Person:Elmira Brown (2)

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Elmira (Mira) Brown
b.31 Jan 1852 probably Tioga County, Pennsylvania
d.27 Jan 1937 Lincoln, Nebraska
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 May 1842
  1. George Mickle Brown1843 - 1927
  2. Joseph Crain Brown1845 - 1907
  3. Daniel Hildreth Brown1847 - 1914
  4. Amanda Jane Brown1849 - 1937
  5. Elmira (Mira) Brown1852 - 1937
  6. Clayton Brown, Jr.1854 - 1855
  7. John H. Brown1856 - 1936
  8. Emma Net (Nettie) Brown1858 - 1928
  9. Elmer Ellsworth Brown1861 - 1882
  10. Susan Minnie Brown1864 - 1952
Spouse and Children
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m. 3 May 1873
  1. Daniel C. (D.C.) Whitmore1875 - 1925
  2. Floyd Henry Whitmore1878 - 1917
  3. Nettie Madge Whitmore1883 - 1961
  4. Ralph Brown Whitmore1889 - 1980
  5. Roland Monroe Whitmore1890 - 1957
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Elmira (Mira) Brown
Gender Female
Birth[1] 31 Jan 1852 probably Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Baptism[7] 10 Mar 1867 Mundy Presbyterian Church, Mundy Township, Genesee County, Michigan
Marriage 3 May 1873 Genesee County, Michiganto Myron Monroe Whitmore
Death[2][3] 27 Jan 1937 Lincoln, Nebraska
Burial[4] Oakdale Cemetery, Antelope County, Nebraska
Other[5] 28 Jan 1937 Obituary
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, Clayton Family Bible. This bible was formerlly in the possession of George M. Brown, the eldest son. Am.
  2. ↑ Sarah Coquigne Gillespie. Personal Letter to HBW, dated 1964, Recipient: HBW, Author Address: Flint, MI, Record Number: Located in Coqui. (1964).
  3. ↑ William Bruce Whitmore. Whitmore, William Bruce, personal letter to Carol Whitmore Timmerman, dated September 4, 1969. Includes geneal. (September 4, 1969).
  4. ↑ Whitmore, William Bruce. Whitmore, William Bruce, Personal Letter dated January 25, 1994. (January 25, 1994).
  5. ↑ "Elmira Brown Whitmore", in Oakdale (Nebraska) Sentinel, January 28, 1937.

    Funeral services for Mrs Elmira WHITMORE were conducted in the Methodist Church here Sunday afternoon by Rev. E. L. Peterson, assisted by Mrs. Peterson. Burial was made in the Oakdale Cemetery.
    Elmira BROWN was born in the State of Pennsylvania, near Elmira, New York, January 31, 1852. In the year 1864 she moved with her parents to Michigan. She was united in marriage to M. M. WHITMORE May 3, 1873. In 1881 Mr. Whitmore came to Nebraska and purchased a farm near Oakdale. Mrs. Whitmore and the two oldest sons, D. C. and Floyd, came in 1882. Here they made their home for 52 years, and during this time three more children were born, Nettie, Ralph and Roland.
    After the death of Mr Whitmore in 1930, she made her home with her daughter where she passed away on January 19, 1937, at the age of 84 years, 11 months and 19 days. The two oldest boys, D. C. and Floyd preceded them in death.
    Three children survive, Mrs. J. C. Holmes of Lincoln, Ralph B Whitmore of Lodgepole and Roland M Whitmore of Ewing; also 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Thorp of Washington, Kansas and Mrs. Amanda Whitmore of Owasso, Michigan.
    Mrs. Whitmore was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church, a kind neighbor and a friend to everyone, always seeing this places where a friend was needed and aiding them. She will be greatly missed by everyone who was fortunate enough to know her.

  6.   Elmira Whitmore http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39854607, in Find A Grave.
  7. ↑ Session met again after preaching on Sabbath, March 10 [1867] when Henry Whitmore, Wealthy Whitmore, Lizzie Whitmore, Amanda Brown, Almira [sic] Brown and Mary Baldwin presented themselves for examination desiring admission to the church. Upon examination they were voted to be admitted. Accordingly after the baptism of T. Stiles, Henry Whitmore, Wealthy Whitmore, Lizzie Whitmore, Amanda Brown and Almira Brown, all the avove named candidates took the covenant and were received by the church, after which the ordinance of the Lord's Supper was celebrated.
    Signed, S. C. Baldwin, Clerk.
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