STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1932, page 1, column 4

GEORGE M. BROWN, 24 Nov 1863 - 28 Dec 1932

         GEO. M. BROWN DIED WEDNESDAY
            Former Commissioner and Township Trustee
              Funeral Services on Friday Afternoon

   George M. Brown, of Otsego township, president of the Angola 
State Bank, former president of the First State Bank at Pleasant 
Lake, a former county commissioner and township trustee, died 
Wednesday morning at 7:00 o'clock after a year of failing health.  
The body was brought to the Klink Funeral Home in Angola, where the 
funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon.  Both banks 
of the city will be closed at 2:00 o'clock in respect of his 
memory.
   Mr. Brown was born in Hinsdale, Cattaraugas county, New York, 
sixty-nine years ago on Nov. 24.  He came with his family to 
Steuben county when he was a child of five, and has made this 
county his home nearly all the time since then.  He was a very 
successful farmer and stock raiser.  He had been honored with 
positions of public trust and in business affairs and was highly 
esteemed.
   Mr. Brown was married to Miss Alma Williams in March 1888, who 
survives with their only son, Harold.
(Picture included with obituary)

ADDITIONAL INNFORMATION:

   George M. Brown, 24 Nov 1863 - 28 Dec 1932, married Alma W. 
(Williams) Brown, 1865 - 1941, buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, 
Angola, Steuben county, Indiana.  
   Alma was the daughter of Ephriam B. Williams, 10 Jan 1833 - 28 
Sep 1905, and his 2nd wife, Martha/Matilda (Cooper) Williams, 27 
Aug 1833 - 1916.  Ephriam is buried at Pleasant Lake Cemetery, 
Steuben County, Indiana.  No burial place mentioned for Alma.
   Ephriam B. Williams 1st wife was Susan (Pearce) Williams, 10 Jul 
1831 - 14 Jun 1863, buried at Otsego Center Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana.

   Son:  Harold F. Brown, 1889 - 1940, married Pearl 
(Lautzenheiser) Brown, 02 Jul 1890 - 18 Nov 1978, daughter of Ezra 
E. and Elizabeth (Reichman) Lautzenheiser.  They are buried with 
his parents at Circle Hill Cemetery.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, pages 213, 219, 220, 229; Vol. II, pages 1959, 1960.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net