Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Irving Adelbert 1916
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Ella Gunn’s CD Scrapbook – December 1916
Irving A. Brown a pioneer resident of Sebewa and widely known thru this 
section died Sunday.  Mr. Brown has been in poor health for some time but 
death came rather suddenly, heart failure and paralysis being the cause.  
Irving Adelbert Brown was born in Sebewa, Mich., Jan. 2, 1845, and died at his 
home there (part of the same old homestead) Dec. 2, 1916, aged 69 years, 10 
months and 23 days.  In 1863, a boy of eighteen, he enlisted in Co. H., Sixth 
Michigan Calvary and served one year.  While still in dismounted camp, near 
Washington, expecting to be ordered to the front, the war ended, and soon 
after the grand review his regiment was sent west against the Indians.  He was 
honorably discharged at Fort Bridger, Utah and returned to civilization with 
seven comrades in a private schooner.  His next few years were spent in and 
near Ionia, Mich., attending school and teaching.  He began the study of 
medicine but was forced to give it up because of eye trouble which for some 
time threatened him with blindness.  December 8, 1871, he was married to Delia 
M. Stacy, who, with their three sons and his brother Herman S. Brown survive 
him.  Soon after their marriage they moved to his old home in Sebewa, where 
the rest of his life has been spent.  In early manhood he joined the M. E. 
church at Ionia, transferring membership later to Sebewa Corners and later 
still helping to organize the class at Sebewa Center where for years he served 
as class leader and Sunday School superintendent.  Truly brother Brown did 
serve his God and his country and his influence will be felt for years to 
come.  The funeral services were held December 5 at the Sebewa Center church.  
Rev. D. C. Crawford of Palo, Mich., a former pastor preached the funeral 
sermon.

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