Class of 1902

Birth: 24 Aug 1884, Rowan County, North Carolina
Death: 14 Nov 1954, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina

Parents:
David White Bostian (1848-1922)
Mary Camilla Efird Bostian (1860-1940)

Siblings:
Margaret Ethel Bostian Dunlap (1886-1959)
Luther Earl Bostian (1888-1947)
Lula Pearl Bostian Cooper (1893-1972)
John Oren Bostian (1895-1917)

Spouse: Dr. John Richard Brown (1875-1975)
Marriage: 27 Sep 1905, Rowan County, North Carolina

Children:
Kathryn Elane Brown Hodgkin (1907-1996)
Mary Louise Brown Shaw (1913-1995)

Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #259966065.

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Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, NC), 28 Sep 1905, p. 4.

Surprise Wedding at China Grove

China Grove, Sept. 27. – The many friends of our popular were agreeably surprised today when the announcement of the Bostian-Brown marriage were received. Early this morning at 7 o’clock at the home of the bride, Rev. J. L. Brown, father of the groom, performed the ceremon which made the two husband and wife. This was a well kept secret, for the most intimate friends of the couple being in the dark. Mr. Brown is a successful young business man of this place, while the bride, Miss Lottie Grace Bostian, is the attractive young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Bostian of this place.

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The Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC), 15 Nov 1954, p. 5.

Mrs. J. R. Brown Dies At Home

CHINA GROVE – Mrs. John R. Brown, 70, died at her home here Sunday. She had been ill for two weeks.

The former Lottie Grac Bostian, she was born Aug. 24, 1884, the daughter of D. W. and Mary Efird Bostian of Rowan County. She was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. John R. Brown; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Louise Shaw of China Grove and Mrs. Ralph Hodgkin of Greensboro; two sisters Mrs. L. V. Dunlap of Albemarle and Mrs. H. F. Cooper of High Point; three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church with the Rev. Harold Terry, pastor the Rev. Claude Bowen of Greensboro and Dr. W. t. Nay of Hickory in charge. Burial will be in the Greenlawn cemetery.

The body will be taken to the residence today at 4.