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     Elllis Brown was born c 1859.¹ He was the son of Daniel W. Brown. Elllis Brown died on 14 Jul 1866.²

     Elmo Grant Brown was born on 27 Sep 1910 at Tygh Valley, Oregon.¹ He was the son of George Lambert Brown and Bertie Olds.¹ Elmo Grant Brown died on 25 Aug 1923 at The Dalles, Oregon, at age 12.¹

     Elnora Brown was born on 10 Jul 1852.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover.¹

     Fanny Brown was born on 11 Jan 1832.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Ulrich Brown and Frances "Fanny" Hoover.¹ Fanny Brown married Levi Teeter on 5 Dec 1850 at the house of Mr. Samuel Brown.
     Mr. Levi Teeter, aged 25, and Miss Fanny Brown, aged 18 years, were married at the home of Mr. Samuel Brown by Reuben Ellmaker, J. P. Both parties were residents of Jefferson County.²
     Their children were Steve, Calvin, Sam and Malinda [Teeter] Erwin.³ In 1860, they were in Jefferson County, Iowa, but were given a church letter in that year.⁴ In 1893, she was living in Tuscola, IL.⁵

     Fanny Brown was born on 3 Apr 1836.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover.¹ Fanny Brown died in Mar 1913 at age 76.¹

     Frank Alvin Brown was born on 2 Aug 1903 at Tygh Valley, Oregon.¹ He was the son of George Lambert Brown and Bertie Olds.² Frank Alvin Brown married Madge Irene Mott on 11 Jul 1925 at The Dalles, Oregon.¹
     "Since 1936 they have engaged in farming in Eastern Oregon. Prio to that Mr. Brown operated a sawmill for many years.¹

     Franklin Brown was born on 8 Feb 1848.¹ He was the son of Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover.¹

     George Brown married Mehitable Knowles, daughter of Ruth Bower.³ George Brown was born on 16 Jan 1651 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.⁴ He was the son of William Brown.²
     "Besides the five children named below, three other Eastham Browns can hardly be accounted for except as children of George and Mehitable (Knowles) Brown, vis., Mary, who married at Eastham, 28 Oct 1703, Nathaniel Mayo, Samuel, who m. at Eastham, 21 Oct. 1708, Ruth Young, and Mehitable, who m. at Eastham, 14 Mar. 1715, John Hallett."⁵

     George Brown was born on 30 Dec 1716 at Eastham, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of James Brown Jr. and Ruth Snow.¹

     George Lambert Brown was born on 9 Nov 1877 at Clayton, California.² He married Bertie Olds, daughter of Emmitt Olds and Elizabeth Ann Messinger, on 2 Jul 1900 at Tygh Valley, Oregon.^1,2
     His obituary states:
     "[Funeral?] for George Lambert Brown, 76, of Tygh Valley, who died Saturday at a local hospital was Tuesday afternoon at [the] Odd Fellows hall in Tygh Valley. Arrangements were in charge of Smith Callaway chapel. Burial was at Tyghe Valley Cemetery.
"Mr. Brown had lived in Tygh Valley for the past 55 years, [??]ing there at the time of his marriage to Bertie Olds of Grass Valley, July 2, 1900. He was born November 9, 1878 [hand corrected to, perhaps, 1877], in Contra Costa, Cal.
"Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bertie Brown of Tygh Valley; his daughter, Mrs. George Balzer, Wamie; four sons, Alfred and Frank Brown, Tygh Valley; Clifford of Hermiston; and Lew Brown, The Dalles; four sisters . . . two brothers . . . 13 grandchildren and 10[?] great grandchildren."³

     George Lewis Brown married (1) an unknown person.¹ He was born on 20 Mar 1915 at Tygh Valley, Oregon.¹ He was the son of George Lambert Brown and Bertie Olds.¹ George Lewis Brown married Josephine Fisher on 25 May 1935 at The Dalles, Oregon.¹

     George W. Brown married Catherine Fishel.¹ George W. Brown was born on 23 Dec 1817.² He was the son of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich. George W. Brown died on 24 Mar 1891 at Jefferson County, Iowa, at age 73.³
     This family is listed in the 1850 and 1860 census records of Jefferson County, Iowa. Catherine (d. 20 Nov. 1877, age 59 y, 7 m [6 m. in one version], George W. (age 73 y, 3 m, 1 d) and some of their children are buried in the Dunkard Cemetery in Jefferson County, Iowa.⁴
     His obituary states:
     "A Pioneer Gone
"Editors Ledger: -- One of the pioneers of Des Moines township, George W. Brown, died at the home of J. G. W. Smith March 24, in his seventy-fourth year. Mr. Brown was born in Morrison's Crove [sic], Bedford county, Penn. He was raised a farmer. He was married about 1841 to Catherne Fishel, to whom eight children were born, three daughters and five sons. Two daughters died in infancy, two sons died in youth and three sons and one daughter survive him. David and John live in Ottumwa, William in Eldon, and his only living daughter, the wife of John G. W. Smith, lives in Des Moines township, this county. Mr. Brown and his brother Jacob came to the territory of Iowa in April, 1845. They arrived at the colony, now Libertyville, the latter part of April, 1845. They settled on the farm now owned by Michael D. Peebler, in Des Moines township, where they endured all the hardships and privations of pioneer life in a new country. Mr. Brown followed the occupation of farming for about thirty years. He was often honored with township offices, each of which he filled with credit and honor. In 1876, he moved his family to Eldon, Wapello county, where he became an employe [sic] of the C.R.I. & P. railroad, first as a section hand and then as wiper of engines in the roundhouse. He was promoted about ten years ago to the stationary engine. In all he served the company fifteen years, and he gave up work only when declining health compelled him. He was honored and respected by all who knew him and will be sadly missed about the roundhouse. On the street he was a familiar figure, always pleasant and cheerful and with a good word for everybody. He was one of the oldest citizens of the place at the time of his death. His wife died in the fall of 1877, in Eldon, since which time he has been making his home with his sons. October 2d [?], 1890, his last day's work was done. On the 21st of December last he went to his daughter's home in Des Moines township, where he remained until his death. Medical science failed to do him any good. He gradually declined until death came painlessly, and he passed away without a murmur. He was confined to his bed only about a week before his death. His disease was liver and kidney trouble. In 1861 he attached himself to the church of his choice, the German Baptist, or Dunkards, as they are generally called, and was a deacon of the church for about twenty years. He was a devout and faithful member, a kind husband, and indulgent father and a good citizen, generous to a fault. Of his pioneer associates there are only six men and women remaining in the township. Funeral services were held at the house of his daughter by Rev. Abraham Wolff of Libertyville."⁵

     Hannah Brown married Leonard Furry. Hannah Brown was born on 10 Dec 1806.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich.¹ Hannah Brown died on 11 Apr 1883 at age 76.²
     Leonard Furry died 8 Dec. 1877, age 71 y, 4 m, 23 d. The 1870 census of Bedford County includes them, at age 64. They are buried in the Brethren Cemetery at New Enterprise, PA, where he served as an Elder in the church. Her birth date is from the Ulrich Bible and the death dates are from their tombstones. Her age according to her tombstone was 76 y, 4 m, 1 d, so Brumbaugh³ appears to be incorrect in giving her birth as 10 Jan. 1807. He lists eight children for this couple.

     Hannah Brown was born on 17 Sep 1829.^2,3 She was the daughter of Samuel Ulrich Brown and Frances "Fanny" Hoover.² Hannah Brown married John G. W. Smith on 3 May 1849; Mr. John G. W. Smith, aged 24 years, and Miss Hannah Brown, age 19 years, "at the home of Samuel Brown of Desmoin Twp", both residentes of Jefferson Co. -- Reuben Ellmaker, J. P.⁴ Hannah Brown died on 15 Jan 1869 at age 39.⁵
     Her obituary states: Her obituary appeared in the Gospel Visitor Oct 1869, p. 320, showing that she died in Iowa at the age of 39.⁶
     The family is in the 1860 census of Jefferson County, Iowa.

     Hannah Brown was born on 14 Feb 1844.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover.¹ Hannah Brown died on 12 Jun 1917 at age 73.¹

     Hannah Brown married John Bissell Olds, son of Joseph Olds and Hannah Bissell.¹ Hannah Brown was born in 1804 at New York.^1,2 She died on 4 Oct 1877.¹ She was buried at Pioneer Cemetery, Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan.³
     Hannah Olds and John Bissell Olds appeared on the census of 19 Sep 1850 at Town of Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan, as follows:

     Henry Brown was born c 1740.¹
      This line of the Brown family begins with a Henry (or Hendry) Brown, according to George H. Liebegott’s papers.² He is listed as age 48 on the 1789 tax list of Woodberry Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, with 110 acres, three horses and two cows.³ This Hendry Brown is listed in the 1790 census of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, as having himself, five males less than 16 and three females in his family. "Henry Brown, who lived near Keagy's mill, was a very early settler. His sons went west, exception Jacob, who remained until about 1845, and then removed to the West."⁴ The 1800 census of Bedford County lists a Henry Brown, more than 45, whose household included one female more than 45, one female age 10-16 and four males age 16-26. Liebegott lists only Jacob and Catherine (wife of Rinehart Replogle, Jr.) as known children of Henry Brown.

However, I know of no contemporary documentation linking Henry Brown to Jacob Brown.

     Henry Brown married Sarah Shelly.¹ Henry Brown was born on 22 Apr 1805.^2,3 He was the son of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich. Henry Brown died on 5 Feb 1835 at age 29.⁴
     Henry Brown appeared on the census of 1830 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania, as follows: The family included 2 males under 4, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-20, and 1 female age 60-70.⁵ He left a will on 18 Jan 1835.
     "In the Name of God Amen. I Henry Brown of Woodbury township Bedford County and State of Pennsylvania being sick and weak in body but of sound mind memory and understanding praised be God for it and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and to the end I may be the better prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me hence do therefore make and declare this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say first and principally I command[sic] my soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator hoping for free pardon and remission of all my sins and to enjoy everlasting joy and happiness in the Heavenly Kingdom through Jesus Christ my Savior, my body I commit to the earth at the discretion of my Executors hereinfafter named: And I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sally the following articles to wit, two cows and feed for them for this winter, Bea--, pork from two hogs, four sheep, two beds and bedding, kitchen cupbord and all the Kitchen furniture, and the small round stove and the pipe to it .. Table and spinning wheel, butter churn and twenty bushels of wheat. And after that all my just debts is paid I give & bequeath unto her one hundred dollars in money and the remainder if any thing left shall be equally divided among my children share and share alike according to law And I make and ordain Samuel Brown Executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I Henry Brown the testator have to this my last will consisiting of one sheet of paper set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty five. Signed sealed and acknoweledged by the testator in the presences of the subscribers as his last will & testament.

Leornard Furry, John Brown Henry X(his mark) Brown
John Burger"

"Bedford County, p. Personally appeared before the subscriber Register for the probate of wills and granting Letters of administration in and for said County, Leonard Furry, John Brown and John Burger the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing and being duly affirmed according to law depose and say that they were personally present and heard and saw the testator Henry Brown sign by making his mark seal publish and pronounce the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his last will and testatment that at the time thereof the testator was of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding according to the best of their knowledge and belief and that they suscribed their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the Testator and by his request.
affirmed & subscribed Before Job Mann Registry
19 Feby 1835"
"Be it remembered that on the nineteenth day of February Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty five Letters Testamentary were granted to Samuel Brown Executor named in the foregoing will -- he having first been duly affirmed. Job Mann Register."⁶
      A newspaper clipping, stamped 5 Jan. 1941 and probably from the Morrison Cove Herald, states that Henry Brown and wife Sarah Shelly had three sons -- Abram Shelly Brown, Jacob Brown, and Philip Brown. After Henry died of typhoid fever, the family lived with the widow’s brother, Philip Shelly.¹ The record from Henry Brown’s Bible⁷ gives additional and slightly different information:
Henry Brown, born April 19, 1806, d. Feb. 5th, 1835, aged 29 yrs, 9 mo, 17 dys
Sarah Brown, wife of Henry Brown, b. March 27th, 1804, d. April 14, 1846, aged 42 years, 7 days
Henry Brown, son of Henry and Sarah Brown, was born Dec. 31, 1830, d. Oct. 3, 1836, aged 5 yrs 10 mo 3 dys
Abram S. Brown and Mary Kifer were united in marriage Nov. 21st, 1849
Abraham Brown was born 1826, Apr. 6
Mary Brown, wife of Abraham Brown, was born in 1833, Aug. 5.
Mary Brown, wife of Abraham Brown, died Oct. 21, 1893
Abraham Brown died Feb. 7, 1906.
There is further information in this reference on the children of Abraham and Mary Brown and on the Miller relatives.

     Henry Brown was born on 31 Dec 1830.¹ He was the son of Henry Brown and Sarah Shelly.¹ Henry Brown died on 3 Oct 1836 at age 5.¹

     Henry (Charles?) Brown married Louisa V. Olds, daughter of Reuben Olds and Elmira Ferguson, on 4 Jun 1856 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.^2,3

     Jacob Brown was born on 24 Aug 1779 at Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Henry Brown. Jacob Brown married Elizabeth Ulrich, daughter of Samuel Ulrich and Mary Brumbaugh, c 1800 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Jacob Brown died on 18 Feb 1854 at (near) Libertyville, Jefferson County, Iowa, at age 74.² He was buried at Brethren Cemetery, Libertyville, Iowa.³
     "The Brown family, according to notes as yet preserved and taken by the writer as he visited with his aged grandfather while a child, lived in a small German settlement in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. ... Peter [Bowers] worked for Samuel Brown in his tannery and on his farm for several years. Then, on December 4, 1845, he married Mary Brown, Samuel's eldest daughter. Samuel Brown's father was Jacob Brown. This ancestor emigrated from Germany. Jacob Brown's wife and mother of Samuel Brown was Elizabeth Ulrich, a prominent early German family."⁴ I have found few public records certainly dealing with this Jacob Brown and have not yet confirmed the he was an immigrant nor have I been able to show that this is in conflict with being the son of Hen(d)ry Brown. However, the 1850 census reports that Jacob was born in Pennsylvania.

Jacob Brown, said to be the son of Hendry⁵, was born 24 Aug. 1779 (calculated from his tombstone) and lived in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where he married Elizabeth Ulrich, born 8 April 1781, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Brumbaugh) Ulrich. They were probably married about 1799-1800. The 1800 census of Bedford County lists two Jacob Browns, of whom the younger was age 16-26 and his household contained one female age 16-26 and one female less than 10. The 1810 census shows a Jacob Brown, age 26-45, living alone in Woodberry Township. On 19 April 1813, letters of administration on the estate of Rinehart Replogle were granted to John Holsinger and Jacob Brown, with Henry Snider and James M. Russell as sureties.⁶ On 19 Dec 1815, John Holsinger and Jacob Brown were granted letters of administration on the estate of Catherine Replogle, with Theodore Snowberger and Jacob Bonnett as sureties.⁷

The 1820 census shows Jacob, age more than 45, wife, age 26-45 [Elizabeth], two boys less than 10 [George, John, Daniel?], two boys age 10-16 [Jacob, Henry], one boy age 16-26 [Samuel], two girls less than 10 [Elizabeth?, Mary?], one girl age 10-16 [Hannah], and one girl age 16-26 [Sarah].

The 1830 listing of Jacob Brown’s family in Woodberry Township shows:
     1 m. b. 1815-1820     [George]
     1 m. b. 1810-1815     [John; Daniel may have been dead]
     2 m. b. 1800-1810     [Henry and Jacob]
     1 m. b. 1770-1780     [Jacob]
     1 f. b. 1820-1825     [Mary?]
     1 f. b. 1810-1815     [Elizabeth?]
     1 f. b. 1800-1810     [Sarah or Hannah]
     1 f. b. 1780-1790     [Elizabeth]


In 1840, Jacob and Elizabeth Brown, both age 60-70, were living in South Woodberry Township, with one male age 15-20, one female less than five, and two females age 15-20.

Most of Jacob Brown’s family moved to Iowa in the 1840s. Brumbaugh⁸ quotes P. S. Brown of Kansas City, MO, as saying “Grandfather [Jacob] and all his family, except ours, moved to Jefferson Co., Iowa, about 1846, and his descendants from there scattered throughout the far West.” George W. Brown and his brother Jacob [Jr.] arrived in Iowa in April 1845.⁹ Jacob [Sr.] and Elizabeth moved to Jefferson County, Iowa, in 1847. The new neighborhood was already developing as a settlement of Brethren families. This settlement began about 1838 and by 1844 had the second Church of the Brethren west of the Mississippi.¹⁰ The church records^11, show that it was started by eight members of the Peebler and Garber families in 1844. Many others joined that year including George W. and Catherine (Fishel) Brown and Jacob (called Sr.) and Anna Brown. In 1847, additional members of our family joined by letter, including: Samuel Brown, Sr., and Fannie Brown; Christopher and Sarah (Brown) Burger; John U. and Delilah Brown. The only other 1847 letters received for new members were for John and Margaret Fishel. Michael and Mary (Hoover) Fishel were early members but no dates are given. Peter and Mary Bowers joined this church by baptism in 1860.

The family is supposed to have sold their property in Pennsylvania and moved to Iowa where the money could buy more land for all. The Browns purchased much of their Iowa land from the federal government under the Act of 1820, one of several which made provision for sale of public lands to individuals. The transactions recorded in Jefferson County tell part of the story.

1. Certificate 12335, dated 1 Jan. 1847, was given to Abraham Landes, Jacob U. Brown, John D. Chester and George Brown as tenants in common for the NW quarter of the NE quarter of Section 30, Town 71 North, Range 10 West -- 40 acres now in Liberty Township, Jefferson County, Iowa.

2. Certificate 12925, also dated 1 Jan. 1847, was to Samuel S. Brown of Keokuk Co., Iowa, for 127.15 acres in Section 2, town 73N, R10W -- but he may not have been a member of this family.

3. Certificate 14907, dated 1 Feb. 1848, was to Jacob Brown, Senior, for the SW quarter of S2, T71N, R11W, 160 acres.

4. Certificate 14922, dated 1 Feb. 1848, was to John U. Brown of Jefferson Co., Iowa, for the west half of the NE quarter of S10, T71N, R11W, 80 acres.

5. Certificate 14929, dated 1 Feb. 1848, was to Jacob Brown, Senior, of Jefferson Co., Iowa, for the NW quarter of S11, T71N, R11W, 160 acres.

6. Certificate 14940, dated 1 Feb.1848, was to Jacob U. Brown of Jefferson County, Iowa, for the east half of the SE quarter of S14, T71N, R11W, 80 acres.

7. Certificate 14941, dated 1 Feb. 1848, was to George U. Brown of Jefferson County, Iowa, for the west half of the SE quarter of S14, T71N, R11W, 80 acres.

8. Certificate 14948, dated 1 Feb.1848, was to Jacob U. Brown of Jefferson County, Iowa, for the east half of the NE quarter of S23, T71N, R11W, 80 acres.

9. Certificate 14950, dated 1 Feb. 1848, was to John U. Brown (also given as John W. Brown) of Jefferson County, Iowa, for the east half of the NE quarter and the east half of the SE quarter of S24, T71N, R11W, 160 acres.

10. Certificate 14952, dated 1 Feb. 1848, was to George U. Brown of Jefferson County, Iowa, for the west half of the NW quarter of S24, T71N, R11W, 80 acres.

11. Certificate 16343, dated 3 April 1849, was to Samuel Brown of Jefferson County, Iowa, for the SE quarter of the SW quarter of Section 5, T71N, R11W, 40 acres.

On 23 March 1859, Jacob Brown and Elizabeth, his wife, sold the W 1/2 SW 1/4 Section 2 Town 71 R11 and the W 1/2 SW 1/4 Town R11 to John U. Ulrich.¹²

Taken together with other land records, these indicate the intense land activity in the area at the time. This list of purchases is probably not complete, but appears to indicate that Jacob Brown, Senior, was still very active in land acquisition. It was on 27 July 1847 that town 71N Range 11W (Des Moines) was put on sale, the last township in the county to be offered.¹³ Some of the land had been preempted, starting in 1844.

At some time it may become worthwhile to have noted the following three "unrelated" Browns in Jefferson County, Iowa.
(1) On 7 Nov 1844, Samuel H. Brown, of McArthurstown, Athens County, Ohio, bought lots one & two nine and ten Block Ten(?) in the town of Fairfield in the County of Jefferson from Thomas A. Eagle of the county of Jefferson Iowa Territory.¹⁴ This Samuel H. Brown is too old to have been Samuel Ulrich Brown's son.
(2) A Benjamin F. Brown married May [perhaps Mary] Olney on Feb. 17, 1840 in Jefferson County. The 1850 census of Farifield Township lists Benjamin F. Brown, (b. NY) wife Mary (b. NY), and four children. He was among the early land purchasers in Des Moines Township, and had an original land entry in 1845 of 240 acres in Sections 5, 6, and 7 of Des Moines Township. "Ben is certainly not ours but some coincidence he would buy land same time same place and bury childen beside our Browns."¹⁵ Benjamin F. Brown and wife Mary sold five acres in Section 5 of T 71 R11 to Samuel Brown on 12 April 1850.¹⁶ Two children of B. F. and Mary Brown are buried in the Brethren Cemetery in Des Moines Township -- Charlotte Brown (1844 - 1845) and James B. (1840-1846).¹⁷
(3) Jacob Brown, age 40-50,was living in Jefferson County, Iowa at the time of the 1840 census. This family might be forced into an approximate fit with the known family of Jacob U. Brown (Jacob, Jr.) but the fit is not better than with one of the four men named Jacob Brown living in South Woodberry Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

The 1850 census of Jefferson County includes Jacob Brown, age 72, and wife Elizabeth, age 70, living in Des Moines Township in the same house as of George and Catherine Brown. All were born in Pennsylvania. Jacob Brown died 18 Feb.1854, age 74 yrs., 5 m., and 24 d., and Elizabeth died 22 March 1857, age 75 yrs., 11 m., and 14 d. Both are buried in the Brethren Cemetery near Libertyville where their tombstones may be seen. On 30 Aug. 1854, Samuel and George W. Brown were granted letters of administration on the estate of Jacob Brown.¹⁸
     On 29 March 1852, Jacob Brown Sr. and Elizabeth Brown, husband and wife, sold a piece of land in the W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section Twenty-four T 71 R11 W "for the Express purpose of a Public Burring Ground" to Thomas A. Wamsley, Eperatus Birdsell and Sterling P. Majors as Trustees.¹⁹
     The list of children given below is compiled from Brumbaugh⁸ and the Ulrich Bible record²⁰. The Bible record shows seven children (omitting Elizabeth, George and Mary) and Brumbaugh lists nine (omitting Daniel).

     Jacob Brown was born on 11 Mar 1842.¹ He was the son of Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover.¹ Jacob Brown died on 29 Dec 1886 at age 44.¹

     Jacob S. Brown was born on 6 Jun 1828.¹ He was the son of Henry Brown and Sarah Shelly.¹ Jacob S. Brown died on 22 May 1901 at age 72.¹

     Jacob Ulrich Brown was born on 19 Jun 1809.¹ He was the son of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich. Jacob Ulrich Brown married Anna Hoover, daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman, on 6 Jan 1829.^2,3 Jacob Ulrich Brown died on 31 May 1878 at Ozawakie, Kansas, at age 68.²
     Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover appeared on the census of 7 Nov 1850 at Des Moines Township, Jefferson County, Iowa, as follows: They were both age 40, both born in Pennsylvania. The older children, including ten year old Nancy, were born in Pennsylvania. The younger children, including eight year old Jacob, were born in Iowa.⁴
[:TAB: Annie was a daughter of Martin Hoover and a sister of Frances Hoover who married Samuel U. Brown. According to church records⁵ Jacob and Anna both died in 1854, but this must mean the year they left Iowa. This line is continued by Rosa (Brown) Seitz² who says that Jacob and Anna are buried in the Ozawkie Cemetery, Ozawaki, KS. He died 31 May 1878 (she gives a birth date of July 19, 1808) and she died 4 June 1873, aged 69 years 10 months and 12 days (she gives a birth date of 6 Jan. 1829[?]). Thirteen children are listed for this couple.

     James Brown was born on 4 Jun 1715 at Eastham, Massachusetts.² He was the son of James Brown Jr. and Ruth Snow.¹

     James Brown was born in Feb 1857 at North Carolina.² He married Victoria Burgess on 20 Jun 1886 at Buncombe County, North Carolina.^1,3 His estate was probated on 26 Dec 1906 at Buncombe County, North Carolina. James had died on 30 June 1906. His heirs were Victoria the widow, and Lizzie, Annie, Madie, Walter, Frank and James Brown. Victoria signed by mark.⁴
     James appeared with his wife Victoria Burgess on the census enumeration of 30 Jun 1900 at Leister Township Precinct 2, Buncombe, North Carolina, as follows:
     335/337 Brown, James, head, b. Feb 1867, 32, marr. 12 yrs, b. North Carolina, parents b. North Carolina, day-laborer, can read and write, renter of house
      , Victoria, wife, b. Jan 1870, 30, mar. 12 yrs, 7 children, 5 living, b. North Carolina, parents b. North Carolina, can read and write
      , Lizzie, dau., b. Mar 1889, 11, b. North Carolina, parents b. North Carolina, attended school 1 yr, can read but not write
      , Annie, dau., b. July 1891, 8, b. North Carolina, parents b. North Carolina, atended school 2 yrs
      , Madie, dau., b. Apr 1892, 7, b. North Carolina, parents b. North Carolina. attended school 2 yrs
      , Connie M., dau., b. Aug 1897, 2, b. North Carolina, parents b. North Carolina
      , Walter B, son, b. Mar 1900, 2/12, b. North Carolina, parents b. North Carolina.²

     James Brown Jr. was the son of George Brown and Mehitable Knowles.¹ James Brown Jr. married Ruth Snow, daughter of Joseph Snow and Mary (?), on 13 Apr 1704 at Eastham, Massachusetts.²
     This record of James Brown's family is from one page of the Town Records of Eastham, Massachusetts.

     Jane Brown was born on 19 Jun 1713 at Eastham, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of James Brown Jr. and Ruth Snow.¹

     Jesse Brown was born on 21 Jan 1706/7 at Eastham, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of James Brown Jr. and Ruth Snow.¹

     John Brown was born c 1826. He was the son of Samuel Ulrich Brown and Elizabeth Forney.¹ John Brown died on 31 Oct 1826.¹
     A note written by Maranda (Bowers) Ridgely states that she thought Sally had a twin who did not live and that "Betsy" had a twin Johnny who died quite young. This appears to explain this death record in the Brown Bible.