A new article has been added to: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=319 California Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=59362 Article title: Woodland Daily Democrat Article date: October 9 1905 Article description: C. A. Brown Dead. Yolo County Has Lost Another Prominent Citizen. After Lying Unconscious for a Week He Passed Without a Struggle Into Eternity. Article: Through the gale that raged on Sunday the ship of life, bearing Charles A. Brown, drifted with furling sails into the harbor of endless calm. At 7 a.m. port was reached, and the passenger of a 64-year voyage embarked on that shore from which no traveler returns. Four weeks ago Sunday Mr. Brown yielded to his adversary, disease, against which he had gamely battled for months, and retired to the couch from which he never was to rise. Mr. Brown was a man of splendid proportions, and his commanding figure was carried erectly when he walked the streets of Woodland for the last time, but for nearly a year his wasted cheeks have told the story of which his lips did not deign to complain. The last day he spent in the outer world was when he returned with his wife from a few days spent on the summit. He was unconscious for a week prior to his demise, and he passed with scarce a tremor to the slumber of death from its grim counterfeit that had torn the hearts of those who anxiously watched beside him. He was a victim of cancer of the liver and dropsy. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family residence. C. Calvert Smoot of San Francisco will officiate. Charles Andrew Brown was born in Lexington, Kentucky on December 29, 1841, and was one of 10 children of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. F. Brown. C. A. spent his days in Lexington up to his 16th year, when that self-reliance that predominated in his nature prompted him to strike out for the far-famed land of gold, California. Packing through the Sierras, he reached Sacramento on August 2, 1855. He then went to Grass Valley and worked in the mines around there, as he did later in Mariposa and Tuolumne counties. In 1862 he came to Yolo, and with the exception of brief stays in St. Helena and the state of Nevada in 1864, his home has been in this county. In his youth Mr. Brown learned the carpenter's trade, and he worked at that when he first came here. He was elected constable of the Grafton township over 30 years ago, and after his term of office expired he engaged in business in Woodland. The collection agency which he started expanded into a much more pretentious business. He ! handled insurance, real estate and rents, and become one of the best-known men of the city, and his commercial ability enabled him to provide handsomely for his family, which was ever his first thought. Mr. Brown was married in 1862 to Miss Fannie Ingram. Three children were born to them, and two are living, Mrs. Miriam Montz of Verdi, Nevada, and Mrs. Blanche Perkins of San Jose, Cal. Both daughters visited their father during his last illness, but were compelled to return to their homes, and so were not present at the hour of dissolution. Six children were the fruit of the second marriage of Mr. Brown, his wife being Miss Clara Leman, who died in 1902. Four of their children are living, and were under their father's roof during his last hours. Mrs. Ella Hornlein lives in Arbuckle, Cal., Mrs. Lillian Morrow in San Antonio, Texas, and the two sons, Charles and Walter, in Woodland. Of the six sons and four daughters who comprised the family of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. F. Brown but two sons now remain, James and Ed of Bloomington, Illinois. Among the many friends who were deeply concerned because of Mr. Brown's hopeless state was Mrs. E. J. Smith of San Francisco, a lifelong friend of the dying man, and she came from her home and stayed near her old friend until life's sun had set for him. On December 29, 1904, Mr. Brown married Mrs. Nannie Shriner in San Francisco. She is a sister of Mrs. E. C. Laugenour and H. C. Watkins, both of Woodland. To her, as well as to the sons and daughters is the sympathy of the community extended. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com