Mrs. Roderick Brown, 1853-1917

BROWN

Posted By: Pat Ryan White (email)
Date: 10/29/2006 at 08:43:04

“Mt. Pleasant Weekly Journal”, 17 January 1917.

DEATH OF MRS. BROWN
Wife of Well Known Merchant Passes Away After Long Illness
Mrs. Roderick Brown Died at Home on North Jefferson Street at 1:15 this Morning -- Leaves Husband and Two Sons

Tuesday morning at 1:15 occurred the death of Mrs. Roderick Brown, the wife of Mr. Roderick Brown, the senior partner in the well known meat market of R. Brown and Co. The deceased lady was born in Germany in 1853 and came to this country when an infant, one year old. She had resided in this city since 1882 and for the last two or three years had been in very poor health. The direct cause of death was pneumonia. To mourn her death she leaves her husband and two sons, Dr. George Brown of Chicago and Mr. Forrest Brown of this city.