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Charles Ellis Brown

30 Jul 1871 – 24 Mar 1941

Birth30 Jul 1871
Death24 Mar 1941
CemeteryCalvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum
Lincoln , Lancaster County , Nebraska , USA
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152795881

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***DIRECT MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT (See notes below)*** Charles Ellis Brown was born in Beaver Dam, WI July of 1871 and was the son of William Ellis Brown and Maria Brown. According to his obituary printed on page 33 of the 30 Mar 1941 edition of "The Nebraska State Journal" Charles went with his parents to Craig, MO as a child. By the age of 10 his family moved to Bedford, Nemaha County, Nebraska. And later in life all of his siblings moved to Lincoln, NE. Because he did not have the power of speach he spent 12 years at the Nebraska School for the Deaf at Omaha, NE. (a kindergarten through Grade 12 school known for educational innovation) There he learned the shoe repair trade and established the "Brown Shoe Repair Shop" in Bethany, Nebraska with his brother, Judson and later Charles had a shop in College View until his health failed. His younger brother, Judson, also was deaf/mute and they shared a close relationship (Charles was just one year older than Judson). Charles died of a stroke at the age of 71 after living in Lincoln for 37 years and making many friends. Surviving him was a sister, Mrs. Zelma Minard, and one brother, Leslie A. Brown, both of Lincoln, NE. His funeral was held 26 March 1941 at St. Mary's Cathedral with Msgr. C. J. Riordan officiating and he was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, NE (same cemetery where his sister Zelma was buried). *********************************************************** Charles Ellis Brown was a direct descendant to 7 Mayflower passengers through his father, William Ellis Brown and mother, Maria R. Brown's, lineages (William Ellis & Maria R. Brown were 1st cousins). His Mayflower ancestors included John Howland and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley, Elizabeth's parent's John Tilley and Joan Hurst Tilley who both perished the first winter in the New World, John Cooke (his father Francis Cooke was also a passenger) and Richard Warren. Charles Brown was also related indirectly to John Tilley's brother, Edward (Elizabeth Tilly's uncle) & his wife Ann Cooper Tilley both of whom also perished the first winter leaving Elizabeth an orphan at age 14. John Howland, John Tilley and his brother, Edward Tilley, Francis Cooke, and Richard Warren all signed the Mayflower Compact. Through Charles' paternal grandmother, Poly Mary Ellis, (whose father's mother was Catherine Pearce) we can trace the family back to the Pearce family of Prudence Island, Rhode Island (descendants of John Pearce who was a mason who came to America from Wales circa 1660).

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