Francis Fizz Brown I 1855

Francis Fizz Brown 1st, my Great Great Grandfather was born on October 7, 1855. Francis Fizz died in Phoenixville, Pa. on October 29, 1911, he was 56. He was buried on November 1, 1911 in Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Grove, Pa. Cause of death: Fatal injuries suffered in a fall from a barn roof near Phoenixville, Pa.

"Brown - In Phoenixville, on October 29, 1911, Francis F. Brown, aged 55 years. Relatives and friends of the family and West Chester Lodge No. 322, F. & A. M., are invited to attend the funeral without further notice for the residence of his son, Wednesday, convening [from the son's] house at 2 o'clock p. m. Interment at Grove M. E. Cemetery. Carriages will meet trains at Morstein leaving Philadelphia at 9:45 and 10:45 and West Chester at [12:10] and 1:10."-11/2/1911

"Many relatives and friends of the late Francis F. Brown assembled yesterday afternoon in Grove Methodist Episcopal Cemetery to take leave of his body and lay it away in the earth. A general {theme] of conversation was the bravery [he had (or possibly 'his wife')] shown in his final hours, when hearing he had been fatally injured in a fall from a barn roof near Phoenixville and the consideration expressed for...(missing words). The commitment was read by R. C. Poticher, pastor and the burial service was conducted by West Chester Lodge No. 322, F. & A. M., about all of whose members were present...Previously Mr. Poticher had spoken and offered prayers at the home of Mr. Brown's son, Millard Brown, whose family was assemble and from the place the procession moved. This (missing words) one of John F. Lewis' farms, near Hershey's Mill, formally the Oliver J{missing} farm, in East Goshen" -11/2/1911

About 1875, when Francis Fizz was 19, he married Mary Elizabeth Wiggens. She was born about 1850 and died about 1920.

They had the following children:
Carl Ralph (1876-1950)

Millard C. (1877-1950)

George G. born about 1880 and died about 1950. George resided in Downingtown R. D., Pa. in 1950.
UNNAMED, a Great Great Aunt born about 1880. She died before 1950. Alias/AKA: Mrs. David Bell. She married David Bell, born about 1880. David died about 1950.

UNNAMED, a Great Great Aunt born about 1880 and died about 1950. She resided in Miami, Florida in 1950. Alias/AKA: Mrs. Michael Justari. She married Michael Justari. Who was born about 1880. Michael died about 1950.

UNNAMED, a Great Great Aunt born about 1880 and died about 1950. She resided in Hatboro, Pa. in 1950. Alias/AKA: Mrs. Walter Taylor. She married Walter Taylor, born about 1880. Walter died about 1950. He resided in Hatboro, Pa. in 1950.

Nathan (1885-1962)

Emma G., born in 1888. Emma G. died in 1979, she was 91. She resided in Downingtown R. D., Pa. in 1950. After 1900, she married a Simcox who was born about 1880 and died about 1960, he was 80.

Sallie W. (1880-1971)