Fannie Brown Patrick (''née'' Fannie Washington Brown; August 29, 1864 – October 8, 1939) was a musician and leader in civic and social affairs.

Early life

Fannie Brown was born in

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, on August 29, 1864, the daughter of Isaac Harrington Brown and Sarah Ellen Fee. She had eleven siblings – five sisters, including Maude Prudence Brown Harrington, and six brothers, including Fred Porter Brown. Fannie Brown Patrick lived at Fremont and

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, then, in 1902, moved to

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Career

Fannie Brown Patrick was a music teacher and one of the organizers of the Nevada Musical Club and acted on several occasions as chairman of music week. She was active in civic work: she was the chairman of the Council of Education of the

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; she was past president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs of Nevada; she was trustee and secretary of Southside Irrigating Canal Co. Patrick was a charter member of the Twentieth Century Club (for which she served several time as secretary and was the club parliamentarian for 20 years) and the State Farm Bureau, and was president of the Hillcrest Chapter of

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. She was instrumental in founding a number of Reno institutions. Prominent in politics of the State, Patrick was active for many years in affairs of the Democratic party and she was member of the National Committee woman of the Nevada Democratic Party. Patrick was a member of the

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, the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and the Guild Society and other groups. She was prominent in the

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movement in Nevada.

Patrick Ranch

With her husband, she operated the Patrick Ranch near the south city limits of Reno; in the 1930s the land was subdivided and added to the city and Patrick retained the property where their home was located.

Marriage

Fannie Washington Brown married Frank Goodwill Patrick April 4, 1888, in Jalapa, Nebraska, and they had two children: Octa Maude Patrick (1889–1889) and Lloyd Brown Patrick (1892–1967).

Death

She died on October 8, 1939.

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References

* Retrieved August 8, 2017. .

* Brown–Patrick Marriage, Jalapa, Nebraska, April 4, 1888 →

Original record:

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