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Surnames: Brown Carnahan Hunt Miller West
Classification: Query
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I finally figured out who Leafy Brown married... it was Thell Spurgeon Carnahan. I
suspected it, since he had been working on the Brown farm in 1920, but by 1930 he was
married to Birdella, so I couldn't be certain. Here is her obit. Her sister Gladys was
married to Roscoe Carnahan.
Decatur Evening Herald (Decatur, Illinois) 11 Mar 1927
HILLSBORO WOMAN DIES
Operation in Charleston Hospital Fails to Save Mrs T.S. Carnahan
Hindsboro- Mar 11- Mrs T.S. Carnahan, age 29 years died at the Oakwood hospital in
Charleston at 12 o'clock Wednesday night following a serious operation. Mrs Carnahan
was a former resident here but she moved to Rardin about one year ago. She is survived by
her husband T.S. Carnahan, mother Mrs Kate Brown, one brother Ollie Brown, three sisters,
Mrs Gladys Carnahan, and Mrs Eunice Boyd, all of Rardin, and Mrs A.O. Tutwiler of Momence.
Funeral services will be conducted at Rardin at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the
Presbyterian church. Burial will be made in the Union cemetery.