Name: Brown, Callie E(Smith)
Burial Date: 1913, 09/30
Age at Death: 38
Plot Location: 648 C
Notes: 1st wife of William Thomas’Bill’ Brown

Transferred from lot 380, 1936, 03/05

Callie Smith was born in February 3, 1875 in Rice County, Kansas. She was the first girl baby born in the townsite and was presented the lot where now stands the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vogel on north 7th Street.(Lyons Republican, 07 Oct. 1913,)  She married William Thomas Brown in May 18, 1898. They had one child Willahemetta, Jan. 15, 1902. When the child was 5 months old, she met with an accident which made her an invalid for life.  The constant worry, attention and anxiety for her baby has been the principal cause of death.  She died on September 30, 1913, at the age of 38.

Callie’s parents were Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Smith.  Mr. Smith was president of the First National Bank.