Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Wm L. 1924 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 31, 2014, 11:00 am Belding Banner-News, 2 Apr 1924 Wm L. Brown, a pioneer of Ionia county and a former resident of Orleans township, passed away at the home of his son, L. Eugene Brown, at Portland, Mich., March 25, his 83rd birthday anniversary. Mr. Brown was born at Hartford Mills, New York March 25, 1841 and was married to Saloma C. Howard, January 1, 1862, where they resided until moving to Portland, Mich., in December, 1868. Six children were born to them and three survive. After the death of Mrs. Brown, in Orleans township, in 1894, he married Mrs. Delia Chadwick, she having passed away several years ago. The funeral service was held at the home of the son at 10 o’clock, March 29, 1924. Burial at Green’s cemetery, Orleans township. He was a kind father, good neighbor and friend. The surviving children are: Mrs. J. Jay Raby, of Lansing; Mrs. G. D. Rowley, of Halfway, and L. Eugene Brown, whose home is now at Belding. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/brown26381nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb