THE HAMILTON NEWS, HAMILTON, INDIANA, MAY 19, 1933, pg. 1, col. 3

MARY ANN (CRAIN) BROWN, 06 Jun 1885 - 11 May 1933

            MRS. MARY BROWN ANSWERS LAST SUMMONS
      Died Thursday at Her Home After Long Illness from Cancer

   Mrs. Mary Ann (Crain) Brown, wife of Grover C. Brown, died at her home 
in Hamilton last Thursday after several months suffering from cancer.  
Mrs. Brown had been very poorly for several weeks and had suffered much 
from the ravages of the disease.  All was done during that time to make 
her as comfortable as possible until death came to relieve her.
   A large crowd of relatives and friends paid their last respects when 
they attended the funeral services which were held in the Methodist church 
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev. Donald Jennings.  Burial 
was made in the Hamilton cemetery.

                         OBITUARY
   Mary Ann (Crain) Brown, daughter of Leander T. and Mary A. Crain was 
born on a farm in Franklin township, DeKalb county, Indiana, June 6, 1885.
   She received her education at the Houlton school and the Pleasant Lake 
public schools.
   At the age of four her mother departed leaving the father and four 
children.  In 1892, her father remarried to Martha George.  Great sorrow 
entered their home again when her step-mother died.
   Her life was spent in Franklin township, DeKalb county, until 1901 when 
her father bought a farm near Pleasant Lake, Ind.  She remained there 
until twenty years of age when she married Grover C. Brown of Hamilton, 
Ind., on Jun 18th, 1905, at which place she spent the remainder of her 
life.  To this union was born five children, three boys and two girls, the 
youngest, a boy, James Kenneth, preceded her in death.
   She was an active member of the Eastern Star lodge.
   She was a faithful, devoted and dutiful wife and mother, always 
thoughtful, kind and willing to sacrifice which seemed to be her theme in 
life.
   She leaves to mourn her departure a husband, Grover C. Brown, four 
children, Oliver Perry Brown of Hamilton, Mildred Ann Hoyer of Pleasant 
Lake, Jessie Alvada LaRowe of Hamilton, Leander Timothy Brown of Hamilton, 
and John Lyle Crain of Ashley, Ind., who she mothered from three months 
old until nine years of age, two brothers and one sister and many 
relatives and friends.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Mary Ann (Crain) Brown, 06 Jun 1885 - 11 May 1933, daughter of Leander 
Crain and his 1st wife, Mary A. (Fee) Crain, who died Feb 1890 at the age 
of 41 years, 8 months and 24 days.  Mary Ann married Grover Cleveland 
Brown, 1884 - 28 Sep 1945, son of Oliver P. Brown, 17 Aug 1857 - 1924, and 
Elva Jane (Pifer) Brown, 1866 - 145 Jul 1943.
All the above are buried at Hamilton Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

CHILDREN:

   James Kenneth Brown, 1914, buried at Hamilton Cemetery.
   Mildred Ann (Brown) Hoyer, 23 Sep 1907 - 05/06 Aug 1981, married Wayne 
D. Hoyer, 21 Dec 1903 - 14 Jul 1969, son of Hayes W. Hoyer, 01 Dec 1877 - 
22 May 1970, and Emma Lavina (Dayhuff) Hoyer, 1879 - 20 Jul 1963.  They 
are buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Steuben Coounty, Indiana.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990", by Audree Seibel Lewis, 
Vol. 1, pages 217, 220, 222, 425, 924, 925, 926.
Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net