Rosetta Brown's obituary, Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan

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                              Pioneer of State Expires Wednesday
                Mrs. Rosetta Brown, Aged 84, Succumbs After Short
Illness in Owosso
                         Lansing State Journal, PG 2, Jan 25, 1917

Special to the State Journal
	OWOSSO, Jan 25.--Mrs. Rosetta Brown, aged 84, died Wednesday afternoon
at 5 o'clock after a short illness and from a general breakdown at the
home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Eugene Brown, 609 North Shiawassee
St.   Mrs. Brown was born in New York state November 7, 1833 and has
lived in the state of Michigan since 1864, having come to this state
with her husband, traveling overland in a wagon through Canada along the
Indian Trails.   She is the last member of her family.   Both of her
sons and husband died some years earlier.
	Mrs. Brown was married to Sanford Brown July 29, 1849, and the husband
died in 19122, one month after moving from their farm in Owosso township
to their city property in Owosso.   Upon coming to Michigan the couple
settled on a farm near Elsie where they resided until 1900, when they
removed to Owosso township.   The first son, Charles, died in 1864 and
the second son, Eugene, died in 1912.   Mrs Brown was active until the
last few weeks of her life.   The deceased is survived by two
grandchildren, Mrs. Edgar Bartholomew, 224 South Cedare St., Owosso, and
Mrs. A. T. Wright, 601 North Shiawassee st., Owosso; and by four great
grandchildren.
	The funeral will take place at the home of the daughter-in-law Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock.   Rev. E. J. Warren will officiate.   Interment
will be in the Dewey cemetery by the side8 of the husband3.

Aged Owosso Lady is Taken By Death 
Mrs. Rosetta Brown Traveled By Wagon From New York
Many Years Ago.
Argus-Press, 25 Jan 1917 pg 3 col 1

	Mrs. Rosetta (Davis) Brown, 84 years old and a pioneer resident of
Elsie, died at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. O. Brown, 609
North Shiawassee street, early last evening.   She had been gradually
falling and had been confined to her bed for the past week.   Funeral
services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at Mrs. Brown's
home.   Rev. E. J. Warren officiating.   The remains will be placed in
the vault at Oak Hill cemetery and later will be taken to Dewey cemetery
for burial.
	Mrs. Brown was born in New York on November 7, 1833, and was married on
July 29, 1849, to Sanford Brown.   They came to Michigan soon afterward
and settled at Elsie.   They made the trip by wagon, following Indian
trails.   It required weeks to make the journey, and although it was in
the dead of winter, the sturdy pioneers were forced to camp out along
the road at night.
	Mr. Brown died many years ago, and Mrs. Brown remained in Elsie until
1900, when she moved with her son, Eugene, to Owosso township.   They
resided there until four years ago, when they came to Owosso.   The son
died only a short time afterward.   The deceased was the last of a large
family and her nearest surviving relative is her daughter-in-law at
whose home she died.   Mrs. A. T. Wright, wife of the city treasurer,
and Mrs Edgar Bartholomew, Cedar street, were granddaughters3.