| Marker Number |
2045 |
| Atlas Number |
5093002045 |
| Marker Title |
Frances Marie Sparks Brown |
| Index Entry |
Brown, Frances Marie Sparks |
| Address |
100 Old De Leon Cemetery Rd. |
| City |
De Leon |
| County |
Comanche |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
544682 |
| UTM Northing |
3553015 |
| Subject Codes |
pioneers; medical topics and health professionals; women, women's history topics |
| Marker Year |
1993 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Old De Leon Cemetery, near road on north boundary, SE of Bell and Menchaca streets |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
(October 17, 1849 - January 1, 1934) Frances Marie Sparks, a native of North Carolina and daughter of Daniel and Kezziah Sparks, married Thomas Brown in 1865. They lived in Grayson County, Texas, before moving to a 410-acre farm near here about 1876. During the 1880s and 1890s Frances served as a midwife and lay doctor for families in the area. Known as "Aunt Fanny" she often rode 6-8 miles by horseback at night to deliver a baby. Despite her husband's death in 1912 Frances skillfully managed her farm and reared 12 children while continuing to nurse many of her neighbors back to health. (1993) |
