Mahlon Brown (1920)

BELLIS, BOWLSBY, BROWN, BRUSNABEN, BRUSNAHAN, FREDERICKSON, HOLMES, SANDERS

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 6/25/2007 at 22:29:06

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, March 24, 1920

Death Of MAHLON BROWN

Mahlon Brown, one of the pioneer residents of this county, passed away at his home in Winterset yesterday morning, March 23rd, at the age of 72.

Mr. Brown who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, came to Madison county in 1867, traveling by stage from Monroe to Des Moines and on to Winterset. Soon after coming to Madison county, he purchased a farm in Adams county and lived there for ten years. He then returned to Scott township and settled on a farm of 120 acres, where he continued to reside until ill health forced him to move to Winterset a few years ago.

Besides his wife, the former Alice Bellis, he leaves seven children as follows: Wm. E. of Elida, New Mexico; Mrs. Emma Bowlsby, of Des Moines; Mrs. Elva Frederickson of Minnesota; Mrs. Carrie Brusnahan of Des Moines; Mrs. Walter Holmes of York, N.D.; Frank W., and Mrs. Nellie Sanders, who reside in this county.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the Baptist church, conducted by Rev. Jackson Giddens.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, April 7, 1920

MAHLON BROWN

Mahlon Brown was born Aug. 8, 1847 in Belmont county, Ohio. He was the youngest of a family of seven children, all of whom have preceeded him to a better world.

In 1867 he traveled by train to Monroe, by stage to Des Moines, and on to Winterset. From here he went to Adams county, where he engaged in farming for ten years; returning then to Scott township, Madison County, where he resided for about 31 years. Because of ill health, he then moved to Winterset where he lived until his death, which occurred on March 23, 1920.

In 1869, he was united in marriage to Alice Bellis of Madison county. To this union were born eight children; Will of Roswell, N.M.; Mrs. C. C. Bowlsby and Mrs. Brusnaben of Des Moines, Mrs. H. C. Fredrickson of Wendall, Minn.; Mrs. Walter Holmes of Hensler, N.D., and Frank and Mrs. Nellie Sanders of Winterset. These, with his wife and 16 grandchildren survive him, one child having died in infancy.

He was converted at the age of 25 at the old Lincoln school house in Scott township and later joined the Bethel M. E. church, of which he was a member until he moved to Winterset, when he became a member of the Methodist church in town.

He has been a great sufferer the past year and often expressed the wish that he might be taken from this world of suffering. A good husband, father and faithful friend has left us for a little while, whose place can never be filled, but by this loss heaven seems nearer and we shall hope to make an unbroken family in that fairer home.

Funeral services were conducted from the Baptist church by Rev. Jackson Giddens and the remains laid to rest in the Winterset city cemetery.

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