BROWN, Chas. Le Grand Advocate, Friday, July 24, 1925 CHAS. BROWN BURIED AT HORNITOS Charles Owen Brown, a native son, was born in Indian Gulch in 1856. He lived the sixty-nine years of his life in Merced and Mariposa counties and during that time he saw the population drift from the foot-hills to the valleys. He, himself, with his family moved from Hornitos to Le Grand in 1902. He was an excellent saddle and harness maker as well as a cobbler and he followed these occupations here in Le Grand for many years. Recently his wife has been ailing and she had gone to Oakland to be with one of her daughters. Saturday, July11, he with his son, Charles, who lived with him in Le Grand, were called to Oakland, as Mrs. Brown was considered to be in a critical condition. She improved after they arrived and Mr. Brown was returning to Le Grand Tuesday. While hurrying with a nephew to catch a car, he was overcome with the heat and died suddenly of heart failure at 3 P. M. The body was shipped to Hornitos and Saturday, July 18, at 10 A. M., funeral and burial services were held at the Hornitos Cemetery, C. B. Caveginero, officiating. Deceased leaves besides his widow, Mrs. Theodora Brown the following children: C. O. Brown, Le Grand; Mrs. Valentine Wearing, Oakland; Abalardo Brown, Sultana; Mrs. Isabel Scriver, Vallejo; Mrs. Leanora Presbea, Oakland. -- Thomas and Paulette Hilk 1725 Wildwood Ct. Merced, CA. 95340 E-mail address: paulette@elite.net