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By: Venna Bemice Cluff Long, 2003
Clyde Brown was born in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on November 27, 1894 to Orson Pratt Brown [1863-1946] and Martha Dianna Romney {1870-1943].
Clyde Brown and his mother, Mattie Romney Brown c. 1894
Ray, Grandmother Phebe, Clyde, Orson, Mattie Brown Mattie, Ray, Orson, Clyde Brown
Clyde R. Brown, age 23
Clyde Brown
Photo courtesy of Linda Victoria Jesperson Gipson
Clyde married Mabel Ellison [b. Feb. 13. 1986, d. Nov 8, 1971] on June 13, 1914 at Provo, Utah, Utah. They were the parents of two children. Bernice Brown and Clyde Glen Brown.
Children of Clyde Brown and Mabel Ellison Brown
1
Bernice Brown
Born: 14 January 1915 at Provo, Provo, Utah
Married: William Addison Cluff on 24 June 1931
Died: 2 March 1974
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2
Clyde Glen Brown
Born: 18 September 1917 at Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho
Married: Sarah Smith in 1941
Died: 23 December 1944 in Germany, pilot in WWII
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Bernice Brown married William A. Cluff and had five children:
Venna Bernice Cluff b. 3 Apr 1932 , md. Verl G. Long, they had six children.,
Norma Jean Cluff b. 24 April 1935, md. James Lynn Warner, had six children.
Carol Dee Cluff b. 24 June 1937, md. Elvis Shirl Rowley, had six children.
Mable Elaine Cluff b. 20 Feb 1942, md. Gary Lee Hanson, had four children
Stillborn Cluff b. and d. 13 April 1949
Clyde was a miner by trade. He worked as a foreman in the Park City, Summit, Utah mines during the 1920's. He then worked in the Magna Copper Mine in Superior, Arizona during the 1930's.
From about 1944 -1947, Clyde owned an automobile dealership in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah. It was called "Clyde Brown Auto Company."
In the latter part of his life and until his death, Clyde and his brother Ray, were partners in a mining business in Chihuahua, Mexico. They lived on adjoining farms in Chihuahua.
Clyde belonged to the International Association of the Lions Club in Mount Pleasant, Utah. He was also a member of The Knights of Columbus.
Dewey and Ray c.1916 or1917
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Clyde and Dewey c.1930
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Clyde was the grandfather of six granddaughters who do not remember much about him. His eldest granddaughter, Venna Cluff Long, remembers him as a man who commanded much respect. She remembers a time when she dared talk back to him and met with his immediate chastisement. As he walked away there was a smile on his face and she knew he loved her and respected her for standing up for herself. He loved all his granddaughters very much.
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Clyde and Mabel's second child, Clyde Glen Brown was born on September 18, 1917 at Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho. Clyde Glen Brown married Sarah Smith in 1940 in Denver, Colorado, they had a daughter named Sarah Diane Brown who was born around 1941 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Sarah Diane had two children and it is believed she was divorced in 1945.)
January 16, 1945: "Captain Clyde Glen Brown, has been reported missing in action in Germany since Dec. 23, the War Department has informed his parents. Captain Brown, a former College of Mines student, has been overseas five months as a pilot. Before enlistment in 1942 he was employed as an engineer."
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Clyde Brown died on June 15, 1949 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. He is buried in the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in Fort Bliss, Texas.
Sources:
PAF - Archer Files = Orson Pratt Brown + Martha Diana Romney > Clyde Brown
Contributed to this site by Venna Bernice Cluff Long
{Bracketed}, bold, corrections, additions, and photos added by Lucy Brown Archer
Copyright 2003 www/OrsonPrattBrown.org
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