Margaret Brown (Hay) Obituaries

Died at Brownsville

Word was received here yesterday of the death of Mrs. B. M. Brown of Brownsville, mother of the Rev. W. J. H. Brown  of Annette Street Baptist church, Toronto.   The funeral will be held Friday afternoon to Delmer cemetery.

Margaret Hay Brown

     The death occurred in Brownsville on Wednesday last, of Margaret Hay Brown, relict of the late B. M. Brown, in her 87th year.   Funeral from her late residence to the Delmer cemetery on Friday afternoon, 19th inst., at 2 o'clock.

Mrs. B. M. Brown

     The subject of this sketch was one of the pioneers of this district, having lived in this community nearly fifty years.  Margaret Hay Brown, who died on Wednesday, Nov. 17th, was born at Warwick, near London, eighty-seven years ago.  Her earlier life was spent in teaching school, until her marriage to the late B. M. Brown, who predeceased her nine years ago.   After her marriage at Christmas, 1873, she came to reside on the Brown farm on the ninth concession, just north of the village.   Here they remained until they gave up farming, and moved to Brownsville twenty-two years ago.  Mrs. Brown was of a very quiet, retiring disposition, but those who knew her best will remember her as a noble, upright, loving, christian mother and friend.   She was a member of the Baptist church and always interested in its work and progress.
     The funeral took place on Friday last from her late residence to the Baptist church for service, and thence to the Delmer cemetery for interment.    Rev. J. B. Moore of Waterford assisted Rev. Mr. Cunningham at the church services.   She leaves one son, Rev. Wm. J. H. Brown of Toronto, and four stepchildren, Henry W. of Tilsonburg, Edward D. of Ann Arbor, Mich., Mrs. (Dr.) Sage of Janesville, Wis., and Mrs. Monroe of Detroit.