BROWN, Cora (Hill) 1875-1961

BROWN, HILL, BIRD, BARRETT, SCOTT, DEWEY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 3/18/2012 at 16:22:46

Cora (Hill) Brown 1875-1961

MRS. CORA BROWN DIES AT OSAGE; RITES MONDAY

Osage – Mrs. Cora Brown, 85, died Friday at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Champion Funeral Home with burial in Orchard Cemetery.

Born near Osage, November 1875, she was the daughter of George and Salina Hill. She was married to Wesley Brown in January 1896 and had lived most of her life in Mitchell County. Her husband died in 1954 and she then lived with her daughter near Riceville.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Floyd Bird, Riceville; two sons; Charles, McIntire; Clifford, Charles City; a sister; Mrs. Clarence Barrett, Osage; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday May 13, 1961

**note: She married Wesley Anson Brown, the son of Anson and Adeline (Scott) Brown. Her parents were George Hill and Salina (Dewey) Hill.