1898 - 1974

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• Birth	22 Oct 1898	Herington,Dickenson Co.,Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Apr 1974	Roy,Weber Co.,Utah
  Person ID	I43301	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Charles German BROWN, b. 3 Apr 1851, Chenango , Broome , New York
  Mother	Nancy Ann PICKET, b. 22 Nov 1858, Toledo,Iowa
  Family ID	F18882	Group Sheet
  Family	Louis Bloyce BATE, Sr., b. 8 Jan 1897, Sedgwick,Harvey Co.,Kansas
  Married	24 Dec 1922	Manhattan,Riley Co.,Kansas
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Louis Bloyce BATE
  Family ID	F18974	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Family moved to Manhattan, Kan, from Herington, Kan., when Elsa wasfive. She graduated from high school there and from Kansas StateCollege. Taught a year in a one-room Kansas school house. Moved toWichita, Kan., after marriage. After divorce obtained a master's degree from Kansas State and later adoctorate from the State University of Iowa. Taught at Utah StateAgricultural College from 1931 to 1941, when she joined the University ofWisconsin Extension Service. Later taught at Oklahoma State in Stillwaterand was dean of the school of home economics at Central State Universityin Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Returned to teaching at Utah State to be near herson. Moved to Roy, Utah, after retirement. She was a member of thePresbyterian Church.