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- Ward Brown - April 7, 1876 - January 12, 1915. Son of James and Lydia J. Soule Brown. Husband of Lida Brown.
Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday Morning, January 13, 1915 The Post Standard - Syracuse, New York - Farmer Found Dead In Barn Near Pulaski - Body of Ward Brown Discovered by Neighbor in Murray District - Apoplexy Probably Cause - Wife on Return from Visit in Oswego Calls Fred Blount on Phone After Receiving No Response from Home - Pulaski, January 12 - Ward Brown, 38, a fanner residing in the Murray district and about three and a half miles south of Pulaski, was found dead in his barn about four o'clock this afternoon. Circumstances surrounding the discovery indicate the victim expired late yesterday afternoon. His wife had been spending a few days in Oswego and returned this afternoon, having advised her husband she would return on the train due here at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Brown remained at the railroad station some time before she telephoned the house. Receiving no answer, she called Clarence Blount. Blount went to the Brown farmhouse and fmding no one at home went to the stables. Mr. Brown was found near the cow stanchel in a kneeling position. Deputy Sheriff Silas W. Holmes of this village was notified and he called Coroner Leroy F. Hollis of Lacona, who directed Enos & Morton, local undertakers, to take charge of the body. Coroner Hollis will reach here tomorrow morning. It is thought apoplexy was the cause of death. During the temporary absence of Mrs. Brown her husband was alone at the farm. He was seen about the place during the late afternoon and it is thought he entered the stables before dark last night, as there was no lantern about when the body was found. Mr. Brown was born and had always lived in the town of Richland, having been engaged in fanning. Surviving are his wife, a half brother, Fayette Brown of Nebraska, and several half sisters, among them being Mrs. Herbert A. Jones of Pulaski.
Newspaper Obituary - Friday, January 15, 1915 The Palladium - Oswego, New York - Pulaski, January 14 - Coroner Hollis, investigating the death of Ward Brown yesterday, found a depression made by a rope on the neck from ear to ear, which indicated strangling. A new rope was found dangling at the side of the body, but not attached to it, and it is believed Brown wound it around his neck several times and put his weight on it, strangling in a few seconds. The funeral will be held at the home at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
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1876 - 1915 (39 years)