Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Mary 1879
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Ionia Sentinel, 21 Feb 1879

Mary, wife of Judge Brown, died at their house in North Plains, just at sunset, 
Feb. 14th, 1879.

She was born in South Bristol, Ontario Co., New York, in 1803.  In 1826 she was 
married to Hiram Brown, who after a married life of 53 years still survives 
her.  Forty-two years ago they came to Michigan, and settled in North Plains 
township on the place where the family still resides.  For fifty years Mother 
Brown had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.  She never tired of 
telling of the trials and triumphs of the early itinerants, many of whom have 
shared the hospitality of her Christian home.

A large and sympathetic congregation of neighbors, and friends from other 
portions of the county, followed her remains to their last resting place.  We 
have no doubt of her abundant entrance into the city of God:

“Weep not for her for she has crossed the river.  We almost saw Him meet her on 
the shore  And lead her through the golden gates where neither Sorrow or death 
can ever enter more.

Weep not for her that she hath reached before us  The safe, warm shelter of her 
long-loved home;  Weep not for her, she may be bending o’er us, In quiet wonder 
when we, too, shall come.”


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