updated April 07, 2005
photo by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
Cemetery location: 4 m. SE of Brainard, Sec. 23 (middle of
section, in the curve of creek - it cannot be seen from road), Oak Creek Twp.. located
where Brainard was first settled as Urban. Urban Cemetery (aka Pioneer Cem., Brown Cem.)
organized in 1885 with burials as early as 1870s. When the railroad was built, the
town site was moved to the present location of Brainard. Farm site address 2930 W. Road (see photograph of house below.)
Contributors: Donna L. Ellis, Marilyn L. Ramsay
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Tombstone List
- BROWN, James D. Dec 15, 1822 Feb 21, 1904
(view plot) (view stone) photos submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- BROWN, Phoebe Dec 31, 182? Jan 16, 190?
Note: The dates for Phoebe Brown are clear on tombstone - but since we were in hurry and
did not ‘record’ them, these dates are what can be seen in the photo.
submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- UNKNOWN, African American man who came with the Brown family (unmarked)
- DARNALL, John Oct 25, 1830 Dec 16, 1893
(view inscription) (view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- DARNALL, Sarah M. Apr. 9, 1832 May 28, 1908, wife of John Darnall
submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- DOWELL Plot This ‘old’ picture was taken to show the
location of the gravesite of Sarah Grant (marked by arrow) -BUT picture also shows the
tombstone of Elison Dowell as being broken and laying on the ground and the location of
the DOWELL gravesites, located in the same row with Sarah Grant’s grave. The cemetery
entrance gate and mailbox can be seen in picture.
(view plot) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- DOWELL, Elison April 27, 1831 Sep 20, 1899 Aged 68y 4m 23d
(view stone) (view inscription) submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- DOWELL, Mary Aug 4, 1836 Feb. 22, 1900 Aged 64y 6m 18d
Note: Inscriptions for Mary and Elison Dowell are on same tombstone.
(view stone) (view inscription) submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- DOWELL, John d. Dec 15, 1882 Aged 3yrs 1mo 17d, Son of E & M Dowell
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- DOWELL, Lee Sept 26, 1881 Aged 1mo 12d, Son of E & M Dowell
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- DOWELL, Mary A. Died [rest is very hard to read and just a good guess -
it maybe Oct 10, 1825], Daug of E & M Dowell
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- DOWELL, Arthur, d. Dec 28, 1881 Aged 1yr 1mo 11d, Son of [F. or O. -
letters hard to read] & R. Dowell
(view stone top) (view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- GRANT plot -- scanned version of ‘old’ picture showing
gravesite of Sarah (marked by arrow)
(view plot) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- GRANT, Sarah, born 1842 - died May 11, 1877 Aged 35 yrs 8 m's, Wife of
J. Grant
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
GRANT, JONATHAN born 29/Dec/1808 - died 17/Feb/1892
Notes: 1st wife, Mary Timbrel (buried: Baldwin Cemetery, Richland Twp., Mahaska
County, IA); 2nd Wife, Sarah (Cummins) Grant (buried Brown/Urban
Cemetery); Jonathan Grant, son of Alexander and Mary (Montgomery) Grant
Notes: Children of Jonathan Grant and 1st wife, Mary (Timbrel) Grant: Elizabeth; Mary;
Susannah; Cyrus A.; Rachel; Martha; Robert M.; James J.; Pauline M. Children of Jonathan
Grant and 2nd wife, Sarah Lee (Cummins) Grant: Ulissist S. ; William Thomas; Eva Violet;
and Rilla Margaret Grant.
submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- GRANT, EVA V born 16/Oct/1872 - died 21/Oct/1885, dau. of
Jonathan and Sarah (Cummins) Grant
submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- HOLTZMAN, Cynthia A. Aug 31, 1890 aged [??] yr 6mo 7d, wife of S. E.
Holtzman
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- LOGAN, Thomas d. July 29, 1882 Age 45 yrs 4mo 27d
submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- LOGAN, M. B. d. Sept 21, 1882 Age 30 yrs
submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
- LUKE, Emma F. d. Apr 28, 1876 aged 28 yrs 8 mo 7d
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis
& Marilyn Ramsay
- McELVAIN, Annie May d. Aug 19, 1879 - aged 6m 17d, dau of E. D. &
E. F. McElvain
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- McELVAIN, Callie d. Jan 2, 1880 - aged 4m’s 14d, son of S. &
A. McElvain
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
McELVAIN, Isabelle d. Feb. 24, 1882 - aged 1mo 2d, dau of S. & A.
McElvain
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis
& Marilyn Ramsay
- McELVAIN, Charles H. d. April 5, 1874, son of W. & A. McElvain
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
McELVAIN, Ibam d. Jan 17, 1876, son of W. & A. McElvain
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- McELVAIN, Nano d. Nov. 20, 1879 aged 50 yrs 11 mo 29d - wife of J. E.
McElvain
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- RICHARDSON, Evie Aug 6, 1877 Aged 66yrs 5mos 4ds, Wife of Erie
Richardson
(view stone) submitted by Donna Ellis &
Marilyn Ramsay
- SHUGART, Mahala L. d. Dec 10, 1880 Age 42 yrs 5m 5d, Wife of N. A.
Shugart
submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
Urban Cemetery Association
This page is not a publication of the Urban Cemetery Association and in no way purports to
speak for the Association.
2005 Notes: Donna Ellis wrote, "One way to the Brown/Urban Cemetery is
through the farm yard of Mary Bratrsovsky (deceased) at 2930 W. Road. She was
a very interesting and helpful lady who said she had often walked to the cemetery.
We discovered it was not an 'easy' walk -- down through a deep creek, up a hill and along
fields to cemetery, near the middle of the section. A deep creek (Middle Oak Creek?)
meanders back and forth through this section and the cemetery is located on top of a hill,
in one of the creek bends. The cemetery is not visible from any road. [By 1906, Brown
families owned the south 1/2 and 40 acres SW 1/4, NW1/4 of Section 23]
Mary B. told us there was one "Black" man who was buried in the
cemetery but his exact grave location in cemetery, like so many others, has been lost
through time. Mary said that this man came with the Brown family when they migrated
to the area. She told us that some of his descendants had visited the Brown
Cem., the same year we were there, and that she had a nice visit with the family.
I took a photo of Mary's home, originally built by Mr. Brown. Mary B.
told us that the house looks basically today the same as when it was built, except
for the enclosure of its back porch."
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