Boone County Democrat March 8, 1907
Mrs. Eliza Brown, wife of Edmund Brown Sr., and one of the most beloved of the pioneer residents of Boone county, died at the family home in Jordan at 12:40 o'clock Monday morning, March 4th, after a short illness of two weeks duration, which started in an attack of la grippe and developed into paralysis, resulting in her death as stated above. The funeral services were held from the home at 12:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon conducted by the Rev. George Heaps and attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and neighbors of the deceased, come to pay a last tribute of esteem at the bier of one whom they had all admired and loved in life. The remains were tenderly borne to their last resting place in East Linwood cemetery, the following old friends and neighbors of the deceased acting as pall bearers, J.A. Oler, D.C. Harmon, F.D. Harmon, W.T. Boyd, John Cooper, Wilbur Brown.
Eliza Jane Ramsdell was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts, October 12, 1830 and aged 76 years, 4 months and 22 days old at the time of her death. Her girlhood years were passed at Marblehead and there on August 8, 1852, she was united in marriage to Edmund Brown. They continued to live at Marblehead until 1862 when they removed to Beverly Massachusetts, where they resided until 1868 when they came to Boone County and settled on a farm in Jackson Township, six miles northeast of Boone. That country was then but sparsely settled and neighbors were few and far apart and in common with the other settlers they endured all the hardships and privations known to the pioneer life in a new country. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were known and beloved by all for their genuinely kindly spirit and generous disposition and their home was always a bright haven of rest and cheer for the neighbors from far and near. Mrs. Brown, by her gentle, kindly heart and noble influence and counsel, endeared herself to all who ever knew her and her death will be sincerely mourned by the entire community. In 1893 after a long life of toll and hardship on the farm and their large family of children all being settle for themselves, Mr. and Mrs. Brown retired from active life and moved to Boone to spend their declining years in well-earned peace and rest.
They were not satisfied in Boone however, and after one years resident here, both being in failing health and desiring to be nearer their children, they removed to Jordan where they have since resided. Though not strong for a number of years, her health was fairly good until about two weeks ago, when she was taken with a severe attack of la grippe, which induced a slight stroke of paralysis. She seemed to rally however, and her recovery was hoped for until last Friday morning where she suffered a second stroke, which affected her entire left side. From that time she sank rapidly, until death came as stated above.
Her children were all at her bedside during her final illness and death except one son, George, who was in Washington, and only arrived here Thursday morning in time for the funeral. Her death was peaceful and serene, as her life had always been and at the close of a long and useful life she has gone to her final and sure reward.
To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born eleven children, ten of whom with the aged husband and father, survive to mourn the death of a loyal and devoted wife and mother, the youngest child having died in infancy. The surviving children are: Mrs. Sarah Saddoris, Mrs. Eliza Wagner, Edmund Brown Jr., Mrs. Mary Irving, John M., William H., and Lewis Judson Brown, all of Boone; Mrs. Lydia Cooper and Frank H. Brown of Otteson, Iowa, and George W. Brown, formerly county surveyor and city engineer of Boone, now with the Great Northern Railway Company at Farley, Washington. She also leaves one brother and two sister, David Ramsdell and Mrs. Martha Jordan of Beverly, Mass, and Mrs. Mary Cross of Dorchester Heights Mass; Twenty nine grandchildren to mourn her death. Her life was well loved and her work well done, well many her children rise up and call her blessed.
Mrs. Eliza Brown, wife of Edmund Brown Sr., and one of the most beloved of the pioneer residents of Boone county, died at the family home in Jordan at 12:40 o'clock Monday morning, March 4th, after a short illness of two weeks duration, which started in an attack of la grippe and developed into paralysis, resulting in her death as stated above. The funeral services were held from the home at 12:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon conducted by the Rev. George Heaps and attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and neighbors of the deceased, come to pay a last tribute of esteem at the bier of one whom they had all admired and loved in life. The remains were tenderly borne to their last resting place in East Linwood cemetery, the following old friends and neighbors of the deceased acting as pall bearers, J.A. Oler, D.C. Harmon, F.D. Harmon, W.T. Boyd, John Cooper, Wilbur Brown.
Eliza Jane Ramsdell was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts, October 12, 1830 and aged 76 years, 4 months and 22 days old at the time of her death. Her girlhood years were passed at Marblehead and there on August 8, 1852, she was united in marriage to Edmund Brown. They continued to live at Marblehead until 1862 when they removed to Beverly Massachusetts, where they resided until 1868 when they came to Boone County and settled on a farm in Jackson Township, six miles northeast of Boone. That country was then but sparsely settled and neighbors were few and far apart and in common with the other settlers they endured all the hardships and privations known to the pioneer life in a new country. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were known and beloved by all for their genuinely kindly spirit and generous disposition and their home was always a bright haven of rest and cheer for the neighbors from far and near. Mrs. Brown, by her gentle, kindly heart and noble influence and counsel, endeared herself to all who ever knew her and her death will be sincerely mourned by the entire community. In 1893 after a long life of toll and hardship on the farm and their large family of children all being settle for themselves, Mr. and Mrs. Brown retired from active life and moved to Boone to spend their declining years in well-earned peace and rest.
They were not satisfied in Boone however, and after one years resident here, both being in failing health and desiring to be nearer their children, they removed to Jordan where they have since resided. Though not strong for a number of years, her health was fairly good until about two weeks ago, when she was taken with a severe attack of la grippe, which induced a slight stroke of paralysis. She seemed to rally however, and her recovery was hoped for until last Friday morning where she suffered a second stroke, which affected her entire left side. From that time she sank rapidly, until death came as stated above.
Her children were all at her bedside during her final illness and death except one son, George, who was in Washington, and only arrived here Thursday morning in time for the funeral. Her death was peaceful and serene, as her life had always been and at the close of a long and useful life she has gone to her final and sure reward.
To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born eleven children, ten of whom with the aged husband and father, survive to mourn the death of a loyal and devoted wife and mother, the youngest child having died in infancy. The surviving children are: Mrs. Sarah Saddoris, Mrs. Eliza Wagner, Edmund Brown Jr., Mrs. Mary Irving, John M., William H., and Lewis Judson Brown, all of Boone; Mrs. Lydia Cooper and Frank H. Brown of Otteson, Iowa, and George W. Brown, formerly county surveyor and city engineer of Boone, now with the Great Northern Railway Company at Farley, Washington. She also leaves one brother and two sister, David Ramsdell and Mrs. Martha Jordan of Beverly, Mass, and Mrs. Mary Cross of Dorchester Heights Mass; Twenty nine grandchildren to mourn her death. Her life was well loved and her work well done, well many her children rise up and call her blessed.
Boone County Democrat March 8, 1907
Mrs. Eliza Brown, wife of Edmund Brown Sr., and one of the most beloved of the pioneer residents of Boone county, died at the family home in Jordan at 12:40 o'clock Monday morning, March 4th, after a short illness of two weeks duration, which started in an attack of la grippe and developed into paralysis, resulting in her death as stated above. The funeral services were held from the home at 12:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon conducted by the Rev. George Heaps and attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and neighbors of the deceased, come to pay a last tribute of esteem at the bier of one whom they had all admired and loved in life. The remains were tenderly borne to their last resting place in East Linwood cemetery, the following old friends and neighbors of the deceased acting as pall bearers, J.A. Oler, D.C. Harmon, F.D. Harmon, W.T. Boyd, John Cooper, Wilbur Brown.
Eliza Jane Ramsdell was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts, October 12, 1830 and aged 76 years, 4 months and 22 days old at the time of her death. Her girlhood years were passed at Marblehead and there on August 8, 1852, she was united in marriage to Edmund Brown. They continued to live at Marblehead until 1862 when they removed to Beverly Massachusetts, where they resided until 1868 when they came to Boone County and settled on a farm in Jackson Township, six miles northeast of Boone. That country was then but sparsely settled and neighbors were few and far apart and in common with the other settlers they endured all the hardships and privations known to the pioneer life in a new country. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were known and beloved by all for their genuinely kindly spirit and generous disposition and their home was always a bright haven of rest and cheer for the neighbors from far and near. Mrs. Brown, by her gentle, kindly heart and noble influence and counsel, endeared herself to all who ever knew her and her death will be sincerely mourned by the entire community. In 1893 after a long life of toll and hardship on the farm and their large family of children all being settle for themselves, Mr. and Mrs. Brown retired from active life and moved to Boone to spend their declining years in well-earned peace and rest.
They were not satisfied in Boone however, and after one years resident here, both being in failing health and desiring to be nearer their children, they removed to Jordan where they have since resided. Though not strong for a number of years, her health was fairly good until about two weeks ago, when she was taken with a severe attack of la grippe, which induced a slight stroke of paralysis. She seemed to rally however, and her recovery was hoped for until last Friday morning where she suffered a second stroke, which affected her entire left side. From that time she sank rapidly, until death came as stated above.
Her children were all at her bedside during her final illness and death except one son, George, who was in Washington, and only arrived here Thursday morning in time for the funeral. Her death was peaceful and serene, as her life had always been and at the close of a long and useful life she has gone to her final and sure reward.
To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born eleven children, ten of whom with the aged husband and father, survive to mourn the death of a loyal and devoted wife and mother, the youngest child having died in infancy. The surviving children are: Mrs. Sarah Saddoris, Mrs. Eliza Wagner, Edmund Brown Jr., Mrs. Mary Irving, John M., William H., and Lewis Judson Brown, all of Boone; Mrs. Lydia Cooper and Frank H. Brown of Otteson, Iowa, and George W. Brown, formerly county surveyor and city engineer of Boone, now with the Great Northern Railway Company at Farley, Washington. She also leaves one brother and two sister, David Ramsdell and Mrs. Martha Jordan of Beverly, Mass, and Mrs. Mary Cross of Dorchester Heights Mass; Twenty nine grandchildren to mourn her death. Her life was well loved and her work well done, well many her children rise up and call her blessed.
Mrs. Eliza Brown, wife of Edmund Brown Sr., and one of the most beloved of the pioneer residents of Boone county, died at the family home in Jordan at 12:40 o'clock Monday morning, March 4th, after a short illness of two weeks duration, which started in an attack of la grippe and developed into paralysis, resulting in her death as stated above. The funeral services were held from the home at 12:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon conducted by the Rev. George Heaps and attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and neighbors of the deceased, come to pay a last tribute of esteem at the bier of one whom they had all admired and loved in life. The remains were tenderly borne to their last resting place in East Linwood cemetery, the following old friends and neighbors of the deceased acting as pall bearers, J.A. Oler, D.C. Harmon, F.D. Harmon, W.T. Boyd, John Cooper, Wilbur Brown.
Eliza Jane Ramsdell was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts, October 12, 1830 and aged 76 years, 4 months and 22 days old at the time of her death. Her girlhood years were passed at Marblehead and there on August 8, 1852, she was united in marriage to Edmund Brown. They continued to live at Marblehead until 1862 when they removed to Beverly Massachusetts, where they resided until 1868 when they came to Boone County and settled on a farm in Jackson Township, six miles northeast of Boone. That country was then but sparsely settled and neighbors were few and far apart and in common with the other settlers they endured all the hardships and privations known to the pioneer life in a new country. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were known and beloved by all for their genuinely kindly spirit and generous disposition and their home was always a bright haven of rest and cheer for the neighbors from far and near. Mrs. Brown, by her gentle, kindly heart and noble influence and counsel, endeared herself to all who ever knew her and her death will be sincerely mourned by the entire community. In 1893 after a long life of toll and hardship on the farm and their large family of children all being settle for themselves, Mr. and Mrs. Brown retired from active life and moved to Boone to spend their declining years in well-earned peace and rest.
They were not satisfied in Boone however, and after one years resident here, both being in failing health and desiring to be nearer their children, they removed to Jordan where they have since resided. Though not strong for a number of years, her health was fairly good until about two weeks ago, when she was taken with a severe attack of la grippe, which induced a slight stroke of paralysis. She seemed to rally however, and her recovery was hoped for until last Friday morning where she suffered a second stroke, which affected her entire left side. From that time she sank rapidly, until death came as stated above.
Her children were all at her bedside during her final illness and death except one son, George, who was in Washington, and only arrived here Thursday morning in time for the funeral. Her death was peaceful and serene, as her life had always been and at the close of a long and useful life she has gone to her final and sure reward.
To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born eleven children, ten of whom with the aged husband and father, survive to mourn the death of a loyal and devoted wife and mother, the youngest child having died in infancy. The surviving children are: Mrs. Sarah Saddoris, Mrs. Eliza Wagner, Edmund Brown Jr., Mrs. Mary Irving, John M., William H., and Lewis Judson Brown, all of Boone; Mrs. Lydia Cooper and Frank H. Brown of Otteson, Iowa, and George W. Brown, formerly county surveyor and city engineer of Boone, now with the Great Northern Railway Company at Farley, Washington. She also leaves one brother and two sister, David Ramsdell and Mrs. Martha Jordan of Beverly, Mass, and Mrs. Mary Cross of Dorchester Heights Mass; Twenty nine grandchildren to mourn her death. Her life was well loved and her work well done, well many her children rise up and call her blessed.
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