Lenox Time-Table, The - Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa
Thursday 6 May 1915 - Front Page

Death of Dr. Brown

This community was shocked and saddened by the death of Rev. John H. Brown, D.D., in Monmouth, Ill., April 26, 1915. He had been suffering from an attack of pneumonia and for a time seemed to be rallying from the attack but his advanced age and reduced vitality were not able to resist the ravages of that dread malady fatal so often to the aged. Dr. Brown was in his 82 year when he died. His birth occurred in Hamilton, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1834. The funeral service was held in the Second United Presbyterian church in Monmouth, Ill., Wednesday, April 28, 1915, and the body was laid to rest in a crypt of the new Glendale Mausoleum beautifully constructed of Bedford rock on the exterior and white marble on the
interior.

Dr. Brown's career was a long and notable one. He graduated from Monmouth college in 1862 and was ordained to Gospel ministry in 1864. He held pastorates in Clayton and Golden, Ill., from 1864 to 1869; in Piqua, Ohio, from 1869 to 1884; in Rock Island, Ill.,
from 1885 to 1889; in Lenox, Iowa, from 1889 to 1895. After closing
his work in Lenox he retired to Monmouth where he spent the rest of his days. He was a member of the Monmouth college Senate for years and from that institution he received his degree of Doctor of Divinity. In 1882 he was the moderator of the Second Synod of the United Presbyterian church. For two years he acted as the Financial and Field Agent of Tarkio College.

His work is done but it is well done. In his various fields of service he commanded respect and won admiration. He was a man among men and preeminently a servant of Jesus Christ. Many friends in Lenox will remember the kind and faithful ministry of this man of God, whose voice is now hushed and whose hand is still but the sweet influence of his life remains an abiding possession.

Dr. Brown is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Gibson Brown and four children, Prof. Vallance Brown and Mrs. G. Frasier of Tarkio, Mrs. Frank Wilkin of Lenox and Mr. Arthur G. Brown of Quincy, Illinois.

Blessed is the man who dies in the Lord and blessed is the heritage he leaves posterity.

In this connection we submit the lines written by Prof. Brown upon
the occasion of the celebration of his father's eighty first birthday. - A.L.D.

If I Were Eighty One

If I were eighty one
And felt that I had done
As much, as well, as one
Of whom I am a son. -
Why then, I'd count I'd won
An earthly prize 'neath non
If I were eighty-one.

If I were eighty-one,
Such years as yours! You've won
Your "Place with the sun."
Your dream of days well done,
Your rest, your seasoned fun-
Why not? We walk; you've ran;
If I were eighty-one.

If I were eighty-one!
Your life has served the Son,
You listen for "Well done,"
You front the fuller son.
Say not the threads are spun.
Your time has but begun.
If I were eighty-one.
Contributed by Richard S Clark