Walter Gaskell Brown (1881 - 1917)

Born 7 Aug 1881 in Carroll County, Indiana

Ancestors

Died 10 Nov 1917 at age 36 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana

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Biography

'Walter Gaskell Brown and his twin brother Frederic Haskell were born on August 7, 1881,^[1]in Carroll, Indiana.^[2] They were the son's of William Brown and Matilda Gillam. They were the sixth and seventh sons of eight. He had seven brothers.

Walter and Frederic were both just 10 years old when their Father died in 1892,^[3] and then 11 Years Old in Febuary, 1893, when their Mother died. They went to live with Their Uncle Tom and Aunt Agnes Gilam. At age 18, He was living as a Boarder, on South RR Street in Monroe, Carroll Co., Indiana, with the Harry W Hana family. He was going to School at the time.^[4] At age 28, in 1910 Walter was working as a Jewelry Smith, living with his Twin brother Fred and wife Lola Brown In Center, Howard Indiana. ^[5]

He never married. Walter had been in poor health most of his life.^[6]

He died on November 10, 1917,^[1] in Logansport, Indiana, at the age of 36,^[7] and was buried in the Zion Citizen Cemetery in Bringhurst, Indiana.,^[1]

Walter's Indiana, Death Certificate: Cause of Death Intestinal Hemorage. Contributory: Chronic Nephritis/Liver Desease.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} " Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 December 2019), memorial page for Walter G. Brown (1881–10 Nov 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #124751788, citing Zion Citizens Cemetery, Bringhurst, Carroll County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Richard Lybrook (contributor 47378025) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} " Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Ancestry's Indiana Death Certificates Ancestry Record 60716 #4405551
3. ↑ "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ7Y-MC7 : 3 December 2014), William D. Brown, 26 Jan 1892, Carroll County, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." City Health Office, Ddelphi.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBX-FYJ : accessed 15 December 2019), Walter G Brown in household of Harry W Hanna, Monroe Township (north portion) Flora town Ward 1-3, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36, sheet 12B, family 294, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,361.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKP9-7WQ : accessed 15 December 2019), Walter G Brown in household of Fred Brown, Center, Howard, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 119, sheet 2A, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 355; FHL microfilm 1,374,368.
6. ↑ Family rememberances form his Brother, Frederic Haskell Brown given to his Grand daughter Marlene (Brown) Woodfield through the years.
7. ↑ "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ7W-V3R : 3 December 2014), Walter Brown, 10 Nov 1917, Logansport, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." City Health Office, Logansport.