Brown, Elizabeth Jane
Born: 1838-07-29 Springfield, Illinois
Died: 1869-03-02 Springfield, Illinois
Alternate name: Stuart
"Bettie" Stuart Brown was the daughter of Mary and John T. Stuart. She attended the Monticello Female Seminary, and in July 1856, she gave a well-received presentation at the school on the refining influences of the study of poetry. On October 20, 1859, she married Christopher C. Brown; the couple had three children.
Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 28 June 1856, 2:2; 5 July 1856, 2:2; George Nelson Black, In Memoriam: Christopher C Brown, 1834-1904 ([Springfield, IL: G. N. Black, 1904]), 8; John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 148, 697; Gravestone, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL.