Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Brown, Jacob Borden 168598

Birth: 03/03/1887 Death: 08/30/1954 Marriage:

Cemetery: Meadowbrook (D-035-01)

Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate, Cemetery Sexton Records

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/15/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Tuesday, August 31, 1954: “Jacob Borden Brown 67, former Delta County farmer, died at home here, 741 W. Brame St., Monday at 3:45 p.m., after a long illness. He moved here from Enloe several years ago. Funeral services Wednesday at 4 p.m., will be held at McDonald Funeral Home in Cooper, and burial wil be made in Meadowbrook Memorial Park, east of Paris. Survivors include Mrs. Brown, the former Miss Alta Mae Allen of Paris; a daughter, Mrs. Lula Biggers, Dallas; a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Echerd, of Miles, and these brothers: Wilburn Brown, Paris; Buster Brown and W. S. Brown, Dallas and W. P. Brown, San Antonio.” Submitted by Sylvia Tongson.

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Jacob Borden Brown
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Aug 1954
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1887
Birthplace: Texas
Father’s Name: Samuel Brown
Mother’s Name: Emma Borden
Certificate Number: 45649
GS Film number: 2114281
Digital Folder Number: 005145343
Image Number: 00022
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37P-7ZL : 13 March 2018), Emma Borden in entry for Jacob Borden Brown, 30 Aug 1954; citing certificate number 45649, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,281.

From the record journal of Meadowbrook Cemetery: son of Samuel Kennedy Brown & Emma Borden Brown. Born in Fulbright, TX., died in Paris, TX.

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