BROWN, Martha Belle 1837 - 1892

BROWN, COLBURN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:28

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, August 24, 1892
Page 3, Column 6

LOCAL MISCELLANY.

... Mrs. L. A. Brinkley, Muscatine; I. H. BROWN, Fremont Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. COLBURN and family, Des Moines, have been called here by the death of Mrs. J. L. BROWN. D. W. BROWN is expected from Chicago today.

(same publication and page, Columns 5 and 6 -- )

Death of a Good Woman.

There are circumstances of peculiar attending the death of Mrs. Belle BROWN, wife of John L. BROWN, which occurred in this city last evening. She was a bright, attractive woman, and the suddenness of her taking away will come as a great shock to a wide circle of friends, while the great loss her invalid husband has sustained will awaken the sympathy of the entire community. She had not been in good health for some time past, but it is scarce a week since she took to her bed, from which she never arose. Death resulted from neuralgia of the stomach.

Martha Isabelle BROWN was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ashael H. BROWN of this city. She was born December 29th, 1837, in Huntingdon, Penn. In 1844, when she was a child of seven years, the family removed to this city and located on the lot, a block northeast of the square, on which Mrs. BROWN died, and which had been her home during all the intervening years with the exception of a short residence in Van Buren county. Her marriage to John L. BROWN occurred February 25th, 1864. One child was born to them, Mrs. Geo H. COLBURN of Des Moines, who was with her mother in her last illness.

Mrs. BROWN was a woman of unusual energy and activity, and for many years had been an active participant in church, society and charitable work in this city. It was easy to enlist her sympathies in any good cause, and where her sympathies were the effects of her labors were readily seen. She was a prominent member of the Baptist congregation of this city, and there she will be especially missed. Her tender ministrations and extreme solicitude for the comfort of her husband, whose army service left him an invalid for life, are known to all our people, and they will feel with him that this loss is irreparable. Mrs. BROWN was an excellent woman. She was greatly beloved in her home circle, and she bore the esteem of all who knew her. As wife, mother, friend and neighbor what seems to be her untimely taking away is to be deeply deplored. The funeral will occur tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, and the funeral services will be held at the family residence.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, August 24, 1892
Page 7, Column 3

Death of Mrs. John L. BROWN

There were general expressions of sorrow and regret all over the city Tuesday evening on the word being flashed about the city that Mrs. John L. BROWN was dead. She had expired at seven o'clock, after less than a week's sickness, from introversion of the intestines. Mrs. BROWN's health had not been good for some months, but it was not until Wednesday evening of last week that she was taken with the trouble that caused her death. Everything was done for her that could be, but the trouble is one that largely baffles medical skill, and while hope was not altogether given up, it was seen the first of the week that her condition was very critical.

Mrs. BROWN was the daughter of Asahel H. BROWN, and was born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 29, 1837. In 1844 her parents decided to come to the great west, and on July 4th of that year they arrived in this city and camped on the identical spot of ground where Mrs. BROWN died and where she had lived, first with her parents and afterwards with her husband, ever since coming to this city. February 25, 1864, she was married to Mr. John L. BROWN, who was then a soldier in the great Rebellion, and home on a furlough. She was the mother of one child, a daughter, Mrs. George COLBURN, of Des Moines, who was at her bedside at the time of her death. For many years Mrs. BROWN had been an active member of the Baptist church and was a woman held in the highest esteem by a large circle of acquaintances. Her death is doubly sad to Mr. BROWN, for it not only robs him of a gentle and loving wife, but it also takes from his side the one on whom he had learned to lean for daily and almost hourly support.

The funeral will take place at the residence Thursday morning at 11 o'clock.

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, August 31, 1892
Page 3, Column 5

A Card of Thanks.

To the many friends and neighbors who were so kind to myself and family during the illness and death of our wife and mother, I desire to acknowledge my heartfelt appreciation and return my sincere thanks.

John L. BROWN.

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Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, in Lot Old.P.261. Husband John died in 1896 and is buried with her.