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Submitted: 5/5/22 • Approved: 5/6/22 • Last Updated: 5/9/22 • R511432-G511432-S3
Sarah Josephine Fitzgerald Brownlee
1846-1928
Mother
Please see Brownlee Family Marker
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Mrs. Brownlee Former Citizen, Dies at Midland
Mrs. S.J. Brownlee, 82, well known former resident of this city, died Saturday at Midland after a brief illness. She was an old Panhandle resident, highly respected throughout this section of Texas for many years.
The deceased was married in 1868 [sic] to Ben F. O'Brien. To this union were born four children, Onnie, George, Will and Effie. In 1882 she married A. Brownlee, to which union two children, John and Fred, were born.
For the past few years she had made her home at Amarillo with her son, W. O'Brien, president of the National Bank of Commerce. She died while visiting another son, S.W. O'Brien, who resides at Wickett, near Midland.
Besides these sons, the deceased leaves two daughters, Mrs. Onnie Hines, of Hereford, Mrs. S.B. Edwards of Fort Worth, and two other sons, Fred Brownlee of Mobeetie and John Brownlee of Electra.
Funeral services were held from the Methodist church here at 3:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and interment was made in West Park Cemetery.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, Volume 28 - Number 24, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Thursday, June 28, 1928, Page 1)
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Missouri, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Benjamin F. Obrien
Spouse: SARAH J. [Mrs] Hart
Marriage Date: 31 May 1869
County: Laclede
State: MO
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: S. J. Obrian
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1882
Marriage Place: Hood, Texas, USA
Spouse: Andrew Brownlee
Spouse Gender: Male
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Sarah Josephine Brownlee
Death Date: 23 Jun 1928
Death County: Midland
Certificate: 27246
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Sarah Josephine Brownlee
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 82
Birth Date: 25 May 1846
Death Date: 23 Jun 1928
Death Place: Midland, Midland, Texas, USA
Mother: Emanuel Biuston
Contributed on 5/5/22 by neldapat
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