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Colville Examiner in Colville, Washington

19 Sep 1908

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Colville Examiner

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Colville, Washington, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1908

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Pioneer Thomas Brown dies in Chewelah after long Colville Valley life

Thomas Brown an early Colville valley settler died September 12 at the Chewelah home of his daughter Mrs. Fred C. Keiling from heart failure after a brief illness. Born August 10 1825 in the Selkirk settlement he joined a 40 family caravan to California in 1854 but settled in Colville where he built a fortune in stock raising farming and mining. He was married to Jane Mowatt who died in 1900 and six children survived in Chewelah.

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Thomas Brown Colville Valley Fred C. Keiling Chewelah McPherson Selkirk Red River Henry Emma (Slater) Brown Scotland America Canada California Wallula Colville Stevens County Columbia Brown Mr. Brown Jane Mowatt Mary E. G. Thomason Maggie C. H. Montgomery Rebecca John Albert Temima

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Pioneers Aid Education and Local Post in Chewelah Work

Thomas Brown led social and religious efforts in Chewelah and helped establish the first public schools and the Chewelah post office, serving as initial postmaster. Funeral held under Congregational auspices with a large pioneer presence.

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The W. H. Graham al Lynch Colville Implement Co Willett Bros D. Laury Geo. A. Allen Rickey Block Stannus-Keller Hardware Company W. R. Baker Washington Congregational Church F. D. Healy Stevens County Pioneer Society Fairview Cemetery L. W. Meyers Geo. F. ©. McCrea Enoch J. Reynolds Clara E. Baker Usk le Clere Pend Oreille Proctor Noel Shott Columbia Valley Abraham Gagnon Shott Gagnon J. T. Phillips Newport Northern Electric Company Methodist Conference Columbia River Methodist Episcopal Church Wenatchee Spokane Coeur d’Alene Upper Columbia Walla Walla Dalles H. A. Sheldon Union Park A. H. Morton A. F. Hawk First Church H. I. Rasmus Vincent Church C. O. Kimball St. Paul’s E. M. Hill Hillyard H. B. Elworthy Jerome M. R. Bronson Kettle Falls Daisy M. R. Brown H. T. Robinson Northport Post Falls Henry Brown Rathdrum J. S. Bell Republic J. L. Rollins Rev O. W. Mintzer Gabriel Sykes Walter Skipworth John White Highland Avenue Houston Maine Dr. King Frank B. Goetter Grand Forks Heimbach & Co Palmer Garments Drayage Colville Truck’& Dray Line Wright & Company Proprietors Autogate Edison Phonographs New Lauder and October Records H. B. Morgan Cronin Albert Loiselle

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