Brown Melvin^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1858 - 1936  (78 years)

• Name	Brown Melvin
  Birth	03 Apr 1858	St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Nov 1936	Wauconda, Lake County, Il   [1]
  Burial	27 Nov 1936	Cary Cemetery, Cary, McHenry County, Il   [1]
  Notes	Melvin was an expert mason by trade as written up in an article in the local newspaper on the early settlers of Clary. Also in the 1968 "History of McHenry County, IL." DEATH: On a coupon that was detached and retained by Sexton...perhaps a death certificate for the cemetery, the following is recorded: DEATH: Burial Permit No. 91 Registration Dist. No. 504..Cause Certified by J. A. Roso, M. D. Name of deceased, Melvin Brown...date of Burial...Nov. 27, 1936 Sex, Male; Color, white; Age, 78 Yrs., 7 Mos., 21 Days. Name of Undertaker, M. W. Hughes Place of death, Fremont Township., Date of Death, Nov. 24, 1936, Address of Undertaker, Wauconda. Cause of death, Atrophic Chirrosis. Name of Local Registrar, Walter W. Banks. DEATH: The obituary published in the Crystal Lake Herald, Dec. 3, 1936 edition says that Melvin died at the home of a niece, Orissa Brown in Wauconda, WI. It also said that he had lived in the area for the last twenty years. There is no mention of a surviving wife or children. DEATH: Funeral services were held in the M. E. church in Cary.
  Person ID	I52854	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Brown Samuel Right,   b. 17 Nov 1817, Dresden, Yates Co., NY d. 04 Feb 1909, Cary Station, McHenry Co., IL (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Coss Sarah Ann,   b. 03 Jun 1817, Bath, Steuben Co., NY d. 01 Dec 1902, Cary Station, McHenry Co., IL (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	01 Jan 1844	Bath, Steuben Co., NY   [1]
  Family ID	F24182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1397] Merged from BrianFreeman on 01-Jan-13 at 22:11. [S1450] Death Certificate, State of IL, Dept. of Health, Div. of Vital Statistics. [S1451] Cary Cemetery Informtion, Cary, McHenry County, IL, Old 1-Lot 2-Grave 2. [S1427] Crystal Lake Herald, Crystal Lake, McHenry Co. IL, Obituary, Dec. 3, 1936. Under the heading of 'The Cary Reporter': Melvin Brown, a former resident of Cary, passed away at the home of his niece, Oressa Brown of Wauconda, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the age of 78. He had made his home in the vicinity of Wauconda for the past twenty years. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Martha Osgood of Crystal Lake. Funeral services were held in the M. E. Church at Cary on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Stanley Jeffery officiating. Burial was in the Cary cemetery. [S1429] Roger Brown, a descendant of Samuel Right Brown, Jr. [S1427] Crystal Lake Herald, Crystal Lake, McHenry Co. IL, 3 Dec. 1936 Edition, p. 2.