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1833 Jane Brown


Born: May 29, 1833 in Pennsylvania

Died: Dec. 30, 1898 in South Dakota, aged 65 years 7 months 1 day.

She died of an illness.

She is buried in Bangor Cemetery, Walworth County, South Dakota.
She shares a gravestone with her mother; their graves are next
to that of Jane's husband, James Mortimer Pulis.

Her father was Jonathan Brown.

Her mother was Mary Babcock.

She was married Dec. 30, 1850 to James Mortimer Pulis
in Pennsylvania.

Children of Jane Brown and James Mortimer Pulis are:
 
  1852  Ellen Isadore Pulis
  1854  Oscar Mortimer Pulis
  1857  Mary (Mae) Pulis
  1876  Elmer James Pulis
  1876  Emery Brown Pulis
  
Elmer and Emery were twins.  All five were born in Pennsylvania.

James was a farmer.  He and Jane moved their family to 
South Dakota in 1884. 

To the right, gravestones of Jane Brown Pulis and James Mortimer Pulis
in Bangor Cemetery near Selby, Walworth County, South Dakota.  You
can just see James' grave marker behind that of Jane and Mary.

 - Info and photos courtesy of Charles B. Woodruff - 

Here is a letter that Charles wrote to 
me (James Alan Sherman) in August 2010, concerning his
research on James Mortimer Pulis and Jane Brown Pulis.