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Judson Jerome Brown

3 Nov 1870 – 25 Jan 1927

Birth3 Nov 1870
Death25 Jan 1927
CemeteryWyuka Cemetery
Lincoln , Lancaster County , Nebraska , USA
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69014155

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***DIRECT MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT (See notes below)*** Judson J. Brown was born in Missouri Nov 1872 and was the son of William Ellis Brown and Maria R. Brown. According to his brother, Charles' obituary printed on page 33 of the 30 Mar 1941 edition of "The Nebraska State Journal" the family had moved to Craig, MO (this may be where Judson was born). By the age of 10 his family moved to Bedford, Nemaha County, Nebraska. And later in life it appears that all of his siblings moved to Lincoln, NE. Both Judson and his brother Charles were deaf/mute and they shared a close relationship (Charles was just one year older than Judson). It is likely that Judson was educated at The Nebraska School for the Deaf at Omaha, NE. (a kindergarten through Grade 12 school) where his brother Charles attended. He most likely received his training in shoe repair there as he & his brother, Charles established the "Brown Shoe Repair Shop" in Bethany, Nebraska. On 20 Jan. 1909 which was a foggy day Judson J. Brown was struck by the Burlington flyer No. 42 passenger train just west of Tecumseh, NE when he was walking home from work (as a laborer). He broke his shoulder blade & had bruises all over his body. His brother, Charles, reported to the local papers that his brother had died 4 days later from his injuries. Charles claimed to have received a telegram on January 24th from St. Elizabeth's hospital stating that his brother had passed away. The newspaper reporter stated that Charles "appeared to be considerably affected, and it is possible he was laboring under a misapprehension." Judson J. Brown died many years later in 1927 at the age of 54 from Broncho Peumonia at Lincoln State Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. *********************************************************** Judson J. 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. Judson J. 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 Judson's 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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