Eunice was born on the 8th of April 1857, in Afton, Union, Iowa, to Riley William Comer and Lydia Margaret Death. The family had moved to Iowa around 1854.
In December of 1874, Eunice "Emma" Comer was married to William Jasper Brown in Harrison County, Missouri. The new couple set up home in Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, where William worked as a teamster. While living there they had four children: Lura, Mertie, Nora, and Frank. In June, 1880, Eunice's older sister America moved from Missouri and joined the household to help with the housekeeping and child care. That same year she met and married William's cousin, William Marion Maudlin.
In 1882 the Brown, Maudlin, and Riley Comer families moved to Kingman County, Kansas. WJ and Emma Brown had two more children there: Arthur and Nathan. In Kingman County, William first worked as a farmer then entered the construction business.
New land was available for settlement in the southwest corner of Kansas, so in 1886 the Brown and Maudlin families moved there to become some of the very first settlers in what became Stanton County. WJ claimed a homestead on the SE¼ of section 8 of T28S R39W of the 6th PM, and the WM Maudlin family claimed a homestead at the SE¼ of section 7. This area became known as the Wayland community. This survey township and the one north of it, T27S, constituted for governmental purposes the Robinson Township. According to the Sixth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for the Years 1887-88, page 481, in the year 1888 the 72 square miles of Robinson Township had just 305 residents. The settlers built houses and barns, grew crops, and raised stock animals. They also established churches and small schools, The Brown and Maudlin children attended a one-room school, Mt Tabar District No. 14, and performed well. Both fathers served on the school board.
In January of 1889 Emma became ill with tuberculosis, which was a leading cause of death at that time. She died in November and was buried nearby at Wayland Neighborhood Cemetery, in the dress she had worn at her wedding. Afterwards her father Riley Comer moved with his youngest children to the newly formed Oklahoma Territory, and her sister America and family moved back to Iowa. In 1895, her husband and children moved to Pauls Valley in Indian Territory.
Obituary in The Johnson City Journal, 23 November 1889
Died;--Mrs. Eunice Brown, wife of Jasper Brown, of Robinson township, died at her home, at 2 'oclock, Saturday morning, Nov. 16th, 1889. She had been suffering from lung trouble for several months, much of the time of which she had been unable to be out of the house but she bore her suffering with great patience.
Mrs. Brown was born in Union county, Iowa in 1857. In 1875 she was married to Mr. Jasper Brown and in 1882 they moved to Kingman county, Kansas, where they resided for four years. In the spring of 1886 they settled in this county where they have resided until Mrs. Brown's death. Mrs. Brown was very devoted to her husband and children and had great faith in the Bible and its teaching. She leaves a husband, six children, an aged father, a brother, two sisters and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. The remains were laid to rest in the Hert cemetery. In their deep affliction the bereaved relatives have the sympathy of a host of friends.
Obituary published in The Stanton County Republican, Johnson City, Stanton, Kansas, Saturday, 28 Dec 1889
"Mrs. Jasper Brown died at her home near Wayland, last Friday evening, Nov. 15th. The funeral services were conducted at their home on Sunday morning and were well attended. Her remains were interred in the neighborhood cemetery. She had been suffering with consumption for nearly a year. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss. Mrs. Brown was a christian lady well prepared to meet death"
In December of 1874, Eunice "Emma" Comer was married to William Jasper Brown in Harrison County, Missouri. The new couple set up home in Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, where William worked as a teamster. While living there they had four children: Lura, Mertie, Nora, and Frank. In June, 1880, Eunice's older sister America moved from Missouri and joined the household to help with the housekeeping and child care. That same year she met and married William's cousin, William Marion Maudlin.
In 1882 the Brown, Maudlin, and Riley Comer families moved to Kingman County, Kansas. WJ and Emma Brown had two more children there: Arthur and Nathan. In Kingman County, William first worked as a farmer then entered the construction business.
New land was available for settlement in the southwest corner of Kansas, so in 1886 the Brown and Maudlin families moved there to become some of the very first settlers in what became Stanton County. WJ claimed a homestead on the SE¼ of section 8 of T28S R39W of the 6th PM, and the WM Maudlin family claimed a homestead at the SE¼ of section 7. This area became known as the Wayland community. This survey township and the one north of it, T27S, constituted for governmental purposes the Robinson Township. According to the Sixth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for the Years 1887-88, page 481, in the year 1888 the 72 square miles of Robinson Township had just 305 residents. The settlers built houses and barns, grew crops, and raised stock animals. They also established churches and small schools, The Brown and Maudlin children attended a one-room school, Mt Tabar District No. 14, and performed well. Both fathers served on the school board.
In January of 1889 Emma became ill with tuberculosis, which was a leading cause of death at that time. She died in November and was buried nearby at Wayland Neighborhood Cemetery, in the dress she had worn at her wedding. Afterwards her father Riley Comer moved with his youngest children to the newly formed Oklahoma Territory, and her sister America and family moved back to Iowa. In 1895, her husband and children moved to Pauls Valley in Indian Territory.
Obituary in The Johnson City Journal, 23 November 1889
Died;--Mrs. Eunice Brown, wife of Jasper Brown, of Robinson township, died at her home, at 2 'oclock, Saturday morning, Nov. 16th, 1889. She had been suffering from lung trouble for several months, much of the time of which she had been unable to be out of the house but she bore her suffering with great patience.
Mrs. Brown was born in Union county, Iowa in 1857. In 1875 she was married to Mr. Jasper Brown and in 1882 they moved to Kingman county, Kansas, where they resided for four years. In the spring of 1886 they settled in this county where they have resided until Mrs. Brown's death. Mrs. Brown was very devoted to her husband and children and had great faith in the Bible and its teaching. She leaves a husband, six children, an aged father, a brother, two sisters and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. The remains were laid to rest in the Hert cemetery. In their deep affliction the bereaved relatives have the sympathy of a host of friends.
Obituary published in The Stanton County Republican, Johnson City, Stanton, Kansas, Saturday, 28 Dec 1889
"Mrs. Jasper Brown died at her home near Wayland, last Friday evening, Nov. 15th. The funeral services were conducted at their home on Sunday morning and were well attended. Her remains were interred in the neighborhood cemetery. She had been suffering with consumption for nearly a year. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss. Mrs. Brown was a christian lady well prepared to meet death"
Eunice was born on the 8th of April 1857, in Afton, Union, Iowa, to Riley William Comer and Lydia Margaret Death. The family had moved to Iowa around 1854.
In December of 1874, Eunice "Emma" Comer was married to William Jasper Brown in Harrison County, Missouri. The new couple set up home in Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, where William worked as a teamster. While living there they had four children: Lura, Mertie, Nora, and Frank. In June, 1880, Eunice's older sister America moved from Missouri and joined the household to help with the housekeeping and child care. That same year she met and married William's cousin, William Marion Maudlin.
In 1882 the Brown, Maudlin, and Riley Comer families moved to Kingman County, Kansas. WJ and Emma Brown had two more children there: Arthur and Nathan. In Kingman County, William first worked as a farmer then entered the construction business.
New land was available for settlement in the southwest corner of Kansas, so in 1886 the Brown and Maudlin families moved there to become some of the very first settlers in what became Stanton County. WJ claimed a homestead on the SE¼ of section 8 of T28S R39W of the 6th PM, and the WM Maudlin family claimed a homestead at the SE¼ of section 7. This area became known as the Wayland community. This survey township and the one north of it, T27S, constituted for governmental purposes the Robinson Township. According to the Sixth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for the Years 1887-88, page 481, in the year 1888 the 72 square miles of Robinson Township had just 305 residents. The settlers built houses and barns, grew crops, and raised stock animals. They also established churches and small schools, The Brown and Maudlin children attended a one-room school, Mt Tabar District No. 14, and performed well. Both fathers served on the school board.
In January of 1889 Emma became ill with tuberculosis, which was a leading cause of death at that time. She died in November and was buried nearby at Wayland Neighborhood Cemetery, in the dress she had worn at her wedding. Afterwards her father Riley Comer moved with his youngest children to the newly formed Oklahoma Territory, and her sister America and family moved back to Iowa. In 1895, her husband and children moved to Pauls Valley in Indian Territory.
Obituary in The Johnson City Journal, 23 November 1889
Died;--Mrs. Eunice Brown, wife of Jasper Brown, of Robinson township, died at her home, at 2 'oclock, Saturday morning, Nov. 16th, 1889. She had been suffering from lung trouble for several months, much of the time of which she had been unable to be out of the house but she bore her suffering with great patience.
Mrs. Brown was born in Union county, Iowa in 1857. In 1875 she was married to Mr. Jasper Brown and in 1882 they moved to Kingman county, Kansas, where they resided for four years. In the spring of 1886 they settled in this county where they have resided until Mrs. Brown's death. Mrs. Brown was very devoted to her husband and children and had great faith in the Bible and its teaching. She leaves a husband, six children, an aged father, a brother, two sisters and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. The remains were laid to rest in the Hert cemetery. In their deep affliction the bereaved relatives have the sympathy of a host of friends.
Obituary published in The Stanton County Republican, Johnson City, Stanton, Kansas, Saturday, 28 Dec 1889
"Mrs. Jasper Brown died at her home near Wayland, last Friday evening, Nov. 15th. The funeral services were conducted at their home on Sunday morning and were well attended. Her remains were interred in the neighborhood cemetery. She had been suffering with consumption for nearly a year. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss. Mrs. Brown was a christian lady well prepared to meet death"
In December of 1874, Eunice "Emma" Comer was married to William Jasper Brown in Harrison County, Missouri. The new couple set up home in Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, where William worked as a teamster. While living there they had four children: Lura, Mertie, Nora, and Frank. In June, 1880, Eunice's older sister America moved from Missouri and joined the household to help with the housekeeping and child care. That same year she met and married William's cousin, William Marion Maudlin.
In 1882 the Brown, Maudlin, and Riley Comer families moved to Kingman County, Kansas. WJ and Emma Brown had two more children there: Arthur and Nathan. In Kingman County, William first worked as a farmer then entered the construction business.
New land was available for settlement in the southwest corner of Kansas, so in 1886 the Brown and Maudlin families moved there to become some of the very first settlers in what became Stanton County. WJ claimed a homestead on the SE¼ of section 8 of T28S R39W of the 6th PM, and the WM Maudlin family claimed a homestead at the SE¼ of section 7. This area became known as the Wayland community. This survey township and the one north of it, T27S, constituted for governmental purposes the Robinson Township. According to the Sixth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for the Years 1887-88, page 481, in the year 1888 the 72 square miles of Robinson Township had just 305 residents. The settlers built houses and barns, grew crops, and raised stock animals. They also established churches and small schools, The Brown and Maudlin children attended a one-room school, Mt Tabar District No. 14, and performed well. Both fathers served on the school board.
In January of 1889 Emma became ill with tuberculosis, which was a leading cause of death at that time. She died in November and was buried nearby at Wayland Neighborhood Cemetery, in the dress she had worn at her wedding. Afterwards her father Riley Comer moved with his youngest children to the newly formed Oklahoma Territory, and her sister America and family moved back to Iowa. In 1895, her husband and children moved to Pauls Valley in Indian Territory.
Obituary in The Johnson City Journal, 23 November 1889
Died;--Mrs. Eunice Brown, wife of Jasper Brown, of Robinson township, died at her home, at 2 'oclock, Saturday morning, Nov. 16th, 1889. She had been suffering from lung trouble for several months, much of the time of which she had been unable to be out of the house but she bore her suffering with great patience.
Mrs. Brown was born in Union county, Iowa in 1857. In 1875 she was married to Mr. Jasper Brown and in 1882 they moved to Kingman county, Kansas, where they resided for four years. In the spring of 1886 they settled in this county where they have resided until Mrs. Brown's death. Mrs. Brown was very devoted to her husband and children and had great faith in the Bible and its teaching. She leaves a husband, six children, an aged father, a brother, two sisters and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. The remains were laid to rest in the Hert cemetery. In their deep affliction the bereaved relatives have the sympathy of a host of friends.
Obituary published in The Stanton County Republican, Johnson City, Stanton, Kansas, Saturday, 28 Dec 1889
"Mrs. Jasper Brown died at her home near Wayland, last Friday evening, Nov. 15th. The funeral services were conducted at their home on Sunday morning and were well attended. Her remains were interred in the neighborhood cemetery. She had been suffering with consumption for nearly a year. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss. Mrs. Brown was a christian lady well prepared to meet death"
Gravesite Details
Cemetery no longer in existence. It was located in Robinson Twp., Sec. 31, Twp 27, Range 39.
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