Records for Elizabeth A. Applegate
Elizabeth A. Applegate first married a man surnamed Ellis. By 1900 I assume he his deceased as she is the head of household in the census in Montgomery Co., MS Beat No. 1 in Winona Township page 194 taken on 9 June 1900:
L. A. Ellis age 36, b. Mar. 1863, married 11 yrs., 1 child, MS, PA, VA, Landlady
Louise, daughter, age 9, b. Aug. 1890, MS, MS, MS
Leona Applegate, sister, age 33, b. Aug. 1866, MS, PA, VA, clerk grocer
Eva Wells, inmate, age 21, b. Jan. 1879, MS, AR, MS, working telephone exchange
Between 1900 and 1910 Lizzie remarried a man named J. E. Brown. She is head of household in the 1910 Montgomery Co., MS census Winona Township so I assume he is deceased at that time:
Lizzie A. Brown age 45, 2 children, MS, MS, MS, owned house free of mortgage
Glen L. Brown, son, age 6, MS, MS, MS
Louisa Ellis, daughter, age 19, MS, MS, MS
Leona Applegate, sister, age 42, MS, MS, MS, conveniece store, groceries
In 1920 Elizabeth's daughter Louisa is gone from the home, she m. a man surnamed Rockhill. Added to her household now is her sister Addie who had married a man surnamed Moore and she is now widowed. 1920 MS census, Winona Twp., Beat 1, sheet 11A, ED 88, HH 245/255, Rail Road Ave.:
Lizzie A. Browne, age 52, b. MS, father b. PA, mother b. VA
Leon, son, age 17, b. MS, parents b. MS, sailor, US Navy
Addie Moore, sister, age 58, b. MS
Leona Applegate, sister, age 52, b. MS, Sales Lady, Produce
Joseph H. Herring, roomer, age 20, Manager, coffin?, b. MS, parents b. US
1930 Montgomery Co., MS census, Beat 1, Winona City, sheet 25B, ED 49-1, HH 631/697:
Lizzie A. Brown, age 56, b. MS, father b. NJ, mother b. VA
Addie L. Moore, sister, age 58, b. MS, father b. NJ, mother b. VA
Leona Applegate, sister, age 56, b. MS, father b. NJ, mother b. VA
Obituary
Winona, Montgomery Co., MS 16 Nov. 1940:
Last rites for Mrs. Lizzie A. Browne, age 78, were held at her Winona residence at 3:30 p.m. on November 16th, Rev. R. S. Lowe of the Presbyterian Church and Rev. W. A. Bell of the Baptist church, Jackson, officiated.
Interment was in the Oakwood Cemetery with Lee Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Browne passed away on November 16th at the Grenada hospital. She was the widow of the late J. E. Browne and was born and spent her entire life in Winona.
Surviving the deceased are her daughter, Mrs. Louise Rockhill of Winona, and her son, G. L. Browne of Jackson and two grand daughters, Mrs. S. L. Parish and Billy Jean Browne; one sister, Mrs. Emma Godwin, Bryan, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Clyde Dotson, M. V. Branch, Leigh Shelton, Arthur Anderson, Ed Allen, Bill Mothershed, Edgar Wright and Fred Parker.
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