Individual Details

Cecil Earl Brown

(9 Jan 1894 - 28 Jan 1975)



World War I Draft Registration. 5 Jun 1917
Cecil Earl Brown, of Bells, TX, age 23, b. 9 Jan 1894 near Bells. Farming for himself, 4 miles West of Bells. He was tall, slender with blue eyes and light hair.

US Dept of Veterans Affairs Death File
Cecil Earl Brown enlisted 22 Jul 1918; Discharged 22 Jan 1919.

US Army Transport Service
Kasemir sailing from New York, 24 Sep 1918. Battery B, 126th Field Artillery
Brown, Cecil E., Private. Father, William T. Brown, RFD #2, Bells, TX

18 May 1920. Grayson Co, TX. Cecil Earl Brown married Miss Callie Bell Webb. E. L. Silliman, Pastor, Methodist Church, Wylie, TX

1930 Census. Plainview, Hale Co, TX, Hh 360
Cecil E. Brown, 36, married at age 26, Druggist. Callie B., wife, 32, married at 22, Geography Teacher
Six roomers - all employed young adults

1940 Census. Plainview, Hale Co, TX, Hh 133
1613 W 8th St - lived in Plainview, but not the same house in 1935
Cecil E. Brown, age 46, b. TX, Pharmacist, retail drug store. Callie B., wife, 45, b. TX

27 Apr 1942 World War II Draft Regitration
Cecil Earl Brown of 1613 W. 8th, Plainview, TX was age 48, b. 9 Jan 1894, Bells, Grayson, TX. Mr. W. T. Brown of Bells would always know his address. He was employat O.K. Drug, Planview. 6', 160 lb. Gray eyes, bald

1950 Census. Plainview, Hale Co, TX, Hh 66
1613 8th
Cecil E. Brown, 56, b. TX, Pharmacist, Drug Store
Callie B., wife, 54, b. TX, Elementary Teacher, City School

Texas Death Certificate #9923
Cecil Earl Brown, died 28 Jan 1975 of heart disease at the Wilson N. Jones Hospital, Sherman, Grayson Co, TX. His residence was Route #1, Bells, Grayson Co. He was born 9 Jan 1894 in Texas. He was a pharmacist. His father was W. T. Brown; his mother Emma Hogan. Miss Velma Brown was the informant. Buried West Hill Cemetery, Jan 30th.

The Bonham Daily Favorite, Bonham, TX, 29 Jan 1975, Wednesday, p.4
Cecil E. Brown Services to Be Held Thursday
BELLS - Cecil Earl Borwn, 81, died at 11:30 am Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1975 in a sherman hospital.
....Mr. Brown was born Jan 9, 1894 in Grayson County, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown. He married Callie Belle Webb at Collinsville.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Callie Belle Brown of the home, one foster daughter, Mrs. Aleta Brown of Plainview, two brothers, Marvin Brown of Sherman and Paul Brown of Denver, Colo., three sisters, Miss Velma Brown and Mrs. Wayne Brown, both of Bells and Mrs. Lillie Dillon of Whitewright.
Mr. Brown was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge.
A graduate of West Texas State at Canyon, he was a pharmacist in Plainview from 1928 until 1971 when he retired. He was a veteran of Army service in World War I...

Events

Birth9 Jan 1894Grayson County, Texas
Marriage18 May 1920Grayson County, Texas - Callie Belle Webb
Death28 Jan 1975Plainview, Hale County, Texas

Families

SpouseCallie Belle Webb (1894 - 1976)
FatherWilliam Thomas Brown (1864 - 1945)
MotherEmma Josephine Hogan (1876 - 1940)
SiblingNellie Beatrice Brown (1892 - 1973)
SiblingVernon J. Brown (1896 - )
SiblingIrrel Edward Brown (1898 - 1967)
SiblingOtha Roy Brown (1900 - 1964)
SiblingVelma Brown (1903 - )
SiblingJohn Marvin Brown (1905 - )
SiblingLillie Evelyn Brown (1906 - 1995)
SiblingWilliam Coy Brown (1910 - 1966)
SiblingLiving

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