An undated photograph of the Charles Brown family of Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Front Row (seated): Charles Brown, father; William Brown; Polly [Rothermel] Brown, mother.
Back Row (standing): Mary Brown; Sadie Brown; Maudie Brown.
Charles Brown was born 15 September 1868, son of David M. Brown (1837-1902) and Catherine [Gottshall] Brown (1836-1907). He spent most of his life in Pillow where he worked as a hauler of coal and lumber. The coal was delivered to the schools and churches in Lykens Township and the lumber was delivered to the mines and to the Swab Wagon Company in Elizabethville, which required a fine grade of chestnut wood. Charles died on 1 January 1940 at the home of his daughter Mary [Brown] Hassinger in Loyalton. he is buried at Grandview Cemetery in Pillow.
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