Mary Elizabeth A. Brown ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: G995-CZW.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of Her Iowa death certificate has 9/9/1858 birth but she isn't with her parents in the 1860 census recorded 14 Jul 1860 and the 1870 census recorded her as age 9, so an 1860 birth year appears correct., 9 Sep 1858 and Danville, Vermilion, IL. ¹

2. Census in 1870 in Grant Township, Vermillion, IL. ³ The 1870 census recorded Noah Brown, farmer, 33, living with wife Joannah, 26; Mary E. A., 9; Jacob D., 7; daughter Alfaratta B., 2. Everyone was born in Indiana. Noah's real estate was valued at $10,400 and personal estate $2,104. The post office was Ropeville.

3. Census in 1880 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded living on Penn Street: C. B. Austin, minister, 51, living with wife Joanna, 31; Della Austin, 19; Edward K. Austin, works on farm, 14; Mary E. Brown, 19; Jacob D. Borwn, 16; Alpharetta Brown, 11; and Myrta W. Brown, 8. C. B. and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Della and Edward were born in Indiana, their father in Pennsylvania and mother in Ohio. Joanna was born in Indiana and her parents in Ohio. The Brown children and their parents were born in Indiana.

4. Census in 1900 in Grant Township, Vermillion, IL. ⁵ The 1900 census recorded Edward Strader, farmer, 43, born Dec 1857, living with wife Mary E., 40, Sep 1860; son Herman, 5, Mar 1895; and daughter Lois I., 3, Jul 1897. Edward and his parents were born in Indiana. Mary was born in Illinois and her parents in Indiana. The children and their mother were born in Illinois and father in Indiana. Edward and Mary E. were married for 11 years and she had birthed 2 children, both alive in 1900.

5. Census in 1910 in Grant Township, Vermillion, IL. ⁶ The 1910 census recorded Edward Stroder [sic, as indexed], farmer, 51, living with wife Mary E., 49; son Harvey N., 15; and daughter Lois J., 12. Edward was born in Indiana, his father in Ohio and mother in North Carolina. Mary was born in Illinois and her parents in Indiana. The children and their mother were born in Illinois and father in Indiana. Edward and Mary E. were married for 20 years and she had birthed 2 children, both alive in 1910.

6. Cause of Death: Mary died in her son's home from pneumonia, 26 Mar 1942, Rossville, Vermilion, IL. ¹

Mary married Edward A. Strader on 9 Jul 1889 in , Fountain, IN. (Edward A. Strader was born on 24 Dec 1857 in , Fountain, IN,⁷ died on 20 Feb 1942 in Rossville, Vermilion, IL ⁷ and was buried in Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ⁷.)