Coss Sarah Ann

Notes:

Sally Ann and her husband, Samuel Right Brown,Jr. followed her two sisters, Matilda (m. David Miller) and Lucy (m. Asa L. Weaver) and families to Cary, McHenry Co. IL in 1856. One of the sisters, Matilda and her husband, David are buried in the Brown Family plot next to the Coss-Smith's in Cary Cemetery. A brother, William, also lived in Cary.

Sally Ann and her husband, Samuel Right Brown,Jr. followed her two sisters, Matilda (m. David Miller) and Lucy (m. Asa L. Weaver) and families to Cary, McHenry Co. IL in 1856. One of the sisters, Matilda and her husband, David are buried in the Brown Family plot next to the Coss-Smith's in Cary Cemetery. A brother, William, also lived in Cary.

Sarah married Brown Samuel Right on 01 Jan 1844 in Bath, Steuben Co., NY. Samuel (son of Brown Samuel Right (Wright) and Annable Eunice Mary) was born on 17 Nov 1817 in Dresden, Yates Co., NY; died on 04 Feb 1909 in Cary Station, McHenry Co., IL; was buried on 06 Feb 1909 in Cary Cemetery, Cary Station, McHenry Co. IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles died at the age of two years. His father's obituary says he was born near Bath, NY...The family owned a farm in Cameron, Steuben Co. near Bath.

Notes:

Samuel Right Brown was the third to be of that name, being named after his father and grandfather but preferred to be called 'Wright.' He was just a small boy when the family left Bath, Steuben county, NY for the 'new frontier' of the prairies in northwestern Illinois.

He is mentioned in an article in the " History of McHenry County", published in 1968, on early settlers in the county, as being a stock buyer when he was older. He was also a butcher, having a market in several buildings at Cary Station.

An article published in the Nunda Herald on Feb. 17, 1882 proclaims, 'S. R. Brown is still the reliable stock buyer of Cary. Yes, they say he left about 3 P. M. but! when, oh when did he return?' A month later in an article published in the Crystal Lake Herald on March 3, 1882, 'Wright Brown has rented and fitted up a room in the old Sprague building for a meat market, surely Cary is a booming'. By March 17th, he was in business and advertising his meat in the Nunda Herald, 'Beef-steak at Brown's for 10 & 12cts.'

In the same issue of the Herald is the following on the town of Cary by the reporter, Topsey; 'Cary is pretty lively just at present, that is as lively as a town of its size could be expected but with all its liveliness it lacks many things and among them is a good boarding house although it boasts of one hotel, its capacity can not accommodate more than the traveling public and workmen now engaged in the construction of the bridge and at the ice-house find it to be a pretty hard task to find a boarding place many of them being required to return to Janesville after their days work and back again in the morning.'

Either the rent or the location didn't suit him for in July of 1884, Wright moved into the Aylesworth store building, according to the Nunda Herald July 18, 1884 edition.

Wright became a widow at an early age, his wife dying at the age of 19 and leaving a seven-month old daughter to raise. He never remarried. At some point he moved to Dupree, South Dakota but moved back to Clary.IL.

After his daughter, Alice married and moved to Clarion, Iowa, he would visit her and his grandchildren often.

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In the Crystal Lake Herald, published Mar, 3, 1927, Wright's obituary was published as follows:

Samuel Right Brown

Samuel Right Brown, 79, died Feb. 24, 1927 at Wauconda.

Mr. Brown had been in poor health for the last five years. He was born at Bath, N. Y. , Nov. 17, 1848. His parents were Samuel R. and Sallie Ann Brown and he came west with them when eight years old. They were pioneers in this section of the country.

He was married in 1868 to Althea Champlin who died when she was but 19 years old, leaving a child 7 months old, now Mrs. Arthur Richards of Clarion, Ia. He also leaves to mourn his death two brothers, Melvin and Darwin Brown of Wauconda, a sister, Mrs. Martha Osgood of Crystal Lake, and six grandchildren.

He was a resident of this courntry all his life and was very succssful as a stock buyer. He often went to Clarion, Ia., to visit his daughter.

Funeral services were held at Warner's Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and were in charge of the Rev. R. W. Putnam, burial taking place in the Union cemetery. Rev. Putnam and Earnest Colby san "Abide With Me, " and "We May Not Climb the Heavenly Steps."

Mr. Brown was well-liked and he numbered his friends widely. He made friends and acquaintances wherever he went and he lived a useful life.

He is buried in Union Cemetery in Crystla Lake, IL but no headstone exits today. Only cemetery records mention his burial.

Samuel married Champlin Nancy Althea on 03 Apr 1870 in McHenry County, Il. Nancy was born on 02 May 1852 in Sherburne Chenango County, NY; died on 18 Aug 1871 in Algonquin, McHenry County, IL; was buried in Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake, McHenry County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William served in Company I, 95th Regiment of Illinois Army Volunteers during the Civil War. In the Muster and Descriptive Roll of Company I, he is described as: Rank; Private, Age; 18, 5'9''tall, Light hair, dark eyes and light complexion, not married, a farmer, born in Steuben, NY, joined the service on 7 Dec. 1863 at Woodstock, IL and enrolled by Captain James Nash for a period of 3 years. Mustered into service one day later, December 8, 1863 at Springfield, IL by Lt. Hubb.

On July 25,1865, he was transferred to C. K. 47 Illinois Infantry S. O. NO.122, hold to discharge 16 AC. and was discharged on Aug. 7, 1865 at Springfield, IL by Capt. Hubb.

On the discharge, it gives his home address as Algonquin, IL.

William married Harback Francis LaJune on 12 Mar 1874 in McHenry County, Il. Francis was born on 22 Jul 1850 in NY; died on 25 Jun 1909 in Cary Station, McHenry Co., IL; was buried on 27 Jun 1909 in Cary Cemetery, Cary, McHenry County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha died a widow at 9:15 A. M. on Apr. 3, 1939. She had been a housewife for 50 years and had lived at 322 Brink Street, Cary, McHenry Co. IL for the last two years of her life. Although she was senile in her later years, her cause of death as stated on her death certificate, # 16728, was myocarditis. Her sister, Dora Raue, (Mrs. Ben Raue) was the informant. No autopsy was performed.

In an article under the heading of CARY ACTIVITIES AND HAPPENINGS, published in the Crystal Lake Herald on February 20, 1930 is the following:

MRS. OSGOOD HONORED ON BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

Several friends of Mrs. Martha Osgood gathered at her home in Wauconda Wednesday afternoon, Feb.12 in honor of her birthday anniversary.

A very pleasant aftternoon was spent with Mrs. Osgood, at the close of which refreshments of sandwiches, pickles, coffee, cake and ice cream were served; these having been prepared by the guest.

Mrs. Osgood's cousin, Mrs. Geradine Smith, is spending the winter months with her.

Those who enjoyed this delightful afternoon together were: Mrs. George Lindsey, Mrs. Ben Raue, Miss Faye Brink, Mrs. F. S. Lindsey and Mrs. Will Trout of Cary and Mrs. Sydney Osgood and two children of Wauconda.

Family/Spouse: Osgood Franklin. Franklin was born in 1848 in NY; died in 1913 in Janesville, Rock County, WI; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Rock County, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to her death certificate, she had been a seamtress for 30 years but retired at the time of her death. Geraldine Smith, a cousin from Chicago, Illinois, who probably took care of her in her last days is shown as the informant on the certificate. It also shows that she was single. Not widowed or married. She died at the age of 68 years old. The cause of her death is unclear on the copied death certificate but it mentions something in the right breast. In her obituary, it states that she died of cancer after suffering from extreme pain due to her illness for two months. She died at her home on Saturday, March 25, 1922 at 11o'clock in the morning. The funeral took place there as well and she was buried in the family plot at Cary Cemetery, Cary, IL. At the time of her death, she was survived by three brothers; Samuel Right Brown, III of Cary, Erasmus Darwin and Melvin of Wauconda and one sister, Martha Brown Osgood of Cary.

Notes:

Erasmus Darwin, like his uncle and namesake, went by the name of Darwin all his life. He lived his life in Wauconda, WI as did his son and daughter. His brother, Melvin spent the last twenty years of his life in Wauconda also. They lived on a farm called Maplewood Farm. In his obituary, it states that he came to Cary in May of 1856 when he was about six months old. The family lived previously in Kankakee County before moving to McHenry County.

Erasmus married Brooks Sarah A. on 31 Dec 1876 in McHenry County, Il. Sarah was born in Jun 1858 in IL; died on 05 Feb 1921 in Wauconda, Lake County, Il; was buried in Wauconda Cemetery, Wauconda, Lake County, Il. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Notes:

Daniel was a 32nd degree Mason in the Medinah Temple and a reporter for the Cary news which was submitted to the Crystal Lake Herald. This was written in an article on the early settlers of Cary Station in their local newspaper. He is also mentioned in the article on his parents, Samuel Right and Sally Ann Coss Brown, in the 1968 published " History of McHenry County, IL."

He was born near North Crystal Lake in Algonquin township, McHenry County, IL but at the age of five he and his family moved to the Brown farm two miles north of Cary. In 1875 the familymoved to Cary where he resided until his death in 1912. He attended the district schools and later finished his education at the Elgin Academy, from which he graduated at the age of 20 years in 1880.

He belonged to many lodges and organizations, endearing himself to many acquaintances and friends. He was a highly regarded member of the Cary community. He died by hanging himself in an upstairs bedroom in his home in Cary, IL.

Sometime between 1908 and 1912, he went to Denmark. Upon his return he had given a bracelet he had purchased there probably to Alice, his niece.

He married Ann Barge but nothing more is known about this marriage. No children were mentioned in his obituary so it is unknown if any were ever born to them.

Family/Spouse: Barge Ann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was born on a farm near Crystal Lake in Cary.

Dora married Raue Benno on 16 Jan 1892 in Kane County, Il. Benno was born on 16 Apr 1866 in Landeshut, Germany; died on 20 Mar 1961 in Crystal Lake, McHenry County, IL; was buried in Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake, McHenry County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alice was the only daughter of Samuel and Althea Chaplin Brown. According to the obituary for her aunt, Julia Ann Brown, she was or had been married to a Mr. Richards and had a son, Paul. They were living in Clarion, Iowa at the time of the publication on March 30, 1922.


From 1884 to 1891 Alice was living with her uncle, Solomon Smith in Galt, Iowa.

Died:
Clarion, Wright County, IA

Alice married Richards Arthur in 1891 in IL. Arthur was born in 1861 in Wisconsin; died in 1950 in Wright County, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dexter Donald, born in Cary, IL, was a farmer who also worked on the railroad and raised a family of one son and four daughters. He is buried in Cary Cemetery, Cary, IL. His main cause of death was acute asthma and acute bronchitis. Secondary cause was chronic myocarditus. He was only 50 yrs. 1 month and 3 days old when he died.

OBITUARY FOR DEXTER DONALD BROWN
Newspaper unknown.


Dexter Donald Brown, age 50 years, died Tuesday at 9:20 a. m. at his home on the William Manson farm in Cuba township, following an illness of three days.

The deceased had never been a rugged physique. He had long been a sufferer from asthma, and late last week he caught a severe cold, which developed into pneumonia and resulted in his death.

He was born at Silver Lake, in McHenry county on Jan. 30, 1876, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Brown, both now deceased.

On July 7, 1909, he was married to Miss Laura Catlow, daughter of John E. Catlow of North Avenue. He is survived by Mrs. Brown and four children, Helen, Clarence Edward, Lillian and Dolores.

Four years of their married life was spent in South Dakota, near Dupree, where they proved up on a claim of farm land. The balance of the time they have lived in and around Barrington. For some time they lived in the village and Mr. Brown was employed in the C. & N. W. freight house in Chicago.

Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist church at Cary tomorrow afternoon, preceded by brief services at the E. M. Blocks chapel here. The pastor of the Cary church will officiate and interment will be in the Cary cemetery.

Dexter married Catlow Laura May in Jul 1906 in Il. Laura was born on 11 Mar 1887 in Barrington, Cook County, IL; died on 30 Nov 1930 in Chicago, Cook County, IL; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Barrington, Cook County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Crystal Lake Herald
October 27, 1966
Obituaries
Mrs. Mabelle Raue

Mrs. Mabelle Raue, born Jyuly 31, 1876, in Janesville, Wisconsin passed away at her home, 25 W. Crystal Lake Avenue, Tuesday, October 25, after a lingering illness.

Born the daughter of the late Frank and Martha Brown Osgood, she was married October 28, 1915 in Denver, Colorado to Ben Raue, who preceded her in death in 1961.

She is survived by three step-daughters, Ethel, Leone, Lucille and one step-son, Ben, all of Crystal Lake. One sister, Maude O. Dodd, of this city, and a niece, Mrs. Martha Gainer, Wauconda. One brother preceded her in death.

Mrs. Raue had taught in the public schools of Crystal Lake and Cary, and also Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Friends may call at the Warner funeral home after 2 p. m. Thursday. Services will be conducted Friday at 1:30 p.m. from the funeral home by the Rev. M. J. A. Darymple. Interment will be in Crystal Lake Union Cemetery.

According to Francis Richards ,a relative , Mabelle did not want to marry Benno and fled to Colorado to get away from him. He followed her there and they finally married there before returning to IL.

Mabelle married Raue Benno on 28 Oct 1915 in Denver, CO. Benno was born on 16 Apr 1866 in Landeshut, Germany; died on 20 Mar 1961 in Crystal Lake, McHenry County, IL; was buried in Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake, McHenry County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maude and her husband, Elmer Dodd lived in Janesville, Rock County, WI but died at her home in Crystal Lake, IL. She is buried in Cary Cemetery, Cary, McHenry County, IL. Perhaps Elmer is buried in Janesville because he is not in Cary.

Obituary in Crystal Lake Herald September 9, 1971, page 6.

MRS. MAUDE OSGOOD DODD

Mrs. Maude O. Dodd of 57 Elmhurst St., Crystal Lake, died Sunday, Sept 5, at home. Born February 2, 1878 in Janesville, WI. She was a daughter of the late Frank and Martha Brown Osgood.

Mrs. Dodd lived in the area over 50 years and taught the Cary elementary school and Cary rural school system. she was a graduate of Barrington high school and the oldest living member of the Crystal Lake Woman's Club.

Survivors include a sister-in-law, Mrs. Hattie Osgood of Wauconda, four nieces, Miss Lucile Raue, Miss Ethel Raue and Miss Leone Raue of Crystal Lake and Mrs. Bertha Gainer of Wauconda; a nephew, Ben Raude of Crystal Lake and three step-children; George V. Dodd of Battle Creek, MI; Newton E. Dodd of Louisville, KY; and Mrs. Oscar (Mildred) Johnson of Downers Grove.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother, Sidney Osgood, and a sister, Mrs. Ben Raue.
Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Warner-Flagg funeral home with Rev. M. J. A. Dalyrme officiating. Burial was private.

Maude married Hunter Bryon T. in 1908 in McHenry, McHenry County, IL. Bryon died in 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the May 8, 1924 issue of the Crystal Lake Herald under the heading of CARY ACTIVITIES AND HAPPENINGS, it mentions the following:

Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Osgood and children will move to Wauconda this week, as he has purchased the home of his uncle, Melvin Brown, on the Wauconda-Volo road.

In another issue published on May 15, 1924 under the same CARY ACTIVITIES AND HAPPENINGS, is the following:

Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Osgood and children moved Saturday to their new home here, recently purchased on the Wauconda-Volo cement road.

On the 1930 census in Wauconda Town, Wauconda, Lake Co. Il. Ed 9-68, Sidney was renting his home and paying $25.00 rent. He owned a radio. He was 29 when he married, did not attend school during the year, but can read and write. This time is says that both his father and mother were born in NY. He is a salesman in a Market & Grocery. He was employed but not a veteren. Only new item for Hattie was that she was 25 when she married.

Sydney married Neilly Hattie May on 07 Nov 1912. Hattie was born on 06 Sep 1887 in MO; died in Dec 1982 in Wauconda, Lake County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Orissa Brown lived with her cousin, Althea Coss for many, many years according to Ethel Brown, wife of Rollin of Waukegan, IL.

Notes:

OBITUARY FOR DARWIN LEE BROWN
Barrington, McHenry Co., IL Courier-Review
June 1956


Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Kisselburg funeral home, Wauconda, for Darwin Lee Brown, a native of the Wauconda community, who died Wednesday night of last week in St. Therese hospital, Waukegan. Burial was in Wauconda cemetery.

Darwin Lee Brown was born May 9, 1886, in Cuba township on the farm known in late years as the Gus Sick farm. He was the son of Darwin and Sarah Brooks Brown. The family subsequently moved to a farm south of Wauconda on what is now route 12, where they lived for many years.

He was married Oct. 12, 1911, to Louise Alma Boehmer, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Boehmer of Barrington.

As a young man, Lee Brown was well known in Barrington. He was a serious student of the violin at Sear's School of Music, and spent much time here. He was a member of Salem Church.

Mr. Brown was engaged in the garage business in Wauconda for 39 years in partnership with his brother-in-law, Arthur Boehmer, formerly of Barrington, under the firm name of Brown & Boehmer. He retired from the business a few years ago, and after operating a service station in Waukegan with his son Rollin, for two years, Mr. and Mrs. Brown moved to Florida. They arrived in Waukegan for a visit five weeks ago. Mr. Brown was stricken with a cerebral attack the following day, and was in the hospital until his death.

While in business in Wauconda, he was for years an active and enthusiastic member of the fire department in the village, and for several years was secretary of the grade school board.

Besides his widow, and the son mentioned, Mr. Brown is survived by another son, Donald, who lives in the Cincinnati area, four grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Orissa Brown of Wauconda.

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Comes From Kansas to Attend Funeral
(Same page as above obituary)

Mrs. A. C. Bangs of Liberal, Kans., arrived Saturday morning to attend the funeral of her brother-in-law, D. Lee Brown of Inverness, Fla., which was held at Wauconda Saturday afternoon.

She is spending this week visiting at the homes of her sisters, Mrs. Earnest Wessel of Grove avenue and Mrs. Henry Sodt of West lake street, and with Mrs. Brown and brother, Aruthur Boehmer, at Wauconda.

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Waukegan, Lake County, IL paper, June 14, 1956

LEE BROWN DIES

We were, indeed, sorry to learn as we go to press of the death of Lee Brown, a native of Wauconda and former partner in the local automobile dealer firm, Brown and Boehmer.

Mr. Barown, 70, passed away at 11:30 last night in St. Therese Hospiotal, Waukegan, where he had been a patient the past four weeks. He entered the hospital after being stricken with a cerebral attack while visiting in the Waukegan home of his son, Rollin and family.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, at the Kesselburg Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Wauconda cemetery.

Mr. Brown's obituary will appear in next week's issue.


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Lee Brown was at the kitchen table of his son, Rollin, playing cards when he had a stroke. He was to the hospital were he lived four weeks. He was able to get up and walk after the first week but then had another stoke and was in a coma for the last three weeks, that finally took his life.

Darwin married Boehmer Louise Alma on 12 Oct 1911 in Irving Park, Il. Louise was born on 14 May 1888 in Barrington, IL; died on 25 Jun 1988 in Wauconda, Lake County, IL; was buried in Wauconda Cemetery, Wauconda, Lake County, Il. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She became a school teacher in Clary but never married. She came with her parents when they moved to Crystal Lake. She lived in Michigan for a time. It is unknown if she came back to Crystal Lake before she died. Her Social Security number was 381-384152.

Notes:

He and his sister spent their adult lives working in their family hardware store. He died in 1974. Social Security informaton. SS# 343-10-7828.

Notes:

SS# 339-38-1521 Issued in Illinois, 1962.

Notes:

She and her brother, Benno, Jr. spent their adult lives working in their hardware store. She was the last of the three children to survive. She past away at the age of 90 in November of 1994, a wealthy woman.

*In Lucille's will, a clock that was in the Ruae Hardware store, was given to the City of Crystal Lake. It is now displayed in the lobby of the Municipal Complex. Lucille's house was donated to the Crystal Lake Main Street program and a significant donation was made through her will to the Crystal Lake Civic Center Authority to aid in the development of hwat is now called the Raue Center for the Arts.

*(This information was furnished by Greg Fettes, Assistant City Manager of the City of Crystal Lake, McHenry County, IL.)

Notes:

Funeral home records # 3.Paul W. Richards. Male, Cremated Urn buried Evergreen cem, Clarion IA.Lot 121 W. DOD 13 July 1974

Notes:

Helen, born Nov. 1, 1911, was a housewife and mother of two children. She later owned and operated a resort. After her first husband died, she remarried to a Bowman. She was living in Fountain Hill, Arizona when she died on August 11, 2005. Her funeral was held in IL. Obit was publishe in the Arizona Republican, 8/14/2005.

Hellen married von Druska John Joseph on 24 Aug 1929. John was born on 30 Apr 1905; died on 07 Feb 1972 in Elgin, Kane County, IL; was buried in Palatine, Cook County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Clarence Edward was known by the nickname, Buster. He was born in Lake Zurich, Lake County, IL and only attended school to the fourth grade. During his life, he worked as a truck driver and horse trainer. He moved to Tucson, Arizona where he died. He was survived by his wife, Laua Ella, by five years.

Clarence married Prahl Laura Ella on 20 Apr 1934. Laura was born on 30 Dec 1914 in Huntley, McHenry County, Il; died on 29 Mar 1986 in Bakersfield, Kern County, Ca. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dolores married Kloss Clarence Frederick on 08 Jun 1940. Clarence was born on 12 Mar 1914 in Grand Marsh, Wisconsin; died on 05 Feb 1984 in Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida; was buried on 09 Feb 1984 in Elmwood Cemetery, Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bryon lived only two months. He is buried in the Brown plot at Cary Cemetery, Cary, McHenry Co., IL.

Notes:

Donald's Social Security number was 328-22-1674.