Persis Viola Mundy Brown, 1849-1929

BROWN, MUNDY

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 8/1/2006 at 06:50:47

Mrs. O. J. Brown, for 37 years a resident of Estherville, passed away Thursday Jan. 17 at Minneapolis, after a short illness of influenza at age 79. Mr. Brown passed away 26 years ago and was an implement dealer in this city. The family moved to Estherville in 1892 and Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their children have been active in the affairs of the community during all these years.

When a small child she came with her family to Iowa, settling near Anamosa. In 1870 they made their home in Adams Co.,IA after marriage in 1869. They returned to Anamosa in 1877 and came to Estherville in 1892. Mrs. Brown moved to Minneapolis in 1914 to live with her daughter, Mrs. Dean Williams.

Contributed by: Phyllis Irish. Source: Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, Iowa, January 23, 1929.