Brown II Erasmus Darwin

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]

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

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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]

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