Fourth Generation

43. Francis M. "Frank" BROWN was born in October 1864 in Wisconsin.^{18,79,83,84,85} (He may have been born in Oct 1864.) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰ His household was on Monroe Street and his occupation was "Laborer." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ His household consisted of Frank, age 57; his wife, Sarah, age 56; their grandson, Lyle, age 5; and Sarah's mother, Anna McIntyre Vandervort, age 73. Frank died on 11 November 1940 at the age of 76 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^79,84,86 (He may have died 24 Nov 1940.) He was buried in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ in the LaGrange Township Cemetery.

Francis M. "Frank" BROWN and Emmaretta F. "Nettie" HILLIKER were married on 24 October 1889 in Monroe County, WI.^40,42,84,87 Emmaretta F. "Nettie" HILLIKER, daughter of Andrew Jackson HILLIKER and Flavilla S. WOODARD, was born on 19 March 1873 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^40,88,89 She died on 19 November 1901 at the age of 28 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^34,84,88,89 She apparently died during childbirth, because her youngest child was born the day that she died. She was buried in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ in the LaGrange Township Cemetery.

Francis M. "Frank" BROWN and Emmaretta F. "Nettie" HILLIKER had the following children:

Francis M. "Frank" BROWN and Sarah Louise VANDERVORT were married on 4 October 1903 in Monroe County, WI.^42,84,86,90 They were married by Rev. Harris at the M.E. Church. Sarah Louise VANDERVORT, daughter of James Baker VANDERVORT and Anna Mary MCINTYRE, was born on 16 January 1866 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^18,22,83,91 (This is a picture of the James Baker Vandervort family. In the top row are his children Sara, Otis, Ernest and Charles Lorenzo. In the bottom row are James, his wife, Anna, and their daughter, Dora. The picture was taken in about 1914.) She appeared in the census in 1875 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹² She appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ Sarah appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ She was a widow, and she and her two youngest daughters were living in the household of her father and mother. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰ She was living with her second husband, Frank, and his children. She lived in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI in 1916.⁹³ Sarah appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ She died on 28 March 1952 at the age of 86 in Oregon.^83,87

"After the death of her first husband William Horel, Sarah married widower Frank Brown who had four children of his own. Daughter Alice did not get along with step-father Frank Brown, so she went to live in Tunnel City with her Uncle Otis Vandervort. When the school year was over, she then went to live with grandparents, James B. and Anna Vandervort on their farm near Tomah. Also living there at this time was Willie, a "State School boy" being raised by James and Anna.

Daughter Pansy stayed with her mother and Frank during this time. Then Sarah wrote to Gramma Mary Orr Horel to see if she would take both Alice and Pansy to live with her in Iowa. Pansy was in her 8th grade year in school. Pansy and Alice left at the Thanksgiving break (Nov 1905) to go to Iowa. The following Spring, Alice was again dissatisfied and couldn't get along with Gramma Horel. So both girls packed up and came back home to Wisconsin.

They were met by Grampa James B. VDV and taken to his house. While the girls were in Iowa, Sarah and Frank had sold their home in Tomah and bought a farm nearby. Sarah was pregnant with Frank's child at the time. Because of the pending newborn, Pansy was taken home to live with mother Sarah and step-father Frank. The baby didn't live long and was buried in LaGrange Cemetery along side Maud Horel (Sarah's first born). Frank was to make arrangements for Pansy to start high school in Sparta and work for her room and board, but he failed to do so. When Grampa James B. VDV found out Pansy was not in school, he insisted she live with him.

Pansy lived with James B. and Anna VDV for 3 years or until she was a senior in high school. At that time she quit and took a job in the employee's dining room at the Indian School in Tomah. Later she tried to test out of school but had forgotten too much, so she returned to her job in the dining room. Later that year she married Leo Edgar Griffin.

Alice also lived with grandparents James B. and Anna VDV until she married Gary Ellis. Sarah moved to Oregon in the last years of her life to live with Pansy."

Francis M. "Frank" BROWN and Sarah Louise VANDERVORT had the following children: