Ellen C. (Youmans) Brown (1903)

BROWN, YOUMANS

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Date: 11/13/2009 at 09:13:53

Winterset Reporter – April 16, 1903
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Obituary

Mrs. Ellen C. Youmans was born Dec. 31st, 1871, and died April 9th, 1903. She leaves behind to mourn her loss a husband and two children. She was married to G. W. Brown on March 20, 1895, in Savannah county, Mo. They moved to Madison county in 1895 and have made their home here ever since. Mrs. Brown was well respected and beloved by all who knew her, and has been a member of the M. E. church for the past twelve years, and was a faithful member until her death.

The funeral occurred from the M. E. church Saturday at 10 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Williams, after which the remains were interred in Rock City Cemetery. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community.
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Winterset Madisonian – April 16, 1903
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Deserving Sympathy

The home of G. W. Brown has been bereft by the death of a wife and mother, Mrs. Brown, who died on last Thursday, leaving motherless a little girl aged seven and a babe two weeks old. Mrs. Brown will be better remembered in the south part of the county by her maiden name, Ellen Youman. At the time of their marriage, Mr. Brown had all his earnings, a little over $1000, in the Peru bank and lost all through the defalcation of Davies. Added to these misfortunes, he is crippled in the hands and is compelled to earn his living by doing odd jobs of work that do not require strong manual labor.

Note: Cemetery records indicate she is buried in an unmarked grave.