago. She was a physician by profession and practiced for many years in this city.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Church of the Christian Union and a woman of rare mind and spirit; to have her friendship was a privilege. Life had not dealt kindly with her in many ways, her path had been stony and difficult to climb, but she seemed to welcome each rebuff, so buoyant and full of hope and trust, that she felt whatever cross came to her to bear was "machinery just meant to give the soul its bent."
In spite of her feeble body and impaired eyesight she had the "faith that could look through earth" and remarked recently to a friend that "friendship and love are as eternal as the existence of the universal spirit that pervades all realms." Mrs. Brown was merely old in years. In mind and spirit she was as fresh and full of hope as the month that gave her birth. Her memory will be cherished by all who were so fortunate as to enjoy her friendship.
Funeral services will be held at the Jennie Snow home Saturday afternoon and burial will take place in the West Side cemetery.
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Thursday, April 11, 1918, Daily Register Gazette (Rockford, IL), pg. 6
DEATH TODAY OF LORINDA BROWN - WIDOW OF DR. GEORGE W. BROWN - FIGHTER OF LIBERTY BATTLES
Dr. Lorinda G. Brown, widow of Dr. George W. Brown, died at the Jennie Snow home this morning at 8:15 o'clock. She was born in Seneca, New York, April 25, 1830. She was married in Kansas to Dr. Brown, and came to Rockford in 1865, when her husband bought the home of the Rev. Warren F. Parrish on Kilburn avenue. The Rev. Mr. Parrish was a cousin of Mrs. Brown.
Two sons were born to Dr. and Mrs. Brown, but both died several years ago.
Mrs. Brown, herself a physician, had resided at the Jennie Snow home for eleven years. Last Saturday she fell in her room and broke her hip and this, with her advanced years, caused her death.
She was a member of the Christian Union Church for many years. The funeral will be held at the Jennie Snow home Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Charles Parker Connolly, now in New York, will not return to Rockford till Tuesday, and a minister other than the pastor of her church will officiate.
Mrs. Brown's husband, Dr. George W. Brown, who died three years ago at the age of 96 years, was a national character. During the "border ruffian war," of Kansas, in the trying days when the advocates of slavery and freedom were battling for control of the central territory, Dr. Brown was one or the leaders of the freemen of the north. As publisher and editor o the "The Herald of Freedom" at Lawrence, Kansas, he was the object of much bitter attack on the part of the proslavery advocates. His property was destroyed; he was assaulted in midnight raids, and at one time he was held in prison four months by a proslavery senate on the charge of treason. After the cessation of hostilities in Kansas, Dr. and Mrs. Brown made their residence in Rockford.
Friday, April 12, 1918, Morning Star (Rockford, IL), pg. 3
Dr. Lorinda J. Brown, widow of Dr. George W. Brown, died yesterday morning at 8:15 o'clock at the Jennie Snow Home, where she had resided for the last eleven years. Last Saturday she fell and broke her hip and at her advanced age she unable to survive the injury.
She was born in Seneca, N.Y., April 25, 1830, and had lived in Rockford since 1865. She was the mother of two sons, who died some years ago. She was a physician by profession and practiced for many years in this city.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Church of the Christian Union and a woman of rare mind and spirit; to have her friendship was a privilege. Life had not dealt kindly with her in many ways, her path had been stony and difficult to climb, but she seemed to welcome each rebuff, so buoyant and full of hope and trust, that she felt whatever cross came to her to bear was "machinery just meant to give the soul its bent."
In spite of her feeble body and impaired eyesight she had the "faith that could look through earth" and remarked recently to a friend that "friendship and love are as eternal as the existence of the universal spirit that pervades all realms." Mrs. Brown was merely old in years. In mind and spirit she was as fresh and full of hope as the month that gave her birth. Her memory will be cherished by all who were so fortunate as to enjoy her friendship.
Funeral services will be held at the Jennie Snow home Saturday afternoon and burial will take place in the West Side cemetery.
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Thursday, April 11, 1918, Daily Register Gazette (Rockford, IL), pg. 6
DEATH TODAY OF LORINDA BROWN - WIDOW OF DR. GEORGE W. BROWN - FIGHTER OF LIBERTY BATTLES
Dr. Lorinda G. Brown, widow of Dr. George W. Brown, died at the Jennie Snow home this morning at 8:15 o'clock. She was born in Seneca, New York, April 25, 1830. She was married in Kansas to Dr. Brown, and came to Rockford in 1865, when her husband bought the home of the Rev. Warren F. Parrish on Kilburn avenue. The Rev. Mr. Parrish was a cousin of Mrs. Brown.
Two sons were born to Dr. and Mrs. Brown, but both died several years ago.
Mrs. Brown, herself a physician, had resided at the Jennie Snow home for eleven years. Last Saturday she fell in her room and broke her hip and this, with her advanced years, caused her death.
She was a member of the Christian Union Church for many years. The funeral will be held at the Jennie Snow home Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Charles Parker Connolly, now in New York, will not return to Rockford till Tuesday, and a minister other than the pastor of her church will officiate.
Mrs. Brown's husband, Dr. George W. Brown, who died three years ago at the age of 96 years, was a national character. During the "border ruffian war," of Kansas, in the trying days when the advocates of slavery and freedom were battling for control of the central territory, Dr. Brown was one or the leaders of the freemen of the north. As publisher and editor o the "The Herald of Freedom" at Lawrence, Kansas, he was the object of much bitter attack on the part of the proslavery advocates. His property was destroyed; he was assaulted in midnight raids, and at one time he was held in prison four months by a proslavery senate on the charge of treason. After the cessation of hostilities in Kansas, Dr. and Mrs. Brown made their residence in Rockford.
Dr. Lorinda J. Brown, widow of Dr. George W. Brown, died yesterday morning at 8:15 o'clock at the Jennie Snow Home, where she had resided for the last eleven years. Last Saturday she fell and broke her hip and at her advanced age she unable to survive the injury.
She was born in Seneca, N.Y., April 25, 1830, and had lived in Rockford since 1865. She was the mother of two sons, who died some years ago. She was a physician by profession and practiced for many years in this city.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Church of the Christian Union and a woman of rare mind and spirit; to have her friendship was a privilege. Life had not dealt kindly with her in many ways, her path had been stony and difficult to climb, but she seemed to welcome each rebuff, so buoyant and full of hope and trust, that she felt whatever cross came to her to bear was "machinery just meant to give the soul its bent."
In spite of her feeble body and impaired eyesight she had the "faith that could look through earth" and remarked recently to a friend that "friendship and love are as eternal as the existence of the universal spirit that pervades all realms." Mrs. Brown was merely old in years. In mind and spirit she was as fresh and full of hope as the month that gave her birth. Her memory will be cherished by all who were so fortunate as to enjoy her friendship.
Funeral services will be held at the Jennie Snow home Saturday afternoon and burial will take place in the West Side cemetery.
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Thursday, April 11, 1918, Daily Register Gazette (Rockford, IL), pg. 6
DEATH TODAY OF LORINDA BROWN - WIDOW OF DR. GEORGE W. BROWN - FIGHTER OF LIBERTY BATTLES
Dr. Lorinda G. Brown, widow of Dr. George W. Brown, died at the Jennie Snow home this morning at 8:15 o'clock. She was born in Seneca, New York, April 25, 1830. She was married in Kansas to Dr. Brown, and came to Rockford in 1865, when her husband bought the home of the Rev. Warren F. Parrish on Kilburn avenue. The Rev. Mr. Parrish was a cousin of Mrs. Brown.
Two sons were born to Dr. and Mrs. Brown, but both died several years ago.
Mrs. Brown, herself a physician, had resided at the Jennie Snow home for eleven years. Last Saturday she fell in her room and broke her hip and this, with her advanced years, caused her death.
She was a member of the Christian Union Church for many years. The funeral will be held at the Jennie Snow home Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Charles Parker Connolly, now in New York, will not return to Rockford till Tuesday, and a minister other than the pastor of her church will officiate.
Mrs. Brown's husband, Dr. George W. Brown, who died three years ago at the age of 96 years, was a national character. During the "border ruffian war," of Kansas, in the trying days when the advocates of slavery and freedom were battling for control of the central territory, Dr. Brown was one or the leaders of the freemen of the north. As publisher and editor o the "The Herald of Freedom" at Lawrence, Kansas, he was the object of much bitter attack on the part of the proslavery advocates. His property was destroyed; he was assaulted in midnight raids, and at one time he was held in prison four months by a proslavery senate on the charge of treason. After the cessation of hostilities in Kansas, Dr. and Mrs. Brown made their residence in Rockford.
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