Mrs.
Henry Brown died at her residence on the Front Road near Port
Royal on Wednesday afternoon. Three weeks ago she had a stroke of
paralysis from which she never rallied. Her funeral will leave her late
residence on Friday at 1 o'clock for Bay View cemetery, where her
remains will be laid beside those of her husband, who died six years ago
last March.
Mrs. Brown was a
daughter of the late James Dowswell, Esq., a worthy Englishman who lived
for many years at Pt. Burwell and afterwards moved to Glenshee, where he
died.
During her young womanhood she was a school teacher, and was a
graduate of Dr. [Sangster]'s Normal School and the holder of a first-class certificate. From the school room she went to her new home
on the second concession.
Twenty-four years ago she moved with her
family to their present home. Her sons are James and Frank, who live at
home, and her daughters are Mrs. Jennie Marr and Miss Erie Brown, at
home. Her brothers are James Dowswell of Glenshee and John Dowswell,
Lynedoch, and her sisters Mrs. Albert Collins and Mrs. Irving Collins of
Simcoe, Mrs. Schyler of Townsend and Mrs. J. C. Woodward of St. George.
Mrs. Brown was a
member of the Pt. Rowan Baptist church, a woman of character helpful and
useful in the community in which she lived. She had many friends and
notwithstanding her age and her infirmities she will be greatly missed
in the community in which she spent her long life.
