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Sarah Jane Brown

1831 – 1911

Died 1911 at Hutchinson, Kansas — buried beside her husband at the Church of the Brethren cemetery north of Pomona, from the Pomona Republican

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

1911

Date of birth

1831

Age at death

80 years old

Place of death

Kansas, United States

Inscription transcription

From the Pomona, Kansas Republican May 4, 1911

Mrs. Sarah Brown Dead

The body of Mrs. Sarah Jane Brown, formerly of this city arrived Saturday morning from Hutchinson. Mrs. Brown died suddenly last Thursday night in the home for old people at Hutchinson. The cause of Her death was paralysis. Mrs. Brown was 80 years old and has lived in Franklin County for about thirty-two years. Two years ago She went to the home in Hutchinson.

She was married, and one child, John Cripe, who lives in Montana, survives from this marriage. Later She married Jesse Brown who died in this city about nine years ago and is buried in the cemetery of the Church of the Brethren north of Pomona. The body of Mrs. Brown was buried there.

The funeral was held Sunday from the Church of the Brethren near Pomona. Services were at 11 o'clock. The other children who survive are Mrs. Frances Fulkerson, Noah Brown, James Brown, Mrs. George Nitcher, all of this county; George Brown of Cimarron; and Mrs. Ellen Perkins who lives in California. None of the children was present when She died. There are a great number of other relatives in the county.

The capitalized mid-sentence pronouns ("Her", "She") are transcribed as submitted — consistent throughout the piece, consistent with a period respectful-capitalization convention. The obituary says she died "suddenly last Thursday night"; the issue date is 4 May 1911, so the death fell in late April 1911, but no exact date is stated — the death date is recorded as 1911 only. Birth year 1831 is from our archive's index entry for this record ("1831 - 1911"), consistent with the stated age of 80.

People named in this record

  • Sarah Jane BrownSubject
  • Jesse BrownSpouse
  • John CripeChild
  • Mrs. Frances FulkersonChild
  • Noah BrownChild
  • James BrownChild
  • Mrs. George NitcherChild
  • George BrownChild
  • Mrs. Ellen PerkinsChild

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Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Image vs transcription
Transcription only — obituary text transcribed from the Pomona, Kansas Republican; no photograph in this record

Citation: Obituary of Sarah Jane Brown (1831–1911), formerly of Pomona, Franklin County, Kansas, who died at the home for old people at Hutchinson, Kansas, from the Pomona, Kansas Republican, 4 May 1911. Preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/brown-sarah-1911/ : accessed [your access date]).

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