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id	first	middle	last	dob	dod	cod
15	Lewis	J.	Brown	5/17/1852	3/8/1853

veteran	exhumed	purchaser	cemetery
	FALSE		Adams Street

lot	plot
	R9 G4 north face

relations

Lonson Brown (father) Jane Haver Brown (mother) Caroline (sister) Julia (sister) Elise (sister) Hettie (sister)

comments

Lewis J. Brown was born May 17, 1852. He was the son of Lonson and Jane Haver Brown, who are buried with him. He died 8 March 1853. No newspapers yet existed in Berea to record the cause of his death, and his mother's obituary does not mention him. His family monument is zinc, and in an excellent state of preservation. The inscription still reads as it did in 1904 and 1934: "Lewis J. Brown, their son. Born May 17, 1852 Died March 8, 1853"--the designs on the stone, such as the Lamb of God, symbolize death of a child. For more on the family, see entries 13 and 14.

sources

E. S. Loomis and D. T. Gould, "Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery," 1904, Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society "Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions," Vol. VI, compiled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 1934 "Number of burial lots and price," Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society 1870 Federal Census, Jane Brown household, series M593, roll 1193, page 431 Photo of Lewis J. Brown inscription, Jeremy Feador, 2006.