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Birth	:	16 Jul 1856 Ridgeway, Hardin County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	27 Jan 1937 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Mitchellville Cemetery, Mitchellville, Polk County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.6724790, -93.3505460
Description	:	Anna Rees Brown was the younger daughter of Lydia Ann (née Lukens) and posthumously of Kansas anti-slavery martyr Rees Perkins Brown. After her father's murder on 18 January 1856, Anna's mother and sister Samantha Evangeline (not yet 3 years old) traveled to Hardin County, Ohio, where Anna's mother's parents lived. Anna was born there on 16 July 1856. Lydia Ann Brown remarried on 6 August 1857 in Hardin County, and later settled in Fountain County, Indiana. Anna Rees Brown was not enumerated in 1860, but it appears that Anna and her sister (also called Eva) were... Read More	Anna Rees Brown was the younger daughter of Lydia Ann (née Lukens) and posthumously of Kansas anti-slavery martyr Rees Perkins Brown. After her father's murder on 18 January 1856, Anna's mother and sister Samantha Evangeline (not yet 3 years old) traveled to Hardin County, Ohio, where Anna's mother's parents lived. Anna was born there on 16 July 1856. Lydia Ann Brown remarried on 6 August 1857 in Hardin County, and later settled in Fountain County, Indiana. Anna Rees Brown was not enumerated in 1860, but it appears that Anna and her sister (also called Eva) were brought up in the household of their father's sister Margaret Reed in Cass County, Michigan. "Reese Anna Brown" and James A. Surles were married on 30 January 1884 in Newburg Township, Cass County, Michigan. The couple later moved to Polk County, Iowa. Notes 1860 U.S. Census, Calvin Twp., Cass Co., Michigan; dwelling 692, family 692, lines 23-25, p. 93 (written), 21 Jun 1860. 23. Harvey Reed, 49, farmer ($3,000; $1,000), Ohio. 24. Margaret -----, 42, Mississippi. 25. S. E. Brown, 7, Mich. 1870 U.S. Census, Calvin Twp., Cass Co., Michigan; dwelling 319, family 327, lines 12-15, p. 44 (written), 13 Jun 1870. 12. Reed, Harvey, 59, farmer ($7,200; $2,484), Ohio. 13. ----- Margaret, 52, keeping house, Mississippi. 14. Eva Brown, 17, Michigan. 15. Brown, Ann, 13, Ohio. "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQWS-NLV : 4 December 2014), James A. Surls and Reese Anna Brown, 30 Jan 1884; citing Newberg Twp, Cass, Michigan, v 1 p 210 rn 4258, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,474. "Iowa, Death Records, 1921-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24D-D8C5 : accessed 10 March 2017), James A Surles in entry for Anna Reese Searles, 27 Jan 1937; citing Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FHL microfilm. "SURLES—Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Surles [...]" ("Deaths," Des Moines Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa, 29 Jan 1937, p. 22.) Reviewed 8 September 2021.

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Anna Rees Brown Surles's memorial is located at: Mitchellville Cemetery, Mitchellville, Polk County, USA.
When did Anna Rees Brown Surles death?
Anna Rees Brown Surles death on 27 Jan 1937 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.6724790
Longitude: -93.3505460

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James Allen Surles

(1855 - 1918)

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(1885 - 1971)

(1887 - 1933)

(1892 - 1893)

(1897 - 1954)

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