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Bessie L Estes Brown

Birth: 1 Nov 1893
Cherryvale, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
Death: 15 Feb 1980 (aged 86)
Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery

Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 37.0218339, Longitude: -95.6187951
Memorial ID: 34962085 View Source

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Parents

James Patterson "Pat" Estes

1859–1936
Alma Eliza Austin Estes

1871–1951

Spouse

Joseph August Brown

1892–1961

Siblings

Elsie Mae Estes Cornelius Friley

1891–1973
Arthur Ray Estes

1896–1980
James Oscar Estes

1898–1913
Sarah Elizabeth Estes Cole

1901–1991
Olin Edmund Estes

1906–1969

Children

James Brown

1915–2006
Dorothy L. Brown Walthall

1916–2008
Edwin A. "Jack" Brown

1918–1989
SSGT Warren Eugene Brown

1921–1943
Joseph August Brown Jr

1922–1995

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Maintained by: Eugene R. Walthall
Originally Created by: Will
Added: Mar 18, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34962085/bessie_l-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Bessie L Estes Brown (1 Nov 1893–15 Feb 1980), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34962085, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Eugene R. Walthall (contributor 48256152).

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She was always full of nervous energy, or so it seemed to me. She moved fast most of the time.

I think this tree stump was in front of her mothers house in Cherryvale.

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Bessie with her son Joe. The photo is not dated.

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This photo was taken in Kansas City Missouri in the summer of 1980. It was the last time I was with my grandmother. I miss her.

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These are my grandparents, Joseph and Bessie Brown. My mother, Dorothy, was their daughter.

They had 4 sons: Jim, Jack, Warren, and Joe. All except Jim saw action against the Germans in WW2. My mother told me that Jim had one leg that was shorter than the other, and this prevented him from enlisting in the army.

In July 1943, shortly after learning that Warren was missing in action, Joe and Bessie went to a photo studio near their home in Coffeyville, Kansas. They wanted to send their boys a picture from home. As you can see, they had some trouble maintaining their composure and the photographer captured it.

As is often said: a picture is worth a thousand words!

Warren was later confirmed killed in action.

Joe, was later severely wounded in action, and was hospitalized for long period.

Jack, although he suffered no physical impairment, was never quite the same when he returned from the war.

I assume that Joe and Jack received their copies of the photo on the left, but its now too late to ask them.

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This shows the interior of the feed store in Mound Valley, Kansas. Bessie and Joe are on the right. Their son Jack is on the left. The gentleman next to Jack is not identified.

This photo may have been taken in 1945 when they moved-in. Jack would have been just back from the war.

Here we are looking toward the back of the store where they kept the chickens. The odor of fowl intermingled with the various odors of feed items to make a lasting impression on me. PU!

The feed sacks in the background bring back a memory. Notice that the feed sack nearest my Uncle Jack's leg is imprinted with a pattern. These fancy sacks, once emptied, were used by the farmer's wives to make shirts, dresses, etc.

My grandmother Bessie made shirts and dresses for her grandchildren. I had a shirt or two that she made for me. I called them my "chicken-feed shirts".

My cousin Russell Brown (Jack's son) has the original of this photo. He allowed me to make a copy.

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Elsie, Ray, and Bessie Estes at Cherryvale Kansas.

The back of the photo contains this note:

"Later we went to Coffey North Carolina where later years all of the family had typhoid fever from eating melon kept in a spring house which was contaminated."

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This appeared in the Coffeyville Journal on May 9,1914. (I think they meant Sarah, not Lora. There was no Lora.)

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The Brown children in order by age (and height): Jim, Dorothy, Edwin "Jack", Warren, and Joe. Dorothy is my mother.

This photo was, I believe, taken in 1923.

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Another photo taken in the living area above their feed store in Mound Valley Kansas in the spring of 1954. Their daughter Dorothy and her family were visiting. The grandchildren are L2R Gene (that's me), Sheryl, and Phillip Walthall.

My brother Rex was not yet born.

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Joe and Bessie in the spring of 1954. This was taken in the living area above their feed store in Mound Valley Kansas.

Notice the cigars in grandpa's shirt pocket. He was a chain smoker.

The little corner-shelf behind them was handed-down to me. The tiny figurines on the shelf are white ceramic kittens with musical instruments - cool cats.

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This was Warrens last goodbye in June of 1943. Bessie never saw her son again.

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Here are the Estes sisters, Bessie and Elsie. Bessie is on the left. The photo was taken in 1913 at their home west of Cherryvale Kansas.

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This photo shows Joe and Bessie Brown and their daughter (my mother) Dorothy Walthall. It was taken in Mound Valley, Kansas in April, 1953 (Easter). Their feed store is in the background.

Thanks to the magic of photography Joe is in the picture twice. This is a composite photo. Joe is in the foreground and also on the sidewalk in the background.

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This photo of Joe and Bessie is dated April, 1953. It was taken in Mound Valley, Kansas in front of their feed store.

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This photo of Bessie is dated 1935.

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This photo of Bessie is dated 1923

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James Patterson "Pat" Estes

Alma Eliza Austin Estes

Joseph August Brown

Elsie Mae Estes Cornelius Friley

Arthur Ray Estes

James Oscar Estes

Sarah Elizabeth Estes Cole

Olin Edmund Estes

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Dorothy L. Brown Walthall

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