The Keithsburg Chronicles

The Family of
Jetta Waters Brown

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JETTA WATERS
7 Aug 1890 -  10 Dec 1967

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MAC DALE BROWN
29 Aug 1887 - Jul 1968










CHILDREN:













DWIGHT BROWN
6 Nov 1910 - 4 Jul 2005



IRETA BROWN
8 Jul 1916 - 17 Mar 2005






The Brown home.

This is the original Keith house, for which Keithsburg was named. The front part was built in 1838; the lower part with the bay windows was built a generation later. It reportedly had a tunnel to a pit in the garage, which was used as an Underground Railroad station during the Civil War. This house is now on the Historical Registry. Mayor Brown used to sit in the east bay window having breakfast, and the door was always open to citizens needing something. 

Jetta and Dwight standing, Dale holding Ireta

 

 


Rear, Left to Right: Jason, Ireta, Darlene, Dwight. Seated: Dale and Jetta. 1935-ish.

 

 

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