It's news to me. He must have been really proud (not that he shouldn't have been) to invite the newspaper into his wife's bedroom. I wonder how she felt about it. I never met my great grandfather Brown, nor his first wife Laura Blizzard, mother of my grandfather. All things being equal, since the article mentions Frank Murphy, the deceased 1st husband of the 2nd Mrs. Brown, I think it should have given a nod to Mr. Brown's 1st wife, Laura.
TIMES LEADER, WILKES-BARRE, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1937
John H. Brown, 73-year-old
retired Noxen farmer, proudly welcomed a Times-Leader cameraman to his
mother-in-law’s apartment at 37 West Market Street, to photograph a newly
arrived infant daughter, born to Mrs. Brown early yesterday morning. Mr. and
Mrs. Brown were married less than a year ago after each parent had completed
varying periods of widowhood. Mr. Brown had been a widower for eight
years and Mrs. Brown for two. Mr. Brown has known his wife since she was an
infant, but did not know her husband had died until he visited Mrs. Nina Root,
now his mother-in-law. Mrs. Brown was formerly Nina Steele before her
first marriage to Frank Murphy. Mrs. Brown’s first marriage was blessed with
nine children, eight of whom are still living. Mr. Brown’s first union
resulted in the birth of two children. His oldest, Ira Brown, 50, lives
at Pringle, while a daughter, Lena Kearny, 48, lives in West Pittston. The
latest arrival was ushered into the world at 1:58 o’clock yesterday morning by
Dr. Charles C. Montgomery, 924 South Franklin Street.
John H. Brown 1864 - 1947
My Great Grandfather
My grandfather, Ira, and his sister, Lena
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