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Washington County News from the Past

 

Fall Heir To Fortune

 

Hartford Times, Undated

Mrs. Albert Brown, living west of Germantown station, on a small farm, has just fallen heir to $35,000. Her sister, Mrs. Schuckmann, who died in Milwaukee last November allotted this amount to her int he will and also willed about the same amount to her daughter, Katie, who she had adopted and who by the way is the daughter of Mrs. A. Brown. The maiden name of the two women was Gettelman, who owns extensive brewery interests in Milwaukee. Mrs. A. Brown is a widow who lived on the old Mayer farm many years when Albert Brown, her husband, owned the farm. Mr. Brown was one of the heaviest men in Washington county and died four years ago and left the mother to support the family. John and Hattie. Mrs. Braun's first husband was Mr. Geo. Zaun, who died over twenty years ago. The union was blessed with three children, Jacob, Lizzie and Katie who has been already referred to.

 

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