Individual Details

5 Jun 1917 World War I Draft Registration
Verner Jefferson Brown of Bells TX, was born 22 Nov 1895 in Bells. He was a farmer, near Bells, Single. Tall, Slim. Blue eyes, Light Brown hair.

30 Jun 1918 US Army Transport Service. The Persic (train?) Battery E, 345th left Hoboken, NJ for the 90th Division, Boston, MA. Aboard was Verner J. B., Pvt. To be notified: William T. Brown, Father, of RFD #2, Bells, TX.

VA Master Index shows Verner Jefferson Brown was in the Military, 23 Jun 1919 [Discharge date] and was then living in Bells, Grayson Co, TX.

20 Jun 1930. V. J. Borwn and Miss Fae Drewry were issued a Marriage License, Grayson Co, TX. Married the same day by Rev. J. A. Henderson of Whitewright, TX.

Texas Birth Record: Dorotha Jean Brown, b. 10 Dec 1933 to Fay Drewery and Verner J. Brown

1935 Sherman, TX, City Directory
Brown, Verner J. (Fay) miller, Kimbell Diamond Milling Co. (sic) home - 1303 E. Chaffin.

1940 Census. Sherman, Grayson Co, TX, Hh 144
1303 E. Chaffin - lived in same place in 1935
V. J. Brown, 44, Policeman, City
Fae, wife, 40
Dorothy, dau, 6
Lee Boyd Drewry, Mother-in-law, 76, Widow, b. VA

27 April 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Verner Jefferson Borwn of 1303 E. Chaffin, Sherman, Grayson Co, TX was 46, born 22 Nov 1895 in Grayson County. Mrs. V. J. Brown will always know his address. Employed by the City of Sherman. 6' Tall, 220 lb, gray eyes, bald. Scar on left hand next to little finger.

1950 Census. Sherman, Grayson Co, TX, Hh 75
1216 S. Walnut
Vernon J. Brown, 54, b. TX, Chief of Police, City Jail
Fae L., wife, 50, b. TX
Dorothy J., dau, 16, b. TX

Texas Death Certificate #49795
Verner J. Brown died 30 Aug 1964 of a massive heart attack. His residence was 1216 S. Walnut St., Sherman, Grayson Co, TX. He was born 22 Nov 1895 in Texas and was married. He worked as a Policeman. Parents were William T. Brown and Emma Hogan. He was in the US Armed Forces in World War 1. Mrs. V. J. Brown was the informant. Buried Memorial Park, Sherman on the 31st of August.


Has a Military gravestone.
Served as PFC in Battery E, 345th Field Artillery, World War 1.
Application for the stone was made by Mrs. V. J. Brown of 1216 S. Walnut St., Sherman, TX on 14 Sep 1964. To be placed in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman.

Birth	22 Nov 1895	Grayson County, Texas
Death	30 Aug 1964	Sherman, Grayson County, Texas

Father	William Thomas Brown (1864 - 1945)
Mother	Emma Josephine Hogan (1876 - 1940)
Sibling	Nellie Beatrice Brown (1892 - 1973)
Sibling	Cecil Earl Brown (1894 - 1975)
Sibling	Irrel Edward Brown (1898 - 1967)
Sibling	Otha Roy Brown (1900 - 1964)
Sibling	Velma Brown (1903 - )
Sibling	John Marvin Brown (1904 - 1977)
Sibling	Lillie Evelyn Brown (1906 - 1995)
Sibling	William Coy Brown (1910 - 1966)
Sibling	Paul Estel Brown (1913 - 1983)