Volume 11 , Issue 19

Looking Back ... To the Future

Vester Tobias Brown (1890-1918)... "I am trying to locate information on the two individuals in this picture. The gentleman is Vester Tobias Brown, my great uncle.

Here is what I know about him: Born 10/25/1890 in Miller County, Missouri. Moved to Waynoka, Oklahoma, at age of 17. Enlisted in the US Army, April 26, 1918. Spent two months in training at Camp Travis, Texas. From Texas, transferred to New York and sailed to Brest, France.

He was killed October 23, 1918, in the Argonne Forest, 344 Machine Gun Batallion, 90th Division. Burial place unknown. Vester was the son of James F. Brown and Harriet Elizabeth Woolsey Brown, who were both born in Missouri. His siblings included William Brown, Daisy Brown, Joe A. Brown, Martha Brown, Melvin Brown, and Orvel E. F. Brown (my grandfather).

I don't know if you'll be able to see it, but on Vester's hand is a ruby ring. I started wearing that ring in high school after my grandfather's (O. E. Brown's) death. I wear it to this day, MANY decades later.

I am curious who the lady is in the picture and I am curious if anyone else knows anything further about Vester. Vester never married, and the inscription on the back of the picture only says, Uncle Vester and friend. If anyone has any info, please write me at scott@scottdowns.net. Thank you!" -- Scott - email: scott@scottdowns.net
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