Clara Etta Crosby ³⁰

   Another name for Clara was Carrie E.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 16 Jun 1870, Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota. ³¹
1) David C. Brown, age 24, male, white, farmer, born in Pennsylvania
2) C.E. Brown, age 20, female, white, keeping house, born in Maine

• Census, 24 Jun 1880, Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota. ²⁵
1) David C. Brown, white, male, age 33, married, work in saw mill, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Keneket, mother born in Kanada
2) Clara E Brown, white, female, age 30, wife, married, keeping house, born in Maine, parents born in Maine
3) Myrtle I Brown, white, male, age 8, daughter, single, at school, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine
4) Walter M Brown, white, male, age 6, son, single, at school, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine
5) Loraine C. Brown, white male, age 5, son, single, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine
6) Ralph L Brown, white, male, age 3, son, single, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine

• Census, 20 Jun 1900, Buckman, Morrison, Minnesota. ¹¹
1) David C Brown, head, white, male, Nov 1846, age 53, married 33 years, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Massachusetts, mother born in English Canada, farmer, farm rented
2) Clara E. Brown, wife, white, female, Mar 1850, age 50, married 33 years, mother of 8 children, 7 living, born in Maine, parents born in Maine
3) Myrtle I. Brown, daughter, white, female, Mar 1872, age 28, single, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine
4) Ralph F. Brown, son, white, male, Apr 1877, age 23, single, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine, farm laborer
5) Millard Brown, son, white, male, Nov 1880, age 19, single, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine, farm laborer
6) Albert E. Brown, son, white, male, Feb Feb 1883, age 17, single, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine, farm laborer
7) Mabel H. Brown, daughter, white, female, Apr 1892, age 8, single, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine

• Census, 12 Jan 1920, Everett, Snohomish, Washington. ²⁴
1) David C. Brown, head, renting, married, white, age 73, married, can read and write, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Vermont/Connecticut, mother born in English Canada
2) Clara E. Brown, wife, female, white, age 69, married, can read and write, born in Maine, parents born in Maine
3) Millard A. Brown, son, male, white, age 39, single, can read and write, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine, laythe sawyer, lumber mill

• Residence, 18 Oct 1927, Everett, Snohomish, Washington. ³² 2422 Cleveland Ave

• Obituary, 5 Sep 1928, Everett, Snohomish, Washington. ²⁷ Clara E. Brown, 78, died Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clifford Hilton, 2422 Cleveland avenue, following an extended illness. Surviving besides Mrs. Hilton, are another daughter; Mrs. Myrtle Randall of Priest River, Idaho; five sons, Walter M. and Albert E. of Blanchard, Idaho, Ralph L. of Spokane; Millard A. of 2422 Cleveland avenue, L C. Brown of Manilla, P.I.; one sister, Mrs. Cora McGee of Spokane; four brother, Fred and Herbert Crosby of Spokane; Frank Crosby of Moose Jaw, Canada, and Albert Crosby in Minnesota. The body is at the chapel of John F. Jerread. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Clara married David Clark Brown, son of Asa Clark Brown and Eleanor Huppenan, on 1 Jan 1868 in Brockway, Stearns, Minnesota ^2,22,28.^,29 (David Clark Brown was born on 24 Nov 1846 in Deerfield, Warren, Pennsylvania ^{2,4,10,11,22,24,25,31,33,34}, died on 9 Feb 1927 in Everett, Snohomish, Washington ^{2,22,26,28,33} and was buried on 12 Feb 1927 in Everett, Snohomish, Washington ^22,33,35.) The cause of his death was natural causes.