The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-27

The LockcsburE Alk.) Ucmocrat OF
the 2lst inst, contained the following
notice of the death OF Il former citizen
OF Anderson. which, we know, will be
read with sadness by his many old
friends and relatives in this section:
At his home in De Queen, Ark, at y
O'Clock Il. m. Tuesday, September 18th.
1899, Dr. Eliab Moore Brown passed
"Ovrr the river to rest under the shade
of tho trees aged 6S years. Death re-
suited from lnalnrial trouble. lie was
sick only five days. On Wendcsday
the 18th, his mortal remains were laid
to rest in the new cemetery, one mile
west of De Queen. after appropr-
ate funeral services conducted by
Rev. &. Wardlaw, pastor of the DE
Queen Baptist Church. The COntcdcr-
ate Veterans, Doctors and Mnsons
participating. Tie following was the
order of the service:
MasOns formed into line ut lodge,
marched in double column to the home,
escorted the body to the Church. As
the corpse was borne into tho Church
summer land, some sweet day by and
by"
Prayer by the pastor of the Church.
Prof. Chas. T.. Williams, as the rep
rrsentatiye of the Confederate Vctcr-
ans, spoke of DR.. Brown as 81 soldier,
after which ,ilc choir snng, "I.et ,,s
pass over the river and rest under The
shade of the trees
Or. Brown as Il physicinn. WAS spoken
Of by l)r. j. w. liamnOnds, the choir
following with the song. Tho Great
Physician."
Mr.. II. {. McCurlcy, representing the
masonic fraternity, spoke of the de-
ceased as Il Mason, being followed by
the song, Around the Great White
Throne" after which Rev. G.. Ward
law read a portion of the 18th chapter
OF First Corinthians, concluding the
of Danicl-"Go thou thy way until the
end; for thou shalt rest, and stand in
thy lot ut the end of thy days He
gave Il brief sketch Of the life Of DR..
Brown. speaking OF him as II citizen,
the head of IL fanily, and Il member of
tlin Missionary baptist Church. Rev.
Manvlllc offered an earnest prayer,
after which the Mnsons again took
charsc of the body, the choir singing.
That Beautiful Land us he body
by The people. AZ th. grave the burial
service OF the M;ls0ns was carried ont
Mayor Craig issued Il proclamation
Snspcn.llng all business in De Queen
from 10 Il. III. to u. M, ont of respect
to The memory of The Deceased. Every
body needed this proclamation and wc
might say all attended the funeral
The school adjourned. and attended
tho service marching in the progression
to the Church.
De Queen did herself great honor in
honoring as shc did one of her greatest
and trueSt citizens.
DI. brown was born in Anderson
County, $. c.. June II. 1891. Some
time between 1850 and 1860 he joined
tho Missionary Iiptist Church ut
'rownvillc. 5. c. After the Civil War
he moved to Ielton, $. c., to which he
changed his Church membership. lie
was educated i'll tho County of his ma
tivity, studied medicine and graduated
from the Medical College in Atlanta.
t;a., in 1859. In July, 1850, he married
Miss Emily Moore, of Anderson COun-
ty, 5. e., by whom ne raised family of
five SONS. She with three sons survive
him. Two of his sons. Drs. RObt. and
John. preceding him to the gravc-Dr
Robt. having died Nov. ;th, 1890. and
DIR. John, Nov. nth. lSD;.
When the Civil WW began, the de
rrMscd volunteered ana entered service
rs Lieutenant .stE i, aiit 5. (. Voiun-
tcerS. Later he was promoted to Cap
tain III Mai. AiOOrc's Regiment. DR.
Brown was thrice wounded. No BRAY
or soldier 'graccd the field of battle. No
trucr citizen brcathcd the air Of liberty
and Independence. No doctor wrought
harder and more faithfully to do his
whole duty. AS fnther and husband
he was tender and cOnsidcratc. lie
was too magnnnimOus to be unjust to
even IN enemy. if he had one. His life
was nn open book before the people
with whom he lived. His ncighb0rs
read it and approved 1t by their last
tribute of respect to his memory. At
the time nf his death nc was chairman
of tho Board of Medical Examiners OF
this County, and the commanding otli-
fcderatc Veterans. it may bc truly
said OF him, whatever his hands found
To do. he did il with all his nlinht