ID	First	Middle	Last	DOB	DOD	COD
13	Lonson	N/A	Brown	1/7/1814	11/30/1854	N/A

veteran	exhumed	purchaser	cemetery
N/A	FALSE	N/A	Adams Street

lot	plot
N/A	R9 G4 west face

relations

Jane Haver (wife) Lewis J. (infant son, d. 1853) Caroline Brown (daughter, age 26 in 1870) Elise Brown (daughter, age 27 in 1870) Julia? Brown (daughter, age 22 in 1870) Hettie? Brown (daughter, age 16 in 1870)

comments

Lonson married Jane Haver on 22 September 1842. He was on the first board of trustees for Baldwin Institute, 1846 (Shaw 32). His inscription appears on the Brown family monument, which is a zinc obelisk (rare material); the inscription was recorded in 1904 and 1934 with the following information: "LONSON BROWN, born Jan. 7, 1814; married to JANE HAVER ADAMS Sept. 22, 1842, d. Nov 30, 1854. JANE HAVER, born July 27, 1822. Married to Horace Adams, [2nd husband], Sept. 12, 1873, d. Aug. 31, 1883. LEWIS J., son of L and J. H. Brown, b. May 17, 1852, d. March 8, 1853. DAVID, son of R. and E. Brown, d. Sept. 13, 1858 ae. 1 yr 4 mo 8 da." There are no census records for Lonson Brown, although Jane Haver Brown is enumerated in the 1870 census with William Brown. For more information on the family, see entry for Jane Haver Brown Adams.

sources

E. S. Loomis, "Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery," 1904, Adams Street Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society "Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions" vol. VI, compiled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 1934; Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society "Number of burial lots and price," Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society 1870 Federal Census, Lonson Brown household, series M593, roll 1193, page 431 Ground penetrating radar scan of cemetery, Geosearches Inc., 27 July 2006. Photo of Lonson Brown inscription, Jeremy Feador, 2006. Willard H. Shaw, A Collection of Historical Facts on Berea, Ohio. Centennial,1836-1936. Souvenir edition. Berea, OH: Mohler Printing Co., 1836.