Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Tombstone Tuesday - Fred Brown




Fred Brown
July 9, 1895
Dec. 28, 1928

Buried 29 December 1928 in Freedom Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Note the Woodman of the World emblem on his tombstone.  The tombstone was photographed 25 March 2015.

According to his death certificate, [1] Fred Brown was the son of Robt. C. Brown and Laura Ellen Gill, both of whom were born in Kentucky.  

Fred Brown registered for the military draft on 5 June 1917 in Crittenden County. [2] When he registered he stated he was married and was employed in farming for John M. Wilson.

In 1920 Fred Brown and his wife, Lela B. Watson Brown, were enumerated in Crittenden County.[3]  By 1930, Lela Brown, and her children Eugene Brown, Robert W. Brown, Bonny M. Brown, and her mother, India Watson, were living with Lela's father in law, Robert C. Brown. [4] Lela Watson Brown would later marry two more times before her death in 1983.[5]



[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #977 (1928), Fred Brown, Ancestry.com.
[2] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, Fred Brown, Ancestry.com.
[3] 1920 Crittenden County, Kentucky census, Roll T625_562, p. 5B, E.D. 52, Fred and Lela B. Brown, Ancestry.com.
[4] 1930 Crittenden County, Kentucky census, P. 10A, E.D. 0002, Robert C. Brown household, Ancestry.com.
[5] Find A Grave Memorial #58652175, Lela Watson Brown McEuen Sisk, born 1 May 1898; died 13 Jan 1983.

Published 3 Dec 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

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