Brown, Mrs. David L. (Diana) 1809-1899

BROWN, STURTEVANT

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 8/7/2013 at 16:17:28

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
January 9, 1899

DEATH OF MRS. D. L. BROWN

Mrs. D. L. Brown died at the residence of her son-in-law, L. K. Bowman, on
Madison street on Wednesday afternoon about four o’clock. Her death was due
to pneumonia coupled with the weight of years as she had attained the great
age of eighty-nine years on Christmas day just past.

For the past ten years, she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. L. K.
Bowman, who has soothed her mother’s declining years with the tenderest care
and most unremitting devotion. The deceased’s maiden name was Diana
Sturtevant. She was born in the state of New York and was married on
September 5, 1827, to Daniel L. Brown. In 1852 they came west to Rockford,
Illinois, and in 1872 came to Plymouth county. Mr. Brown died in LeMars
some nine or ten years ago. Mrs. Brown was the mother of eight children,
three of whom survive her: A. P. Brown and Mrs. L. K. Bowman, of this city;
and Edgar S. Brown, of LaCrosse, Wis. Mrs. Brown was a member of one of the
families of good old Puritan stock and her family is remarkable for its
longevity. She has three sisters and a brother living in Rockford, the
oldest sister being ninety-two years of age and her brother, who is the
youngest of the family, being seventy-two years. Mrs. Brown was in
possession of all her faculties until within a few weeks ago when the rigor
of a cold winter and the general breaking up of her system, presaged the
fact that life’s sands were fast ebbing.

The Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon from the Bowman residence
at 2:30, Rev. W. J. Johnson, of the Congregational church officiating, and
the remains were interred beside those of her husband in the City cemetery.
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NOTE: Per cemetery records the deceased is Mrs. David L. Brown (not Mrs. Daniel L. Brown.)
NOTE: Buried LeMars City Cemetery, Block 9, LeMars, IA.