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Brown Melvin

Male 1858 - 1936  (78 years)


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  1. 1.  Brown Melvin was born on 03 Apr 1858 in St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL; died on 24 Nov 1936 in Wauconda, Lake County, Il; was buried on 27 Nov 1936 in Cary Cemetery, Cary, McHenry County, Il.

    Notes:

    Melvin was an expert mason by trade as written up in an article in the local newspaper on the early settlers of Clary. Also in the 1968 "History of McHenry County, IL."

    DEATH: On a coupon that was detached and retained by Sexton...perhaps a death certificate for the cemetery, the following is recorded:

    DEATH: Burial Permit No. 91 Registration Dist. No. 504..Cause Certified by J. A. Roso, M. D.
    Name of deceased, Melvin Brown...date of Burial...Nov. 27, 1936
    Sex, Male; Color, white; Age, 78 Yrs., 7 Mos., 21 Days. Name of Undertaker, M. W. Hughes
    Place of death, Fremont Township., Date of Death, Nov. 24, 1936, Address of Undertaker, Wauconda.
    Cause of death, Atrophic Chirrosis. Name of Local Registrar, Walter W. Banks.

    DEATH: The obituary published in the Crystal Lake Herald, Dec. 3, 1936 edition says that Melvin died at the home of a niece, Orissa Brown in Wauconda, WI. It also said that he had lived in the area for the last twenty years. There is no mention of a surviving wife or children.


    DEATH: Funeral services were held in the M. E. church in Cary.