Rooney Family Tree

His gravestone in the Padua Cemetery says he was born November 3rd of 1839.

Died:
Brown- At his residence in the town of Raymond, on Sunday, August 20th , John Brown, aged 54 years.

While not altogether unexpected, the announcement of the death of John Brown was received with expressions of sincere sorrow in this city, where he has been well and favorably known for many years. He was highly esteemed for those sterling qualities which stamped him as a man moving upon an exalted plane. High ideals were lofty and he lived to them with rare fidelity. Honorable, honest and charitable, he was wondrously free from the petty foibles and inconsistencies which are blemishes upon human character. Frank and open as the day, with well-defined opinions of his aim, he always manifested that tolerance and regard for the beliefs and feelings or others, which characterize the true gentleman. In every relation of life he was above reproach, pure and noble in his life, he squared every act with the golden rule. As a citizen he was esteemed and trusted, as a friend true and generous, as a husband tender and loving and as a parent indulgent and just. He has raised a family of ten children who are an honor to his name and a credit to the community.

Mr. Brown was American born of Irish descent, removing from New England, where he was born, to Minnesota about twenty years ago, and for eighteen years he had been a resident of Raymond. He has filled a number of local offices, but never but once aspired to political preferment -in 1890 the nomination for the legislature was thrust upon him by the alliance party. While distasteful to him he made a gallant fight, but was narrowly defeated. He was a devout member of the Roman Catholic church, and he was buried by Father Bender in the cemetery in the Rooney settlement, his funeral being largely attended by sorrowing friends, who will long hold his memory in merited reverence. To his bereaved wife and children the sympathy of all is extended in the fullest measure.