Missouri Drusie McClaren ^{2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: L5N4-L6T.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Parsons, Labette, KS. ⁵ The 1880 census recorded John W. Brown, laborer, 29, living with wife Missouri, 25; and sons Charles F., 6, and William O., 1. Everyone was born in Indiana except William in Kansas. John's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Missouri's parents were born in Indiana.

2. Newspaper: Daily Eclipse: Mrs. John Brown and children left this afternoon to visit friends at Indianapolis, Ind., 19 Jun 1884, Parsons, Labette, KS. ⁶

3. Newspaper: Daily Eclipse: Mrs. John Brown and daughters, Mabel and Irene, returned this morning from a seven weeks visit with relatives and friends at Indianapolis, Ind., and other eastern cities., 8 Sep 1892, Parsons, Labette, KS. ⁷

4. Newspaper: Indianapolis Journal: Real Estate: Drusie Kline to Leonard A. Gray, part of Lot 6, Wolcox's 2nd addition, $350; Leonard N. Gray to Drusie Kline, Lot 64, Wilcox's 2nd addition $250, 29 Jun 1899, Indianapolis, Marion, IN. ⁸

5. Census in 1900 in Peoria, Peoria, IL. ⁹ The 1900 census recorded renting at 112 S. Madison Avenue: Drusie Kline, widowed, boarding home keeper, 45, born Apr 1855, living with son William O. Brown, single, day laborer, 22, Aug 1878. Drusie was born in Indiana, her father in Ohio and mother in West Virginia. William was born in Kansas and his parents in Indiana. Drusie had given birth to 2 children both alive in 1900.

6. Census in 1910 in Bloomington, McLean, IL. ¹⁰ The 1910 census recorded owning a home on West Washington Street: Charles F. Brown, barber, 36, living with wife Mary E., 30; son Joseph F., 4, and Charles' mother Drusie Kline, widowed, 55. The census columns record this was Charles second marriage and Mary's first and they were married for 5 years. She had given birth to one child by 1910. Everyone was born in Indiana, including Charles' and Joseph's parents. Mary's father was born in Ohio and mother in Virgina. Drusie's parents were born in Pennsylvania.

7. Newspaper: The Cuba Review: Mrs. Drusie Kline left Saturday for St. Louis, where she will make an extended visit with her son and other relatives., 18 Sep 1924, Cuba, Crawford, MO. ¹¹

8. Newspaper: The Cuba Review: Real Estate: Drusie Kline, single, to Eliza V. Medlin and Elsie J. Northcutt by warranty deed, part of a lot in the City of Cuba 49x160 feet, $875., 9 Oct 1924, Cuba, Crawford, MO. ¹²

9. Cause of Death: brochi pneumonia, 8 Mar 1935, Jefferson City, Cole, MO. ⁴

Missouri married John William J. Brown, son of David Henry Brown and Anna Beeker, on 7 Mar 1873 in , Benton, IN. (John William J. Brown was born on 29 Aug 1849 in , Tippecanoe, IN and died about 1890 in Parsons, Labette, KS.)

Missouri next married George W. Kline on 11 Mar 1894 in , Hancock, IN.¹ (George W. Kline died about 1897.)