OBIT: Thomas BROWN, 1941, Confluence, Somerset County, PA

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THOMAS BROWN

A Patriarch Has Passed By Mrs. A. G. Boughner

  On Friday afternoon, December fifth, the Baptist Church of Confluence was 
filled to overflowing with relatives and friends, gathered to pay their last 
respects to an old friend and neighbor.  There was a generous sprinkling of 
white heads in the assemblage, men and women who had been life long friends of 
the man who lay in the flower banked casket at the front of the church.  The 
long life (eighty-four years) of Thomas Brown - "Uncle Tom" - was ended.  The 
dignified pastor, Rev. George R. Krupp, of the United Presbyterian Church of 
Connellsville took charge of the services, reading a few comforting passages of 
scripture, and a number of Mr. Brown's favorite hymns, one of which was "Lead 
Kindly Light."  As he read the afternoon sun came streaming through the stained 
glass windows, like a blessing, over the heads of the hushed assemblage.  The 
thought came to me - it is exactly as he would have wished it.  Quiet, simple, 
dignified.  His children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends 
gathered round him.
  Thomas Brown was born in Ohiopyle, June 10, 1857, the third child of the late 
Rev. James R. and Dorcas Nesmith Brown.  His entire life was passed in 
Confluence or its vicinity.   He was one of eight children.  Three brothers and 
one sister survive him, namely: Mr. Calvin Brown of Dawson, James and Delbert 
Brown, and Mrs. Rose Kurtz, all of Confluence.  He married Mary Jane Thomas, and 
was the father of six daughters and one son.  Three daughters and the son 
survive him, namely: Mrs. Katharine Redard, of California, Mrs. James Michael, 
Somerset, and Mrs. Fanny Trutle, Connellsville, at whose home he passed away.
  After the death of his wife 28 years ago, and his mother, he moved to his own 
house and for many years his orphaned niece, Miss Helen Brown, has looked after 
his household and has given him devoted care in his reclining years.  He was a 
father to her in every way.

Meyersdale Republican, December 11, 1941