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     Henry W. U. Tschan was buried at Canyon Hill Cemetery, 2024 N Illinois Avenue, Caldwell, Canyon Co., Idaho.^3,4,5 He was born on September 29, 1880 at Calhoun, Richland Co., Illinois.³ He married Effie Poff, daughter of Henry Poff and Mary J. Campbell, on November 5, 1925 at Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington.² Henry W. U. Tschan died on June 22, 1930 at Caldwell, Canyon Co., Idaho, at age 49.^3,5 He CALDWELL— Henry Tschan, 49, of Greenleaf, died Sunday night following an operation at a local hospital. He had been ill with a complication of diseases for some time and it was with the hope that an operation would prove beneficial that he was taken to the hospital Saturday. Surviving are his wife, Effie; two children, 3-year-old twins Lela Fay and Letha Fern; one brother, Frederick Tschan, and a sister Miss Dora Tschan, both of the Sunny Slope district. Interment will be in Canyon Hill cemetery. Mr Tschan was born in Calhoun, Ill., September 29, 1881. His parents were born in Switzerland. on June 24, 1930.⁵

     Fred A. Brown was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, Labette Co., Kansas.^3,4 He was born on July 30, 1864 at St. Clair Co., Illinois; His gravestone has a birth year of 1865 and the 1900 Census has 1866.^5,4,3 He married Amanda Jane Poff, daughter of Henry Poff and Mary J. Campbell, on February 10, 1895 at Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., Kansas; Both obituaries have a marriage year of 1895 in Independence, KS.^6,4,7 Fred A. Brown Fred A. Brown, 86, 3124 Clark, died at Mercy hospital at 7:20 a.m. today following long period of failing health. He entered the hospital Sunday and his condition had been critical since that time. A retired stone mason, he was born July 30, 1864 in Sinclair county, Ill. When two years of age he went with his family to Wichita. He was married at Independence on Feb. 10, 1894 to Amanda Poff of Coffeyville. They came to Parsons in 1899 and he had resided here continuously since that time. Mrs. Brown died May 5, 1945. He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren church. Survivors include three sons, Clarence L. of Sweet Hone, Ore., Merl M. of Coffeyville and Vernon W. of Wichita; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Thieme of Kansas City and Mrs. Gladys Swenson of Gay Center; three brothers, C. C. of Oklahoma City, L. H. of Wichita and Otto of Estancia, N. M; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Enders of Coffeyville and Mrs. Katie Williams of El Reno, Ok., 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Oakwood. on July 26, 1950.⁴ He died on July 26, 1950 at Parsons, Labette Co., Kansas, at age 85.⁴