The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., June 3, 1932, page 8

KLICKITAT PIONEER OF 1880 NOW DEAD

     Funeral services read by Mrs. A.B. Groshong, first reader of the Christian Science church of White Salmon, were held May 21, for T.B. Brown who died in his home at White Salmon, May 18. Interment was in the Spring creek cemetery, west of Goldendale. He was born November 10, 1885 at Second creek, in the vicinity of Lynchburg, West Virginia. In 1856 he moved with his parents to Texas and settled near the present town of Aledo, in Parker County. In the fall of 1874 he left for California, making the trip on horseback and arriving in California in January 1875. After spending five years in various parts of California, he came north and settled in the Horseshoe Bend country west of Goldendale. On June 19, 1884, he was married to Miss Mary Adams of Spring Creek. To this union were born four children: Ivy, who died in 1915; Edna, of White Salmon and Mrs. Mina Winterstein, of Centerville and Ralph Brown, of Vancouver.
     Besides his wife and three children, he leaves one brother, A.C. Brown of Aledo, Texas, three grandchildren and a host of friends.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., May 26, 1932, page 5

OBITUARY

     Thomas Beamer Brown was born November 19, 1855 at Second Creek in the vicinity of Lynchburg, Greenbrier county, West Virginia. In 1856 he moved with his parents to Texas and settled in the vicinity of the present town of Aledo in Parker County. Here he spent his boyhood, and in the fall of 1874 he left for California. He made this trip on horseback and arrived in California in January 1875. After spending five years in various parts of California he came north, making the trip from San Francisco to Portland by water. In the spring of 1880 he came to Klickitat county, Washington, and settled in the Horseshoe Bend vicinity west of Goldendale.
     On June 19, 1884, he was married to Miss Mary Abigail Adams, of Spring Creek. To this union were born four children: Ivy who passed to the Great Beyond in 1915; Edna, of White Salmon; Mrs. Mina Winterstein, of Centerville; and Ralph, of Vancouver.
     In 1923 he moved to White Salmon. He passed to the Great Beyond at his home in White Salmon May 18, 1932. His body was laid to rest in the Spring Creek cemetery west of Goldendale, May 21st.
     Besides his wife and three children, he leaves one brother, E.C. Brown, of Aledo, Texas; three grandchildren, and a host of friends.

"Yet again we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fled,
There in heaven with joy to greet thee
Where no farewell tear is said.

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