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Author: theadpalmers
Surnames: Brown, Schreckenghaust, Hunt, Ingram
Classification: queries
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The following people are buried in the Brookston IOOF Cemetery. The info is what we
researched and listed in our cemetery book.
BROWN, George Washington
born: 31 July 1880 Edgar Co. Illinois
parents: Henry A. Brown & Amanda Ingram
1st spouse: Gertrude Schreckenghaust md 31 July 1903 Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN
2nd md- Beatrice May Hunt, md 24 Nov 1924 Monticello
died: Nov 1962 Peru, Miami, IN (still need exact date and cause of death)
buried 1 Dec 1962 Brookston IOOF Cemetery, Brookston, White, IN plot D-22-4
note: has a tombstone and is listed with 1st wife
BROWN, Beatrice May (Hunt)
born: 21 Sep 1906 Pulaski Co. IN
parents: Logan Luke Hunt & Lulu Pearl Wilson
married George Washington Brown, 24 May 1924 Monticello
died 15 Apr 1971 Duke Hospital, Miami County, Indiana -- stroke
Buried 17 Apr 1971, plot D-22-3 Brookston IOOF Cemetery
note: has a tombstone
BROWN, Gertrude (Schreckenghaust)
born: 5 Sep 1884 Lafayette
parents: Lafayette Daniel Schreckenghaust & Isabel 'Belle' Goldsberry
married George Washington Brown 31 July 1903 Lafayette
died 5 May 1924 St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana from empyemia,
secondary to pneumonia, Rib resection
Buried 7 May 1924, plot D-22-5 Brookston IOOF Cemetery
note: has a tombstone listed with husband
BROWN, Floyd William
born: 28 Dec 1918 Big Creek Township, White, IN
parents: George Washington Brown & Gertrude Schreckenghaust
died 7 Jan 1919 Big Creek Township, White, IN - cerebro spinal meningitis
Buried (don't have exact date), plot D-22 Brookston IOOF Cemetery
note: no tombstone
BROWN, Infant Male
born: 2 Jan 1909 Shelby Township, Tippecanoe, IN
parents: George Washington Brown & Gertrude Schreckenghaust
died 2 Jan 1909 Shelby Township, Tippecanoe, IN - stillborn
Buried (don't have exact date), plot D-22 Brookston IOOF Cemetery
note: no tombstone
BROWN, Infant (Sex unknown)
born: 26 Apr 1924 White County, IN
parents: George Washington Brown & Gertrude Schreckenghaust
died 26 Apr 1924, White County, IN - cause of death not known
Buried 26 Apr 1924, plot D-22 Brookston IOOF Cemetery
note: no tombstone
ROBERTSON, Gertrude Louise (Brown)
born: 2 Sep 1905 Brookston, White, Indiana
parents: George Washington Brown & Gertrude Schreckenghaust
spouse: James Henry Robertson
married: 13 Sep 1924 Tippecanoe Co. IN
died 10 Oct 1972 Monticello (according to funeral home; although we couldn't find the
death record in White Co IN; another record had Flora, Carroll Co. IN as death
location--if you know this I would like to know and also the cause of death)
Buried 12 Oct 1972, plot G-16-3 Brookston IOOF Cemetery
note: has tombstone and is listed with husband. I have more info on him if you want it
BROWN, Henry A. (would like to know what his middle name is)
born: June 1855 Illinois (would like complete date and place if you know it)
parents: William Henry Brown & ?? Dickerson (Would like to know mother's first
name)
married: Amanda Ingram on 3 Feb 1874 Edgar Co., IL
died:6 Jan 1917 Chalmers, White, IN from myocarditis
buried: 8 Jan 1917 Brookston IOOF Cemetery, Brookston, White, IN, plot D-22
notes - has tombstone and is listed with wife
BROWN, Amanda (Ingram)
born: 19 Apr 1856 Edgar Co., IL
parents: George Ingram & Malinda (would like to know her maiden name)
1st married: Henry A. Brown on 3 Feb 1874 Edgar Co., IL
2nd married: James R. Casto on 2 Dec 1920 Reynolds, White, IN
died: 27 Feb 1928 at home of daughter, Mrs. Floyd Wakeman, Reynolds, White, IN from heart
problems
buried: 1 March 1928 Brookston IOOF Cemetery, Brookston, White, IN, plot D-22
notes - listed with 1st husband on tombstone. birth and death years never completed
(etched)
BROWN, Sola Franklin
born: 11 Jan 1875 Edgar Co., Illinois
parents: Henry A. Brown & Amanda Ingram
married: Rosa D. Ingram, 5 Jan 1908 White Co. IN
died: 5 May 1926 Home Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN from vegetative endocartitis
buried: 6 May 1926 Brookston IOOF Cemetery, Brookston, White, IN, plot B-60-3
notes - no tombstone not sure where wife is buried
WAKEMAN, Ethel M. (Brown) (what is her middle name?)
born: 7 June 1889 Edgar Co., Illinois
parents: Henry A. Brown & Amanda Ingram
married: Floyd Wakeman 17 Jan 1904 Tippecanoe Co., IN
died: 13 Dec 1928 at 725 South 26th St., Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN from pulmonary
tuberculosis
buried: 16 Dec 1928 Brookston IOOF Cemetery, Brookston, White, IN, plot D-23
notes - no tombstone. not sure where husband is buried.
WAKEMAN, Infant Male
born: 20 July 1915, Monon Township, White Co., IN
parents: Floyd Wakeman & Ethel M. Brown
died: 20 July 1915 Monon Township, White Co., IN --stillborn
buried: 20 July 1915 Brookston IOOF Cemetery, Brookston, White, IN, plot D-23
notes - no tombstone
WAKEMAN, Ruth D. (what is her middle name)
born: 26 Feb 1921 Honey Creek Township, White, IN
parents: Floyd Wakeman & Ethel M. Brown
died: 26 Feb 1921 Honey Creek Township, White, IN - congenital malformation of heart
buried: (exact date not known) Brookston IOOF Cemetery, Brookston, White, IN, plot D-23
notes - no tombstone
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