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Amanda <I>Murray</I> Brown

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Amanda Murray Brown

Birth
Larimer Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
9 Jul 1943 (aged 74)
Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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AMANDA BROWN

Mrs. Amanda (Murray) Brown, 74, died Friday, July 9, at 3:29 p.m., in the Hazel McGilvery Hospital, where she had been a patient for several days.
A daughter of James and Lydia (Beal) Murray, she was born in Greenville Township, on June 16, 1869. Her husband, John P. Brown, died in 1916.
Surviving are ten children - Frank J., Johnstown; Morris A., Somerset; Lloyd C., Cumberland, Md.; Clarence W., Norfolk, Va.; William H., Stoystown; Mrs.
Martha Wheeling, Rockwood; Mrs. George W. Winters, Meyersdale; Mrs. Hubert E.
Christner and Mrs. Victor C. Blocher, both of Boynton, and Mrs. Simon Marteeney, Meyersdale. Also surviving are 26 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a brother, Owen Murray, Meyersdale, and a sister, Mrs. Christian Mankameyer, Larimer Twp.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:45 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Hostetler Church of the Brethren, Greenville Township, by Rev. DeWitt L. Miller, pastor of the Meyersdale Church of the Brethren. Burial in the church cemetery under the direction of W. C. Price & Son, local morticians.
Mrs. Brown's home was along U.S. Highway 219 near the township line a short distance north of Pine Grove. Her husband passed away when most of her children were still quite young. She was both father and mother to them and brought them up in the way they should go. She was a devoted Christian mother and was highly esteemed by her neighbors.

Meyersdale Republican, July 15, 1943

Courtesy of Sharon Robertson
AMANDA BROWN

Mrs. Amanda (Murray) Brown, 74, died Friday, July 9, at 3:29 p.m., in the Hazel McGilvery Hospital, where she had been a patient for several days.
A daughter of James and Lydia (Beal) Murray, she was born in Greenville Township, on June 16, 1869. Her husband, John P. Brown, died in 1916.
Surviving are ten children - Frank J., Johnstown; Morris A., Somerset; Lloyd C., Cumberland, Md.; Clarence W., Norfolk, Va.; William H., Stoystown; Mrs.
Martha Wheeling, Rockwood; Mrs. George W. Winters, Meyersdale; Mrs. Hubert E.
Christner and Mrs. Victor C. Blocher, both of Boynton, and Mrs. Simon Marteeney, Meyersdale. Also surviving are 26 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a brother, Owen Murray, Meyersdale, and a sister, Mrs. Christian Mankameyer, Larimer Twp.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:45 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Hostetler Church of the Brethren, Greenville Township, by Rev. DeWitt L. Miller, pastor of the Meyersdale Church of the Brethren. Burial in the church cemetery under the direction of W. C. Price & Son, local morticians.
Mrs. Brown's home was along U.S. Highway 219 near the township line a short distance north of Pine Grove. Her husband passed away when most of her children were still quite young. She was both father and mother to them and brought them up in the way they should go. She was a devoted Christian mother and was highly esteemed by her neighbors.

Meyersdale Republican, July 15, 1943

Courtesy of Sharon Robertson

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  • Created by: Vernon A. Miller
  • Added: Aug 9, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74696751/amanda-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Amanda Murray Brown (16 Jun 1869–9 Jul 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74696751, citing Hochstetler Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Vernon A. Miller (contributor 47361950).