Individual Details

Jewell Leon "Jude" Brown

(12 Feb 1903 - 24 Apr 1978)



22 Dec 1936 St Louis-San Francisco Railway Employee card
Jewell Leon Brown of 1418 E. Chaffin, Sherman, TX. Age 33, b. 12 Feb 1903, b. Bells, TX. Car Carpenter. Father, Francis Marion Brown. Mother, Virginia Wilma Dodson. Signed: Jewell L. Brown.

1940 Census. Grayson Co, TX, Hh 121
Sherman Rd - all lived in the same house in 1935
James E. Wilson, 77, b. AL
Jewel L. Brown, nephew, 37, b. TX, Laborer, Railraod Repair Shop
William T, nephew, 28, b. TX, Laborer, Interstate Slating Manufacturing Co
Vada, wife, 22
Gene B., dau, 6 months

16 Feb 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Jewell Leon Brown of 1709 E. Chaffin St., Sherman, Grayson Co, TX was age 39, b. 12 Feb 1903, Grayson Co, TX. Mrs. J. L. Brown of the same address would always know his. Employed by Frisco Railway Co., Sherman. 5'11" tall, 185 lb. Blue eyes, brown hair.

1950 Census. Sherman, Grayson, TX, Hh 47
1023 S. Throckmorton
Hubert T. Burleson, 31, b. TX, Machinist, Vegetable Oil Refining Co
Lucille, wife, 28, b. TX
Stephen H., son, 5, b. CO
Jimmie C., son, 1, b. TX
Jewel L. Brown, Uncle, 46, b. TX, Railraod Car Repair Man, Railroad Car Shop
U. L. Brown, Uncle, 36, b. TX, Welder, Welding Construction


Texas Death Certificate #52847
Jewell Leon Brown died 24 Apr 1978 at his residence on Highway 82 East, Rt. 1, Sherman, Grayson Co, TX of carcinoma of the lung. He had been ill six months. He was born 12 Feb 1903 in Grayson Co. Never married, he was a car inspector for the railroad. His father was Francis Marion Brown; his mother Wilma Virginia Dodson. T. W. Brown, his brother, was the informant. Buried Cedarlawn Memorial Park on April 25th.

His grave marker has a masonic emblem.

Events

Birth12 Feb 1903Grayson County, Texas
Death24 Apr 1978Sherman, Grayson County, Texas

Families

FatherFrancis Marion "Frank" Brown (1870 - 1963)
MotherWilma Virginia Dodson (1874 - 1958)
SiblingInez Brown (1895 - )
SiblingGuy Milford Brown (1895 - 1967)
SiblingLinus Wilson Brown (1897 - 1991)
SiblingEarl Loyce Brown (1899 - 1995)
SiblingCarl Lee Brown (1901 - 1977)
SiblingMary Cleatus Brown (1905 - 1995)
SiblingVelva Ruby Brown (1906 - 1996)
SiblingThomas William Brown (1908 - 1995)
SiblingJohn Norman Brown (1910 - 1997)
SiblingU. L. "Buck" Brown (1913 - 2005)
SiblingFrances Marie Brown (1915 - 1933)
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