BIOGRAPHY

Jane was born July 20/22, 1846, in Liverpool, England to George H. Humble and Mary Ann Gates.

She came to the United States around 1865. Part of her family remained in the midwest but Jane, along with a brother and sister, migrated to Meadow Creek, Millard, Utah.

In Utah, she met and married Joseph Thomas Brown. They had eight children:

John Brown
Thomas Humble Brown
Jane Brown
Mary Ann Brown
Sarah Ann Brown
Eva Francella Brown
Joseph Brown
William George Brown

Joseph, Jane, and family moved to Idaho in 1879, coming in a wagon train with the first group of settlers to the Rockland Valley. Only five of their eight children had survived to make the journey.

They homesteaded along a creek about two miles south of the present town site of Rockland. Joseph and Jane would go on to have five more children in Idaho:

Henry Able Brown
Anthony Stevens Brown
Josephine Brown
Milton Brown
Ernest Brown

Jane was a loved and respected member of the community, serving as a practical nurse and mid-wife for many years.

She passed away on July 10, 1921, in Rockland, Power, Idaho. She is buried next to her husband in Fairview Cemetery.

OBITUARY

American Falls Press
American Falls, Power, ID
15 Jul 1921

Mrs. Jane Brown Dies -
Lived In Valley 40 Years

Aged Pioneer Called After Passing Historical Three Score Years And Ten -
Funeral Wednesday

Jane Brown, for forty years a resident of Rockland Valley, died July 10th at her home one mile south of Rockland.

Mrs. Brown was born in England July 20th, 1846. She came to Rockland forty years ago and has resided there since, being one of the oldest residents in the valley. She was known to practically every one in the valley through her continuous efforts, while able, as a community nurse and confidant of her host of friends. A large crowd of mourning friends attested to the profound respect in which she is held in the valley.

Speakers at the funeral at the L.D.S. Church in Rockland Wednesday were Andrew May, H.T. Frodsham, Will Howard of American Falls and Lester Thorne of Pocatello.

NOTE: Survivor and family data excluded from obituary transcription for privacy purposes.

CENSUSES

1870: Meadow Creek, Millard, UT
1880: Rock Creek, Oneida, ID
1900: Rockland, Oneida, ID (double)
1900: Jackson Hole, Uinta, WY (double)
1910: Rockland, Oneida, ID
1920: Rockland, Power, ID