SUSAN ELIZABETH UPTON BROWN, Obituary, Coke County, TX

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Submitted by Evelyn Owens - JOwens9034@aol.com
9 April 2001
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Mrs. Susan E. Brown

Mrs. Susan E. Brown was born in Georgia in 1832.  She came to Texas 
at an early age.

She became the wife of Mr. A. B. Brown, and shared with him the 
hardships and the dangers of pioneer life in Texas

She and her husband were among the first settlers of Parker county,
lived for a while in Palo Pinto county, but on accout of Indians, 
moved back to Parker county.

In 1865, 
man county, where                near Bead Mountain Mr. Brown was killed
by Indians.  Mrs. Brown was left with five little childdren to raise,
and a brother who came to live with her soon after her husband's death,
was also killed by Indians.

In 1874, she moved to McColloch county, where she lived until 1907, when 
she moved to Sterling county.

Mrs. Brown was taken ill at her home in Sterling county, December 31st, 
1907, was moved to the home of her granddaugter, Mrs. A. H. Arnett at 
Edith, Coke county. where she died April 20, 1908

She leaves four children to     Mrs. S. E. Cliffton and Mr. Stonie 
Brown of Sterling county; Mrs. Mary Coffey, of Kimble County; and Mrs. 
Mattie E. Brown, of Coke County.

That she was a kind and devoted mother is attested by the patient, 
loving ministrations of all these children during her last illness, 
especially Beautiful was the tender, untiring care bestowed upon his 
mother by her only boy Stonie, not only during her illness, but always
since he was old enough to look out for her, she had been his especial 
care.

During Mrs Brown's protracted illness many friends at

Note:  This was copied from a scanned version of the newspaper article
(source unknown).  Parts of it were unreadable.  Mary Love Berryman