Husband: Joseph Manuel BROWN
Birthdate: 4 Apr 1857
Birthplace: Valparaiso,Porter,Indiana, USA
Death date: 11 Nov 1932
Place of death: Portland,Multinomah,Oregon, USA
Burial: Portland,Multinomah,Oregon, USA
Father: Daniel Clinton BROWN
Mother: Elizabeth T. HASKINS

Marriage date: 6 Jun 1886
Marriage place: Kingston,Shoshone,Idaho, USA

Wife: Martha Jane VAN CLEAVE
Birthdate: 10 Dec 1872
Birthplace: Trenton,Grundy,Missouri, USA
Death date: 20 Jan 1910
Place of death: Dudley,Kootenai,Idaho, USA
Burial: Rose Lake Cemetery,Rose Lake,Kootenai,Idaho, USA
Father: Asa Milton VAN CLEAVE
Mother: Mary Jean YORK

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William Gilbert BROWN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 24 Jun 1887
Birthplace: Kingston,Shoshone,Idaho, USA
Death date: 5 Jun 1941
Place of death: Spokane,Spokane,Washington, USA
Burial: Riverside Cemetery,Spokane,Washington, USA
Marriage date: 15 May 1911
Marriage place: Spokane,Spokane,Washington, USA
Spouse's name: Emma Mary BYRUM

Child No. 2: Daniel Clinton BROWN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Dec 1889
Birthplace: Kingston,Shoshone,Idaho, USA
Death date: 12 Apr 1956
Place of death: Spokane,Spokane,Washington, USA
Burial: Riverside Cemetery,Spokane,Washington, USA
Marriage date: 18 Dec 1912
Marriage place: Rosalia,Whitman,Washington, USA
Spouse's name: Lorene M. KYLE or KILE

Child No. 3: Mary Idaho BROWN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 7 Feb 1892
Birthplace: Kingston,Shoshone,Idaho, USA
Death date: 5 Apr 1974
Place of death: Mill Valley,Marin,California, USA
Burial: Forestview Cemetery,Forestville,Sonoma,California, USA
Marriage date: 22 Apr 1910 (divorced)
Marriage place: Spokane,Spokane,Washington, USA
Spouse's name: Milo Bruce FULK/FAULK

Child No. 4: Josephine Minerva BROWN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 Mar 1906
Birthplace: Dudley,Kootenai,Idaho, USA
Death date: 6 Mar 1963
Place of death: Mendocino State Hospital,Mendocino,California, USA
Burial: Russian River Cemetery,Ukiah,Mendicino,California, USA
Marriage date: 2 Mar 1926 (divorced)
Marriage place: Coeur D' Alene, Kootenai, Idaho
Spouse's name: Alfred R. HENKER
 
 
Documentation:
Joseph Manuel BROWN - Birth, Death:
* Death Certificate for J M Brown in possession of M. Kathleen Felsted.
* Obituary from the Spokane Review states: Joseph M. Brown, 77, well known in the Coeur d alnes in the late 80's died Friday in Portland where he had lived for the past two years. Funeral and burial services were held in Portland Saturday. Mr. Brown was born in Indiana and came to Spokane in 1886 and then went into the Coeur d' Alene country. With the late L. W. Hutton, he built the first narrow gauge railroad from the old Cataldo mission to Kellogg, it was stated by his son, Dan C. Brown of Spokane. Mr. Brown homesteaded at Dudley, Idaho, and that place was known for a number for years as Brown's Siding. He returned to Spokane about 1912 and lived here until about two years ago.
Marriage: cannot find record.
* Grandmother Johnson gave me this date...
* This date was given by Daniel Clinton Brown, son: 1 Feb 1888, Wardner, Idaho

Martha Jane VAN CLEAVE - Birth:
* Date given by Mary Idaho Brown Johnson.
* Also cemetery records.
Death:
* Cemetery Records as found in the FHL.
* No state death certificate.
* Funeral Home Records of death in possession of M. Kathleen Felsted.
* Tombstone gives birthdate as 10 Dec 1870 and death date as 20 Jan 1909! Rose Hill Cemetery is about 10 miles from the former town of Dudley. (Dudley does not exist in 1996).