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William C. Brown Cemetery ~ Alonzo Brown ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Brown, Alonzo
LAST NAME: Brown FIRST NAME: Alonzo MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 2 Apr 1854 DIED: 19 Jan 1903 BURIED: 21 Jan 1903 (William C. Brown Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Dallas, Polk Co, Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co, Oregon
NOTES: 
1900 OR CENSUS - Alonzo Brown, b Apr 1854, OR (father b OH; mother b MO); with him was wife Mary J. Brown (b June 1860, IA; father b VA; mother b IA); married 23 years, mother of 2 children, 1 living, daughter Etta M. Bwown (b Dec 1884, OR)

PHOTOGRAPH - The picture of Alonzo Brown is shown courtesy of David Kromer.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 
Death of Alonzo Brown. 
He was born in 1854 at the home of his father, W.C. Brown, near Dallas, and died last Monday at the Salem Sanitarium, where he had gone for a surgical operation. 
With the exception of a few years in Eastern Oregon in the stock business, his life had been spent here. For some years he had the mail contract between here and Salem, and for six years he was a member of the Dallas public school board. He had been in the mercantile business, first with his father and more recently with M.M. Ellis, and was one of the trustees of the South Methodist church. As a business man he stood high and was the enemy of all shams in business, politics or religion. Some 25 years ago he married Miss Jane Shaw, who with her daughter Maud, aged 19, survives him, also his father, his brothers John, Joe and Henry, and sister Mrs. Ann Kersey. Wednesday afternoon the college, public school and all business houses were closed during the funeral, which was conducted by the Odd Fellows the sermon eing preached by Rev A.A. Winter. Perhaps a hundred persons were turned away from the church for lack of seating or even standing room. A motor took three carloads of friends to the Brown cemetery north of town. The family feel most grateful for the many tokens of tender kindness.
Polk County Itemizer, Friday, January 23, 1903, 3:5


Alonzo Brown Deceased
Pominent Business Man of Dallas PAsses Away After a Long and Painful Illness
Alonzo Brown died at Florence Sanatorium in Salem Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, after an illness lasting several weeks. He had been suffering from gall-stones for some time past, and was taken to Salem about two weeks ago, where an operation was performed in hope of effecting a cure and restoring him to health. The news of his death was received in Dallas by telephone and caused much sadness among the people, many of whom had known the deceased since his childhood. 
The body was brought to this city Tuesday, and was buried in the family cemetery near Polk Station, Wednesday afternoon. The funeral services were held in the ME church , South, and were largely attended. Rev A.A. Winter preached a beautiful and impressive sermon, and appropriate music was rendered by a selected choir. The members of Friendship Lodge, No 6, IOOF, of which Mr. Brown was a member, attended the funeral in a body, and at the conclusion of the ceremonies the remains were turned over to them for burial. A special motor train of three cars carried the burial party to the cemetery where the last sad rites were performed by the order. The business houses of the city were all closed during the early afternoon. 
Alonzo Brown was a native son of Polk county, and was born on the farm of his father, Hon. W.C. Brown, one mile north of Dallas, April 2, 1851. He received his education in Dallas, and early in life went to Eastern Washington, where he engaged in stock raising. He returned to Dallas about 15 years ago, and purchased the stage line between Dallas and Salem. At the expiration of his mail contract, he entered the grocery business in partnership with J.S. Ashbaugh, and afterwards was admitted to partnership in the large general merchandise store of his father. When the elder Mr. Brown sold his interest in the store to M.M. Ellis and retired from active business life, his son retained his share in the establishment and the firm of Brown & Ellis were conducting an extensive business at the time of his death. 
Alonzo Brown was a good citizen. He was strictly upright in his dealings with his fellow men, temperate in his habits, kind to the poor and afflicted, and he possessed a jovial, pleasant nature that endeared him to all. His death is a grievous loss to the social and business circles of Dallas. He united with the ME Church, South, several years ago, and remained a faithful and consistent member of that denomination up to the time of his death. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Miss Maude Brown, to mourn his demise.
Polk County Observer, Friday, January 23, 1903, 3:4
INSCRIPTION: 
Alonzo
Brown
Born
Apr. 2, 1854
Died
Jan. 19, 1903
[shares marker with Flora and Charley]
SOURCES: 
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Kromer Collection
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, ED 173, FA #357)
PCO 23 Jan 1903, 3:5
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