Brown, Ruth Catherine
Tombstone Data
Name:Brown, Ruth Catherine
Born:Dec 13 1917
Died:Oct 23 1918
Front Inscription:Daughter of C. F. and E. G. Brown
Cemetery:Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery — Miami, Ottawa County, OK
Section: G.A.R. Section East side
Block: 31Lot: 0Row: 4Grave: 25
Sexton Book
Name:Brown, Ruth Catherine
Age:10 months
Buried:Oct 25 1918
Record Source:Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
(Sexton Book)Miami, Ottawa County, OK
Funeral Home Data
Deceased:Brown, Ruth Catherine
Place Born:Joplin Missouri
Place Died:at North Miami
Father:Charles Brown
Father Born:Missouri
Mother:Ella Gretchin Lee Brown
Remarks:She died during time of the Spanish Flu
Epidemic of 1918-1919. Some died in 1917 and some 1920.
1000, at least, local persons died during these years, and
millions died world wide. She may, or may not, have
died of Spanish Flu. At the time health officials were
calling cause of death by many names such as:
pneumonia, flu, dementia and even brain fever. The term
"Spanish Flu" came a little later.
Record Source:Mitchelson Funeral Home
(Funeral Record)Commerce, Ottawa County, OK
Book: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery — S J Mahurin