Curley Henry Waldo Brown

     [Clan of Lucy]. Curley Henry Waldo Brown was born on 22 January 1854 at Warwick, Massachusetts.^1,3 He was the son of Israel Curley Brown and Zorada Shepardson.^1,2,3 He was deaf.³ Curley Henry Waldo Brown entered at the Deaf and Dumb Institute, Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1870 where he taught broom-making and mattress making. He was later in charge of the carpenter shop.³ On 6 August 1877 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Curley married Rebecca Ellen Surber, daughter of A Surber and Nancy unknown. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. B. Talbot, the first Superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Institute.³ Curley Henry Waldo Brown and Rebecca Ellen Surber appeared on the US Census of 1880 at Lewis, Iowa.⁴ Curley Henry Waldo Brown was a carpenter according to the 1880 Census.⁴ He was a member of the First Congregational Church in Council Bluffs.³ On 24 November 1898 at Fell City, Iowa, Curley married Mary Louise Mulchi.³ On 31 May 1911 Curley married Lullu M. Martin.³ Curley Henry Waldo Brown died on Wednesday, 5 March 1941 at Woodbine, Iowa, at age 87 years, 1 month and 11 days from the flu.³ Curley was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa; in section D, lot 72, number 3.³