MRS. EVA LOUISE BROWN
BROWN, MRS. EVA LOUISE: Homemaker; b Mount Pleasant, Iowa Dec 17, 1860; d of John Dougherty-Amanda Davis; ed Fairfield HS; m Perley Benton Brown Apr 10, 1883 Fairfield (dec Mar 3, 1940); s David K., Harold Benton; d Edna Amanda (Mrs. & Westergaard), Bessie Franc, Leah Kinney (Mrs ---- Mellott), Margaret Louise (Mrs. ---- Elger); 1880-83 music tchr; 1883- homemaker; ch mbr Rebekah, past dist pres; ch mbr Womans Union; ch mbr WHMS, 1st pres; 1917-19 assisted husband in newspaper off of Shelby Co Republican; with Natl Editorial Assn on trips to Cal, Thousand Islands in St Lawrence River & Mexico City Mex; OES; Congl Ch; hobby: making hooked rugs; res 1206 Baldwin, Harlan.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1112. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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