Brownlee, Flossie Esther...............Red Cross Nurse

    Daughter of John McNabb and Martha Zink Brownlee, (James and Emma Branson, foster parents); born November 3, 1882, near Farmersburg, Sullivan County, Indiana. Graduate of Protestant Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, 1906. In charge of Child's Welfare Department, at Fordham Hospital, New York, and a student at Columbia University. Enlisted as Red Cross Nurse September 1, 1918, New York. Preparing to go overseas when she became ill, and died of influenza October 21, 1918, New York City. Buried near Farmersburg, Sullivan County, Indiana.

Source: Indiana World War Records. Gold Star Honor Roll. A record of Indiana men and women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918. Indiana Historical Commission, 1921.