Sarah Jane Guthrie, wife of Dr. C. L. Brown, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Landphere, on February 17, 1909, of heart and stomach trouble.
Mrs. Brown was born in Litchfield Co., Conn., August 25, 1827. She was in the 82d year of her age at the time of her death. Mrs. Brown was educated in the State of New York. She received a seminary or normal school training, after which she taught school until the time of her marriage, at the age of nineteen, to Mr. C. L. Brown of Andover, N. Y. Soon after marriage they moved to Independence, N. Y. to live. It was at this place that she and her husband were converted under the ministry of Elder Thomas Babcock. This was in 1850.
Mrs. Brown was the mother of four children: Helen Burdick of Milwaukee, deceased, Emma (Mrs. A. B. Landphere of Hammond, La., Lettie (Mrs. L. D. Harvey) of Menominee, Wis., and Mrs. Lou Brown of Clear Lake, Iowa, deceased. The larger part of her married life was spent in Wisconsin. For the past twelve years her home has been in Hammond. For several years she was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church at Albion, Wis. Her membership for the last twelve years has been with the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Hammond.
The remains of Mrs. Brown, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Harvey, were taken to Edgerton, Wis., her former home, where she was interred by the side of her husband, whom she survived about two years. Services were held in the home in Hammond, conducted by her pastor, before leaving for the final resting place at Edgerton. A. P. Ashurst
