Charles W Brown (abt. 1880)

Born about Oct 1880 in South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Charles W Brown was born about 1880 in South Dakota to Elias Brown and Emma Huden. It is believed the siblings were Charles W Brown ^[1],Arthur Walter Brown ^[1][2], Carl Brown ^[1], Roy Brown ^[1][3], Kate Brown ^[1], Harry Brown ^[1][4], Freddie Brown ^[1], Olive Brown ^[1][5], Florence Dorothy Brown ^[1][6]

In 1900^[1] he was living with his parents Elias(68) and Emma(43) in Athol, Spink County, South Dakoa. The others living in the home at the time are all believed to be their children Charles(19), Arthur(17), Earl(15), Roy(13), Kate(11), Harry(9), Freddie(7), Olly(5), Flossie(3).

The conditions of the family we be noted in a few papers including on April 4, 1902, a few days after Emma's death^[7]

LIVED IN DUGOUT. A Family in Spink County Living in the Worst Kind of Poverty Found.

The following special from Iledlield gives some details of an extreme case of poverty in Spink county: One of the worst scenes that one ever looked upon was witnessed when neighbors wear to the home of Elias Brown who lives about four miles west of Athol in this county. Brown's family consists of himself and wife and ten children ranging in age from years to and they have lived in a dugout about fifteen feet square on his farm for ten years. They came to this county " about 188 and settled on the present farm and have lived a secluded life »ver since. It was surmised by neighbors that Brown was not all that he ought to be to his family and for some time friends have sent in clothing and tried to give what aid they could to the struggling wife and" children. These overtures have not always met the approval by the presiding genius of the fold. Last week it was discovered that some of the family- were sick and upon investigating it was found that ten of the eleven at home were down with typhoid pneumonia. The father refused to allow a physician to be called and all were lying on masses of old rags without, underclothing of any kind, and all packed in the little dugout in the hill. It was found when a physician was called that there was no help for the mother, and she died on Sunday morning. For the others, there is some hope. On Saturday the neighbors clubbed together and bought lumber for a house and on Sunday build a comfortable house for the children and the ladies sent a wagon load of clothing and beds, fur there were no beds in the house except a trundle bed. Brown himself opposed the idea of a doctor and would, when opportunity arose, throw all the medicine out of doors

His mother would pass away shortly after.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMR6-KQ9 : accessed 20 February 2018), Elias Brown, Athol & Jefferson Townships Ashton city, Spink, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 301, sheet 9B, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,554.
2. ↑ Arthur's Passport application National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 2098; Volume #: Roll 2098 - Certificates: 218100-218475, 12 Sep 1922-13 Sep 1922
3. ↑ South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917 State File 569510
4. ↑ South Dakota birth index, state file #469682
5. ↑ Olive Brown South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917 State File 713876
6. ↑ South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917 State File 675175
7. ↑ The Mitchell Capital, Mitchell, South Dakota, 04 Apr 1902, Fri Page 6

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