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     John H. Brown was born on 1 Dec 1831.¹ He was the son of Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover.¹

     John Ulrich Brown was born on 26 Jul 1811.¹ He was the son of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich. John Ulrich Brown died on 20 Dec 1890 at Jefferson County, Iowa, at age 79.² He was buried at Brethren Cemetery, Batavia, Jefferson County, Iowa.³
     ToDo:
TODO: verify date of marriage of John U. Brown and Catherine Burger -- not 29 Feb 1837, perhaps 9 Feb. See notes of Warren Manning. Perhaps the "29" comes from both the month and day.

ToDo:
Verify age at death [34??] of Debora (Miller) Brown, wife of John U. Brown, possibily from tombstone in Jefferson Co., IA.

          He was born in Bedford County, PA, and in 1833, married Catherine Burger who died 28 July 1834. On 29 Feb. 1837 [sic; not a leap year; in another note Warren Manning gave the date as 9 Feb. 1837], he married Delilah Miller who died 13 June 1854, age 34[??]. The family is listed in the 1850 census of Jefferson County, Iowa, showing John and Delilah, both age 35, and several children, and in 1860 his family included several Jameson stepchildren. On 29 May 1856^4,., John had married Margaret (Shipler) Jameson who died 4 May 1895, age 70 y, 2 m, 4 d. He was a farmer, an enthusiastic fruit cultivator, and did much to develop horticulture in southwestern Jefferson County. John and his last two wives are buried in the Dunkard Cemetery in Jefferson County, Iowa. John’s obituary says that he died 21 Dec. 1890 and that Delilah died 13 July 1854. Margaret’s obituary says she was born 9 July 1824 in Mercer County, PA, and died 4 May 1895 in Des Moines Township. She came with her parents to Des Moines Township, Jefferson County, IA, in 1840, and married Robert Jamison on 15 Oct. 1844 with whom she had five children, two of whom survived her. Robert died 30 Sept. 1853.⁵

     Joseph Brown was born on 5 Feb 1704/5 at Eastham, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of James Brown Jr. and Ruth Snow.¹

     Katherine Brown married William Smith, son of John Smith.¹ Katherine Brown died a 24 Sep 1511.²
     "His second wife, Katherine, in her1511 will named her brother John Brown and her miother Anne Brown. In the 1510 wills of her daughter Jane and of son Robert she was called Dame Elizabeth.¹ She left a will on 24 Sep 1511. It was probated 12 Jan 1511/12. She was a widow of Erwarton and to be buried in the "channsel" at Erwarton.²

     Margaret Ellen Brown was born on 21 Aug 1849 at Jefferson County, Iowa.^3,4 She was the daughter of Samuel Ulrich Brown and Frances "Fanny" Hoover.³ Margaret Ellen Brown married Amos E. West on 18 Oct 1866.⁵ Margaret Ellen Brown died on 22 Apr 1931 at age 81.⁵
     Her obituary states:
     "OBITUARY -- Mrs. Amos E. West
"Margaret Ellen West, daughter of Samuel and Fanny Brown, was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, August 21, 1849.
"She was married to Amos E. West October 18, 1866. To this union were born four sons; W. E. of Mount Morris, Illinois, E. L. and S. J. of Elkhart, Iowa, and G. M. of Ankeny, Iowa. These with their wives were all present at the service.
"There are four grandchildren and one foster grandchild: Orville West of Polo, Illinois, Pearl West McCauley of Roanoke, Illinois, and Lora and Everett West of Ankeny, Iowa, also James Parks, a foster grandchild of Des Moines, Iowa.
"There are four great grandchildren: Iowa Pearl, Lois Irene and George Amos West of Polo, Illinois, and Nola Ellen McCauley of Roanoke, Illinois.
"Mrs. West, with her husband, united with the church of the Brethren soon after they were married. Her children with their wives and all the grandchildren and foster grandchild as well as two of the great grandchildren are members of the church of her choice.
"She leave her husband and the afore named relatives to mourn their loss as well as many friends in the church and the community.
"She lived in this community since March 1884 (47 years). They with their family and friends celebrate an unknown date their fiftieth and also the sixtieth wedding anniversary and were planning for their sixty-fifth anniversary celebration next October.
"Mrs. West passed away April 22, 1931, at the age of 81 years, 7 months, and 21 days, having been a faithful member of the church for over sixty years.
CARD OF THANKS
"We wish to extend our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for all the kindnesses shown during the death and burial of our beloved mother. -- West family."⁵      Amos and Margaret joined the local Brethren Church by baptism in 1867 and left by letter in 1884. He was a deacon in Ankeny, Iowa.⁶
     "Elkhart Polk Co Iowa Feb the 19 1895
Dear Sister Mary and family I will this evning write a few lines to you as I am very anxious to here from you I have not herd from you cince last April I answered that letter and got none in return so I thought I would write agane this leaves us all in reasonable health and thanks to our heavenly Father for so great a blessing I hope you are enjoying the same blessing Oh I feel so lonsom cince Lile is gone to Colorado I do wish I could see you once more do you intend to go to Anual meeting it will be real close to Sister Fannie's Oh how I would like to go and see you both onc more I must also tell you that Brother Sam Brown has sold out in Creston and bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acreds of land in Kansas and will move out there sometime in this month his address will be Centralia Kansas the last letter I had from him he said he still thought of coming to see you as soon as he could when he comes I intend to come with him if I live and am well I wish he would not put it off so long Oh I wish you and Peter could come out here in the spring to our love feast we all would enjoy such a meeting when you write tell me all the new you can about your children tell them all how I would like to see them and I still look for them pictures from all of them tell them not to forget that they have an Aunt in Iowa that would like to see them and if not in person then the next is there pictures so dont forget it come personly if you can one and all I often wonder why relation has to be separated so how nice it would be if you all could live round here or we ware out there now just think how we are scatered it makes me almost sick to think about it and in all probabilities will never all meet agane if not in this world I hope we will all meet whare parting is no more just think of the dear one gone Father Mother Brother Sister and a great many more and if we can meet them all what a glorious thought to this end let us all try to live we are new having some cold weather first of this winter was nice now for four weeks it has bin very cold and stormy this morning it was snowing and sleeting some and this evning it is colder and the wind is blowing from the north west how is the winter out with you how was the crops was not as good here as some other years we had some fruit no strawberries our plants winter killed did you get any fruit did you get my last letter now plese answer soon and tell me all the news as I am very anxious to here from you I will now close or you will get tiord reading this letter my love to you all I remain your Sister untill death good by M. E. West to Mary Bowers hav you had a letter from Sister Fannie lately I had two this wnter one letter stated that Sam Teeter got hurt almost got one of his eye put out a nail struck him in the eye he was working with a man that was driving nails in hard wood the nail glanced and struck him in the eye he suffered very much I wonder he is now write soon."⁷

     Mary Brown was born on 30 Jan 1828 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Ulrich Brown and Frances "Fanny" Hoover. Mary Brown married Peter Bowers, son of John Bowers and Johanna "Hannah" Empfield, on 4 Dec 1845 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania.¹ Mary Brown died on 18 Nov 1901 at Richland County, Illinois, at age 73.² She was buried at Walnut Grove Church, Richland County, Illinois.³
     Her family, as far back as her great great grandfather Jacob Brumbaugh, were owners of a considerable amount of land in Bedford County and were probably considered "well-to-do". This land was in a section of the county known as Morrison's Cove, about eight miles wide and thirty miles long, with Yellow Creek in the southern end, and sheltered by mountains. The Cove was considered a rich farming district and so had attracted many Pennsylvania Dutch settlers. Perhaps they were much like the stereotypical Pennsylvania Dutch farmer who may have appeared a little dense to some of his (non-German) neighbors but was honest, hard working, thrifty, knew how to get the best from his farm, and always struck a hard bargain in his business dealings. Her family were also devout members of the Church of the Brethren and followed the ways of the "plain people". They spoke a Low German dialect, somewhat modified by generations in America, which we call Pennsylvania Dutch. The term "Dutch" does not refer to Holland, but comes from a form of the German word Deutsch, meaning German. Mary Brown could read and write German and Doris (Ridgely) Olds has a German hymnal that Mary used. This small leather bound book with a metal clasp was printed in 1842 by Henry Kurtz in Stark Co., Ohio, and contains the words of songs in both German and English.

The cooking of the Pennsylvania Dutch has become famous and, in our family, good food (if not fine food) has always been a source of pride. Methods and recipes have changed, but this tradition remains. Edith (Dollahon) Ankenbauer wrote, "I remember Grandma telling me they cooked over fire places (in Penn.) and their ovens were made of bricks (out in the yard) they would build a fire in them and get the brick red hot then scrape out the ashes and slide the loaves of bread and pies etc. in and bake them she said they used long handled paddles to slide the things in the oven."⁴ Mary's father's house in Pennsylvania was built over a stream. This provided the home with a natural refrigerator, as crocks of milk could be set in the cool running water. Other foods, too, were kept cool in this way. Another benefit of this stream was that fish came in here to feed on the refuse, making them an easy catch for the family frying pan.
Mary Brown and Peter Bowers appeared on the census of 1856 at Jefferson County, Iowa, as follows: They had been in Iowa for 8 years and their three children, George W., age 7, "Julian", age 5, and Samuel P., age 2, had been born there. Elizabeth Good, age 28, was living with them and had been in Iowa for 11 years. Caroline Memury, age 7, also living with them, had been born in Iowa.⁵
Mary Brown and Peter Bowers appeared on the census of 26 Jun 1900 at Bonpas Township, Richland County, Illinois, as follows: Peter is listed as born in Sept. 1821, age 78, married 54 years, born in Pennsylvania and parents born in Pennsylvania. Mary is listed as born in Jan. 1828, age 72, having had 8 children of whom 7 were still living, born in Pennsylvania and parents born in Pennsylvania.⁶

     Mary Brown died young. She was born bt 1820 - 1825. She was the daughter of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich.

     Mary Brown was born on 25 Jan 1833.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover.¹ Mary Brown died in 1839 at Pennsylvania.¹

     Mary Brown was born on 14 May 1650 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of William Brown.¹

     Mary "Polly" Brown married Joel Kellogg on 22 Dec 1789.¹ Mary "Polly" Brown died in 1828.¹

     Mary Ethel Brown was born in 1880 at Illinois.^1,2,3 She married Isaac Edward Olds, son of Alexander Hamilton Olds and Sarah C. Layton, on 12 Aug 1903 at Junction City, Geary County, Kansas.^1,2,4 Ethel Olds died in 1921.³ She was buried at Highland Cemetery, Junction City, Geary County, Kansas.⁵
     Ethel Olds and Isaac Edward Olds appeared on the census of 1 Mar 1905 at Ward 1, Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, as follows:

     Ethel Olds appeared on the census enumeration of 30 Apr 1910 at Smoky Hill, Geary County, Kansas, as follows:
     134/137 Brown, William A., head, 61, married once, 38 yrs, b. Ohio, parents b. Ohio, bookkeeper in lumberyard
      , Anna E., wife, 57, marr. once, 38 yrs, 10 children, 8 living, b. Pa., parents b. Pa.
      , Nettie, dau., 26, single, b. Kansas, father b. Ohio, mother b. Pa.
      Olds, Ethel, dau., 29, widow, 2 children, 2 living, b. Ill., father b. Ohio, mother b. Pa.
      , Dwight, grandson, 5, b. Kansas, father b. Kansas, mother b. Ill.
      , Clifford, grandson, 4, b. Kansas, father b. Kansas, mother b. Ill.
      [This is the same Brown family with which Ethel was listed in 1900, before her marriage.].⁶
Ethel Olds appeared on the census of 1915 at Smoky Hill, Geary County, Kansas, as follows:
     217/2 Mrs. W. A. Brown, 62, widow
      Len , 38, male [later recorded as Lem]
      Mrs. E. Oldes, 34
      Dwight " , 10
      Clifford " , 9.⁷
Ethel Olds appeared on the census of 8 Jan 1920 at Junction City, Smoky Hill Township, Geary County, Kansas, as follows:
     3/3 Brown, Lem, son, 43, single, b. Ill., father b. Ohio, mother b. Pa., musician
      , Mrs. W. A., 66, widow, b. Pa., parents b. Pa.
      4 Olds, Mrs. F. [sic], daughter, 39, widow, b. Ill., father b. Ohio, mother b. Pa.
      Brown, Percy, son, 30, single, b. Kansas, father b. Ohio, mother b. Pa., musician
      Olds, Dwight, son, 15, b. Kansas, father b. Kansas, mother b. Ill.
      , Clifford, son, 14, b. Kansas, father b. Kansas, mother b. Ill.⁸

     Mary Porter Brown was born on 9 Jan 1861.¹ She married William C. Olds, son of Lewis Wilson Olds and Louisa E. Ackerly, on 9 Jan 1884.¹

     Nancy Brown was born on 8 May 1840.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover.¹

     Phillip S. Brown was born on 14 Oct 1833 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Henry Brown and Sarah Shelly.¹
     The History of Jackson County, Missouri, has a short biographical sketch of P. S. Brown who became a business man and lawyer and came to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1858.¹
     The Western Historical Manuscript Collection at Kansas City holds a volume of his letters and provides this description on-line.

     Philip Shelley Brown (1833-1921) Papers (KC130)
P.S. Brown was born on October 14, 1833, and reared in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He attended public schools and then the Hollidaysburg Academy, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1855. Brown then journeyed west, settling in Davenport, Iowa, where he studied law and was admitted to the Bar. In late 1857 or early 1858, Brown moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he continued to practice law. At various time he was associated in partnership with other lawyers including Ermine Case, E.M. Wright, Leonard Daniels, Benjamin H. Chapman, John T. Harding, and his son, William H. Brown.
P.S. Brown was a civic minded individual. He was a of the Kansas City Law Library, a member of the City Council from 1864 to 1866, and a chief organizer and member of the Board of Directors of the Kansas City, Galveston, and Lake Superior Railroad (later the Burlington). Brown is also credited as a major participant and force in obtaining the Kansas City Bridge (the Hannibal Bridge) for Kansas City in the 1860s.
This volume is a correspondence book consisting of primarily letter-press copies of letters written by Brown related to his law. The book is indexed by the names of the addressees of the letters. 1903-1905
1 volume.²
     Further information is included in the following articles. Note especially some hints on the Brown ancestry.

From "Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908, by Carrie Westlake Whitney, Vol. III, published by the S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908, pages 136-140:
PHILIP SHELLEY BROWN
Philip Shelley Brown is the oldest resident attorney of Kansas City and the senior member of the firm of Brown, Harding & Brown, which has had continuous existence for about twenty years. While he has gained distinction and success in his profession, he has also been connected with various other lines which have contributed to the public welfare as well as the promotion of individual interests. Throughout his entire life he has been actuated by high ideals and worthy purposes and has won the respect which the world instinctively pays to the man whose prominence is none the less the result of an irreproachable life than of well developed powers and talents.
Starting on life's journey October 14, 1833, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, he has now passed the seventy-fifth milestone. His father, Henry Brown, also a native of the Keystone state, was a farmer by occupation and died when his son Philip was but fifteen months old. His mother, Mrs. Salome Brown, was a daughter of Abraham Shelley, a prominent land proprietor of western Pennsylvania.
Philip S. Brown of this review was born on a farm acquired by his paternal great-grandfather from the provincial council of the colony of Pennsylvania and the patent of which was attested by Benjamin Franklin, then secretary of the council. The paternal ancestors removed to the Keystone state from Maryland and were at one time large land owners on the site of the present city of Baltimore and vicinity. The progenitor of the family in America came from England. The Shelley family is of Holland lineage and representatives of the name engaged extensively in farming on the Schuylkill River, where upper Philadelphia is now situated, as early as 1700.
In the district schools of what was then Blair County, Pennsylvania, Philip S. Brown acquired his education and completed his studies in the Hollidaysburg Academy at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. The district in which he spent his boyhood was known as the old Shooting Box. From early age he was dependent upon his own resources and provided the means that enabled him to pursue his academic course, which he completed by graduation in 1853. The reports reached him concerning the west so interested and attracted him that in 1855 he left the Keystone state and removed to Davenport, Iowa. There he entered the office of John Wilkinson Thompson, afterward mayor of the city for several terms, and under his direction pursued the study of law until admitted to the bar in 1856.
The winter of 1857 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Brown in Kansas City, where he at once entered upon practice and he is today the oldest resident attorney here in years of continuous connection with the courts. He is now the senior member of the law firm of Brown, Harding & Brown. During his many years of practice he has always enjoyed an extensive patronage and for many years the firm of Brown & Case, of which he was then senior partner, had the most lucrative practice of the city. About twenty years ago the present firm was formed. It has a liberal and important clientage, yet Mr. Brown has not confined his attention alone to the law, for in other ways he has been associated with the city's development and improvement, and, in fact, at the present time devotes his attention almost entirely to the care of his real estate interests. In the '60s he was a director and the attorney for the Kansas City, Galveston & Lake Superior Railroad, now a part of the main line of the Burlington system. He has always considered Kansas City real-estate as the best investment that he could make and as his financial resources have increased he has purchased property from time to time and has made extensive improvements thereon, this contributing in substantial measure to the upbuilding and adornment of the city.
In matters pertaining to public improvement Mr. Brown has always been an interested and helpful factor. He was one of the founders and incorporators of the Kansas City Law Library Association and served as its president and treasurer for ten years. He was a member of the city council in 1865-66 and in that capacity drew up the papers and negotiated the right-of-way contract for the entrance into Kansas City of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. For this entrance the corporation paid to the city twenty-five thousand dollars - a then unheard of practice. This sum was then donated as a bonus by the city council to the builders of the Hannibal Bridge, the first railroad bridge across the Missouri River and one of the largest factors in the city's development. It was the one achievement which outrivaled St. Joseph and Leavenworth and made Kansas City a railroad center.
On the 3rd of November, 1858, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Julia Ann Shaffer, a daughter of William and Catherine (Hileman) Shaffer, of Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Brown was born in Shaffersville, which town was named in honor of her grandfather. In her girlhood days she was a schoolmate of Mr. Brown and after his removal to the west he returned to Pennsylvania for his bride, whom he brought by boat to Kansas City from St. Louis, the latter city being at that time the western terminus of the railroads. When the first Presbyterian Church was organized in Kansas City in 1859, they were among the founders and first members and Mr. Brown is today the oldest elder of the church. Further mention of Mrs. Brown is made in the following article: Unto them were born six children: Julia, the wife of Edward B. Shillito; Lulu, the wife of Joseph Curd; Mrs. Sarah Epperson; William H., the junior member of the firm of Brown, Harding & Brown; Philip S., Jr; and Dr. Ralph J. Brown. All of the children are residents of Kansas City.
While Mr. Brown has won success in business and in the practice of law, he has always been in hearty sympathy with the sentiment expressed by Lincoln: "There is something better than making a living - making a life;" and throughout his entire career he has consciously and unconsciously, through his habits and mode of living developed a character which commands the highest respect and confidence. He is indeed and honored name. Never known to take advantage of the necessities of another in a business transaction, he has on the contrary made it a point to assist his fellowmen, especially those less fortunate, to speak in a word of hope and encouragement and when financial assistance is needed to extend a helping hand.

From "History of Kansas City, Missouri, edited by Theo. S. Case, published by D. Mason & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY, 1888, pages 339-340:
Philip S. Brown was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1833. He was educated at the publis schools of Blair County, and at the academy at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, under the Rev. Dr. John McKinney, a celebrated teacher, and a brother of the Rev. Dr. David McKinney, a most prominent Presbyterian divine. He studied law with John W. Thompson, a leading lawyer of Davenport, Iowa, at various times from 1850 to 1857. In the latter part of this year he removed from Davenport to Kansas City, Missouri, and in March, 1858, opened a law office here, and is thus the oldest resident attorney in the city. He continued in practice here alone until September, 1865, when he received into partnership Ermine Case, Jr., one of the brightest lights of the Kansas City bar, who remained with him until about January 1, 1865, when, on account of ill health was obliged to retire from the active practice of law. Upon the retirement of Mr. Case, Mr. Brown was, Mr. Brown admitted to partnership E. M. Wright, who had for some years been connected with the office, in charge of the collection department. The firm Brown & Wright, continued until 1880, when Mr. Wright retired on account of ill health. In June, 1883, Leonard Daniels became a member of the firm, remaining in it about a year, when he retired to settle up his father's estate. In September, 1884, Benjamin H. Chapman, and a little later W. H. Brown, a son of Mr. P. S. Brown, entered the firm, which since then has been known as Brown, Chapman & Brown. (BCM)

JULIA ANN SHAFFER

From "Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908, by Carrie Westlake Whitney, Vol. III, published by the S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1908, pages 140-144:
MRS. JULIA A. BROWN
While the news of the death of Mrs. Julia A. Brown brought deep sorrow to the entire community in which she had lived so long and labored so earnestly and effectively for the uplifting of mankind, her good works have not ceased their fruition in the lives of those with whom she came in contact; and her memory is sacredly cherished by those who knew her, remaining a blessed benediction to her family, her friends and close associates.
She was born at Shaffersville, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1835, a daughter of William and Catherine (Hileman) Shaffer, and a representative of two of the oldest pioneer families of western Pennsylvania, dating their residence there from about 1740. Mrs. Brown spent her girlhood days under the parental roof in an atmosphere of Christian living and when but twelve years old united with the Lutheran Church, with which she was connected until her marriage, when she joined the Presbyterian Church. Her early educational advantages were supplemented by a course of study in the Academia Seminary in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, the year of her graduation being 1857. For a year thereafter she engaged in teaching school and then took up the nobler, broader work of making a home for her husband and the children who came to them.
On the 3rd of November, 1858, she gave her hand in marriage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Philip Shelley Brown and entered upon what proved an ideal married relation. They came almost immediately to Kansas City, where for half a century they traveled life's journey as man and wife, witnessing the wonderful growth and development of this city as it emerged from villagehood to take on all the evidences of a modern and progressive civilization.
While Mrs. Brown was interested in all that pertained to the city's growth, she was particularly active in the work of the church and her influence was exerted in behalf of character building and in the adoption of religious principles which should serve as a guide and standard in life. She united with the First Presbyterian Church on the 10th of May, 1859, about a year after it was organized. At that time the little congregation of slight numerical strength met in a storeroom, but as the years passed the adherents of the Presbyterina faith in this city grew to be more than five thousand, occupying about fifteen houses of worship. The example of Mrs. Brown was followed about a year later by her husband, and at the time of her death they were the oldest members in the church service.
Mrs. Brown was one of the founders and incorporators of the Women's Christian Association and the Gillis Orphan's Home which grew out of it, and which is the largest charitable institution for the care of children in this city. For over thirty years she was active in its conduct and took upon herself the duty of buying all the supplies for the home, personally superintending this work. It was through her efforts that the First Presbyterian Church became interested in Park College and at length agreed to maintain a room there. She possessed unusual intellect and a most retentive memory even in her old age.
In October, 1868, Mr. and Mrs. Brown removed to a twelve-acre farm at the northeast corner of Twelfth Street and Tracy Avenue. This is now the geographical center of the city. There, after purchasing the property, Mr. Brown had erected a large residence, which was for many years the pride of that section. Mrs. Brown adorned the place by setting out many shade trees and laid out numerous flower gardens, the beauty of which proved a most attractive feature. The old homestead still occupies the greater part of the original tract upon which it was built, although there is no undeveloped property around it, but, on the contrary, there stand in its immediate vicinity business houses and residences, giving every indication of the city's growth. It was at this home that Mrs. Brown reared her family, and while much interested in the church and charitable work, she never neglected the duties of her own household or the careful rearing of her children. She was one of the charter members of the Mother's Union of Kansas City, and continued active in its work until her death. She regarded her greatest duty of womankind the care of her own children, and the sons and daughters who called her mother now "rise up and call her blessed". She passed away January 6, 1908, in the seventy-third year of her age. Some one has said, "Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to the world through us is the measure of our success:" and judged in this way the life of Mrs. Brown was a most successful one, for the world is better for her having lived.³

     Polly Brown was born in 1798.¹ She married Reuben Olds, son of Samuel Olds and Annie Daniels, on 5 Nov 1840.^1,2 Polly Brown died on 23 Mar 1847.^1,3,4

     Rebecca Brown was born on 23 Apr 1718 at Eastham, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of James Brown Jr. and Ruth Snow.¹

     Ruth Brown was born on 6 Oct 1710 at Eastham, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of James Brown Jr. and Ruth Snow.¹ Ruth Brown married Israel Higgins, son of Samuel Higgins and Hannah Cole, on 2 Nov 1727 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² Ruth Brown died on 13 Jun 1768 at Middle Haddam, Connecticut. This gives her calculated age as 57 years, 8 months and 7 days.³

     Sallome (Sarah?) Brown was born on 8 Jun 1803.² She was the daughter of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich.¹ Sallome (Sarah?) Brown died on 10 Aug 1834 at age 31.³
     Brumbaugh lists Sally as the wife of George Replogle. Liebegott lists George B. Replogle (1793 - 1855), husband of Sallie (Sarah) Brown, 1803-1834), as a son of Rhinehart Replogle, Jr., and Catherine Brown.⁴ Liebegott gives a list of 12 children for George B. and Sallie (Brown) Replogle.⁵

     Samuel Brown was born in Mar 1655/56 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.² He was the son of William Brown.¹

     Samuel H. Brown was born on 29 Oct 1834.² He was the son of Samuel Ulrich Brown and Frances "Fanny" Hoover.²
     He married Esther Peebler and lived near Batavia, Iowa.³ S. H. Brown and Esther Maria Peebler were married 8 Dec. 1857⁴ and are listed in the 1860 census of Jefferson County, Iowa. In 1859 they were baptized into the Church of the Brethren and he was a minister.⁵ They were given a church letter in 1877⁵ and later lived in Fremont County, Iowa. In 1895, Mag West wrote to Mary Bowers that Sam Brown had sold out in Creston, had bought 160 acres in Kansas, and was soon to move there where his address would be Centralia.

     Samuel H. Brown was born on 6 Nov 1834.¹ He was the son of Jacob Ulrich Brown and Anna Hoover.¹

     Samuel Ulrich Brown was born on 27 Sep 1801 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich. Samuel Ulrich Brown married Elizabeth Forney on 15 Oct 1820.¹ Samuel Ulrich Brown married Frances "Fanny" Hoover, daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman, on 15 Mar 1827 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania.^2,3 Samuel Ulrich Brown died on 28 Sep 1863 at Jefferson County, Iowa, at age 62. There are small disagreements among my references for his date of death.^4,5,6,7 He was buried at Dunkard Cemetery, Des Moines Township, Jefferson County, Iowa.⁸
     SAMUEL ULRICH BROWN, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Ulrich) Brown, was born 27 Sept. 1801 and this date, recorded both in the Ulrich Bible and in Samuel Brown’s own German Bible, helps in identifying the Jacob Brown family among those listed in the Ulrich Bible.

In Pennsylvania, Samuel Brown was a farmer and a tanner. According to Benton Bunn, this family lived in a stone house and in the basement was a brook or spring from which they caught fish for their meals.⁹ Samuel married (first) Elizabeth Forney, on 18 Oct. 1820. She died on 7 Nov. 1826. Samuel married (second) Fanny Hoover, daughter of Martin and Maria (Eshleman) Hoover, on 15 March 1827. She was born 18 June 1809, in Lancaster County, PA. This family appears in the 1830 census of Woodberry Township, Bedford County, PA, as:
     1 male b. 1800-1810          [Samuel]
     2 females b. 1825-1830     [Elizabeth and Mary]
     1 female b. 1820-1825 [Sally]
     1 female b. 1800-1810     [Fanny]

On 26 Aug. 1835, Samuel Brown of Woodberry Township filed bond as guardian of Levi Biddle, son of Andrew Biddle, deceased, of Woodberry Township. Jacob Long was surety. Just the day before, John Burget had filed bond as guardian of Jacob and Susan Biddle, children of Andrew, with David Stuckey as surety.^10, On 26 Nov. 1838, Samuel Brown was surety when Leonard Furry filed bond as guardian of some of the children of Abraham Teeter, deceased, of Woodbury Township. On the same day David Puterbaugh was surety when Rinehart Replogle filed bond as guardian bond for other minor children of Abraham Teeter.¹¹ On 1 May 1846, Leonard Furry was surety when Jacob Long filed bond as guardian of Elias, Daniel and David Teeter, sons of Isaac Teeter of South Woodberry Township, deceased.¹² These may be a clues to extended family relationships.

The family is listed in the 1840 census of South Woodberry Township as:
     1 male age 30-40          [Samuel]
     1 male age 20-30          [ ?? ]
     1 male age 15-20          [ ??]
     1 male age 5-10           [Samuel]
     1 under 5                [Daniel]
     1 female age 20-30 [Fanny]
     2 females age 15-20     [Sally and Elizabeth]
     2 females age 10-15     [Mary and Hannah?]
     1 female age 5-10      [Fanny?]

On 24 April 1844, Samuel Brown of South Woodberry Township filed bond as guardian of his daughter Elizabeth Brown. [WHY?] His surety was George W(?) Brown.¹³

On 16 Feb. 1847¹⁴, “Samuel Brown and Veronica his wife of South Woodberry Township of Bedford County in the state of Pennsylvania” sold to Daniel Snoeberger of the same place 148.5 acres for eight thousand dollars. The deed recounts the history of this tract of land on Spring Branch of Yellow Creek in South Woodberry Township. It was “part of a tract of land which was surveyed in pursuance of a warrant dated the 12th day of December 1785, Granted to Samuel Ulrich & Jacob Brumbaugh and for which a Patent was issued the 10th day of May 1786 granted to the said Samuel Ulrich & Jacob Brumbaugh, and Jacob Brown and Elizabeth his wife did by deed dated the 25th day of February 1841 convey the same to the said Samuel Brown .... “. This 1847 deed would seem to explain the source of the money Samuel Brown took to Iowa except for the clear and frequent repetition that this Samuel Brown had a wife Veronica who is otherwise unidentified. Possibly there is a confusion between Veronica (Fronny) and Frances (Fanny) or Frene, Feronica, and Frances. The 1841 deed from Jacob and Elizabeth Brown to Samuel Brown is apparently not recorded.

Samuel and his family were part of the 1847 migration to Jefferson County, Iowa, where they settled on land said to have been purchased with gold obtained from the sale of land in Pennsylvania. The gold coins were taken to Iowa in a coffee pot packed in a dough tray. The family group traveled mostly by water, using the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.⁹

On 26 Oct 1847, William Olney sold to Samuel Brown the E 1/2 SW 1/4 S 4 T 71 R 11 in Jefferson County and also 21 acres in the SE corner of the NW fractional quarter of the same section. This piece was forty rods wide east and west and long enough north and south to make 21 acres.¹⁵

On 24 Jan 1848, David B. Teeter and his wife Margaret sold the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 9 T 71 R 11 in Jefferson County to Samuel Brown.¹⁶ In six deeds dated March 1848, Samuel Brown acquired several parcels of land in town 71N, R11W, Jefferson Co., Iowa, from Levi and William Roberts and also from David B. Teeter and his wife Margaret. On 23 March 1849, John U. Brown and Delilah his wife sold to Jacob Brown, Sen., the west half of the NW 1/4 S10 T71 R 11. In another series of deeds in March of 1853, Samuel and Fanny Brown sold this land to his children and others, including: Elias Teeter; Christian Burget; Goodman Graves, George W. Brown and Hannah Smith, wife of John G. W. Smith; George W. Brown; Mary Bowers; Fanny Teeters; Hannah Smith; and Renel(?) Nimocks. Perhaps Graves and Nimocks have some relationship to this family.

The 1850 census of Des Moines township, Jefferson County lists this family as:
     Saml Brown          age 49     farmer     b. Pa $3500 real property.
     Fanny                age 41          b. Pa
     Fanny                age 18          b. Pa.
     Saml U.           age 16          b. Pa.
     Daniel W.           age 11          b. Pa.
     Delila                age 8          b. Pa.
     Margaret E.      age ½      b. Ia.

In the 1860 census, Samuel Brown, age 58, listed his occupation as Gentleman. Fanny was age 50. Delila and Margaret were the only children still at home.

Samuel Brown died 28 Sept. 1863 and was buried in the Dunkard Cemetery in Jefferson County, near Libertyville. His obituary gives his age as 62 years, 1 day. “He was a member of the church some thirty years, and a deacon fourteen years, and a great exampler and pillar in the church, leaving a wife and seven children to mourn their loss. ... His funeral was preached October 11, by the following named brethren: David and Jacob Brower from Keokuk county, John Murry from Marshal county, and George R. Baker from Jasper county. Text Job 14:14.”¹⁷ After his death, his widow is said to have become dissatisfied with living in Iowa. She moved to Henry County, Indiana, in 1864 with the Peter and Mary Bowers family and may have been the instigator of the move. Nevertheless, she soon returned to Iowa, date unknown. Her second marriage was to Daniel Shank but they no longer lived together when she died. According to Maranda (Bowers) Ridgely, her grandmother thought Shank was a nice man but just did not want to live with him.

The estate of Samuel Brown produced a great many records now on file in Jefferson County, Iowa. Among these is a promissory note to Mariah Hoover: “ [Ninety?] days after date we or Either of us promise to pay to Mariah Hoover _____ twenty two dollars for value recd this ____ day of Oct 1861" signed by Samuel Brown and Fanny Brown (her mark). On 24 May 1869, John G. W. Smith presented the claim that the estate owed Mariah Hoover the sum of thirty dollars and eighty cents as money justly due on a promissory note of which the above is a true copy.

Christian Burger filed bond as administrator of the estate of Samuel Brown on 28 Aug. 1868. On 1 Sept. 1868, he certified that had posted four printed notices to all persons with debts due or claims against the estate -- “in the following place to wit One at Browns Mill and one at Wagner Blacks Shop and one at ______ Newland and one at the cross Roades at the widdow Browns “.

On 18 Sept. 1868, Christian Burger filed an approximate listing of the assets of the estate including notes on
     John G. W. Smith          $3200.00
     Peter Bower                600.00
     Samuel Brown           200.00
     Isaac Teeters                600.00
     Maggie West                200.00
     Delilah Kokenvir           200.00
------------------------
$5000.00
“The above amounts are approximated, and not in the possession of the Admr Christ Burger. Demand for the same has been made upon John G. W. Smith in whose custody the books and papers of said Estate now are, but he refused to deliver the same to me, as well as refusing to give up the monies”

On 28 Sept. 1868, Burger, as administrator of Samuel Brown, petitioned the court that John G. W. Smith be summoned to a hearing “as provided in Section 2366 of the Revisions[?]” because “he has been credibly informed and believes that John G. W. Smith has taken wrongful possession of the effects or a portion of the effects of said estate, and has same under his control”. The summons was issued and delivered on the same day, notifying Smith that he was “summoned to be and appear before the Probate Court of said County in Fairfield on the first Monday of November (2nd) AD 1868 at 10 o’clock A. M.” The resultant hearing produced a record of many questions with answers from Smith.
Q1: State your name, age and place of residence
A1: John G. W. Smith, 43, Jefferson County, Iowa.
Q2: Were you in his life time acquainted with Samuel Brown, deceased, late of Jefferson County, Iowa
A2: I was
Q3: Are you related to said Brown by blood or marriage
A3: I am by marriage a son-in-law
Q4: State the name of the widow and children of said Samuel Brown, Deceased; if any of such children are deceased, give the names of their children, if any.
A4: widows name is Fanny Brown, Names of children Mary Bowers, Hannah Smith, Fanny Teeter, Samuel H. Brown, Daniel W. Brown, deceased, Delilah Goughnour, Margaret West
Q5: Are those names in the last answer all the children of Samuel Brown, dec; if not name the others.
A5: Those are all by the last wife, he had two other children the oldest Sarah Berger and the other Elizabeth Teeter.
Q6: You say Daniel W. Brown is deceased; did he leave any children, if so name them.
A6: He left one but it died 2 years ago or thereabouts.
Q7: If any other of the children of Samuel Brown are deceased, state which, & if they left any children name them.
A7: Sarah Burger is deceased she left 4 children, Susannah Newland, Samuel Berger, Joseph Burger, Sarah Burger.
Q8: State whether said Samuel Brown, deceased, prior to his death conveyed to you or to your wife any portion of his estate; if yes, state what and state fully on what terms or conditions the same was made.
A8: He conveyed to my wife forty Acres of land. It was on these terms; I was to pay 6 per ct on the principal for which the ....... lifetime, But I made other arrangements afterwards and paid him for the land
Q9: How much did you pay him
A9: I paid him $100.00
Q10: State whether said Samuel Brown conveyed to any others of his children any portion of his lands; if yes, to which of the children
A10: I was not present when he conveyed any of his real estate I was in the state of California.
Q11: Do you know of any of the other children of said Samuel Brown, Dec, prior to his death, paying him for any lands; if yes state which children.
A11: I heard the old man say that one of his son in laws bought out the same as I had & paid him.
Q12: Which son in law
A12: Levi Teeter
Q13: How much did Levi Teeter pay the old man
A13: Could not state
Q14: How much did the old man say Levi Teeter paid
A14: I think $400 could not say positively
Q15: How much land did Levi Teeter get from the old man
A15: I think it was Ninety-five Acres
Q16: Did not Peter Bowers or his wife Mary also get land from the old man, if yes state how much
A16: Yes, she got land. I think it was one hundred & ten Acres.
Q17: At what price
A17: My information is that it was $600.00
Q18: Did she pay for her land before the said Samuel Brown died
A18: No, Sir.
Q19: Did she pay after the old man died
A19: I heard she paid the old lady
Q20: Did any of the other children pay for lands after the old mans death
A20: Yes, there was one other who told me that he paid
Q21: What child and how much did he pay
A21: Samuel H. Brown, he said he paid $1000 to his mother
Q22: At the time of the old man’s death did he leave any stock or other articles of personal property
A22: I think there were two cows left and a note considered worthless but afterwards a part was collected.
Q23: Was there not a sale at his home
A23: The sale was made by Samuel H. Brown of his own property
Q24: Was there any of the property of Samuel Bown decd. sold at this time
A24: There was 2 pair Bedsteads, cookstove, cupboard, table
Q25: Were these articles sold for cash or on time
A25: I don’t know
Q26: Do you know how much they brought
A26: No, Sir. I know that the cookstove brought ten Dollars
Q27: State how much money was left on hand by the old man at his death
A27: Don’t know that he left one dollar
Q28: Did you at any time receive the proceeds of the estate of Samuel Brown Dec or any part thereof
A28: I have received on this note above referred to as worthless the sum of $683.00 dollars
Q29: Have you received any other monies of said estate besides the sum referred to in last answer
A29: I could not say that I have; I have received money from Fanny Brown
Q30: Is the Fanny Brown mentioned in the last answer the widow of said Samuel Brown
A30: Yes, Sir.
Q31: When did you receive money from her and how much
A31: I think it was in April, 1866, $2025.
Q32: Did you receive any money at any other time, if yea, when and how much
A32: I received at one other time $460.00 at another time I received $40.00 interest, last spring I received $500.00
Q33: Did you receive any other sums other than those mentioned
A33: No Sir to the best of my knowledge as principal
Q34: Did you receive any other as interest
A34: Yes Sir, interest on this principal just stated
Q35: When and how much
A35: I loaned that money and widow lived off the interest. I kept no a/c of it.
Q36: Who paid you the forty dollars mentioned
A36: I received the forty dollars from Peter Bowers
Q37: Did not the principal of the money referred to include the money paid by you for the lands mentioned & also include the money paid by the other children for lands as referred to by you
A37: I did not see it paid or receive it
Q38: Mr. Smith don’t you know that the land payments referred to were included in the monies received by you
A38: I could not state, I did not see the money received or paid out
Q39: Was that not your understanding
Attorney for Mr. Smith objects
A39: I understand that a portion was from the land
Q40: After receiving the monies you have mentioned state how you invested the same
A40: I loaned to different parties at 10 per ct. Notes payable to Fanny Brown or Bearer.
Q41: At the time of the signing of the notes in your presence how much of said monies were so invested and in whose hands
A41: A little [rising?] of $3000.00 loaned out that I have notes for
Q42: You will give a list of said notes with a description of each
A42: I cannot give a list from memory fully
Q43: Where are the notes
Attorney for Mr. Smith objects
A43: At home under Lock and Key
Q44: State whether said Samuel Brown died intestate
A44: No written will
Q45: State if you do not know from information derived through said Fanny Brown that she took part of the assets of her husbands estate & invested the same in a farm in Indiana & afterwards sold said farm and does not the money under your control include the proceeds of said farm
A45: She never told me anything about it
Q46: Did she ever tell any one else in your family
A46: Not to the best of my knowledge
Q47: Do you not know that Fanny Brown invested part of the proceeds of said estate in a farm in Indiana & afterwards sold said farm, and do not the monies under your control include the proceeds of said farm
A47: From personal knowledge I know nothing about it.

Christian Burger, Adm of the estate of S. Brown, decd, vs J. G. W. Smith -- by agreement of parties this further hearing was adjourned until Nov. 23 1868 at 10 o’clock. The parties met and resumed as follows:

Q48: Since the adjournment of this examination have you seen the Notes referred to ....... 41
A48: Yes, Sir
Q49: You will file a list of said notes with descriptions of each
     Attorney objects
A49: I cannot from memory [correctly?]
Q50: Have you said notes now with you
A50: No, Sir
Q51: You will give a list & description of said notes as nearly as you can from memory
Mr. Smiths attorney objects to the foregoing question
A51: [A list of notes totaling $2284 appears here]
Q52: Is any of said amts embraced in a Note executed by yourself; if yea state the amount of said notes & who holds the same
Attorney objects
A52: Samuel Brown holds the note, $470.00, given by myself
Q53: State whether before the service of notice on you in the proceeding Christian Burger as Administrator of Samuel Brown deceased made any demand on you for the assets of said estate; if yea state when.
A53: He wanted a settlement
Q54: He wanted a settlement of what
A54: I don’t remember as he stated
Q55: Did he tell you he had been appointed administrator of the estate of Samuel Brown dec
A55: I think it was Lawyer Walker made that statement
Q56: Was Lawyer Walker along with said Burger at the time referred to
A56: Yes Sir
Q57: Did not you at this time see the letters of Adm that had been issued to Burger in said estate
A57: Yes, Sir
Q58: Did not said Burger or Walker at the time tell you that Burger had come to get from you the assetts of said estate in your hands
A58: I don’t remember
Q59: What did they claim
A59: I don’t understand the question
Q60: You say Burger and Walker were together told you about his (Burger’s) appointment & showing you his letters of Adm.... Did they at that time make any claim or demand on you
A60: Nothing more than settlement
Q61: Settlement of what
A61: I could not give the conversation
Q62: What did you understand them to want you to settle
A62: My understanding was that they wanted to get the notes and monies in my hands belonging to Samuel Brown
Q63: When & where was the interview referred to
A63: In my Cornfield I could not give you date
Q64: How long was it before the notice served on you in this proceeding
A64: It was before the service of the notice but I don’t know exactly how long
Q65: Did you not understand that they wanted you to settle with said Burger as Administrator for the assets of Samuel Brown deceased.
A65: In the course of conversation I understood that was what they wanted.

Next is a new series of questions, perhaps posed by Smith’s lawyer
Q1: Do you know of Samuel Brown conveying to Sarah Burger any lands if so on what terms
A1: He conveyed twenty Acres to Mrs. Burger or Christian Burger one or both I don’t know which on the same terms as the others
Q2: What relation is Sarah Burger to Christian Burger the party who is prosecuting in this proceedings
A2: She is Christian Burger’s first wife
Q3: You say that the land was conveyed in the same terms as the other Heirs. What were those terms
A3: They were to pay 6 per ct as long as the old man & old woman lived that is what old man told me. I was in California when the transaction occurred
Q4: What was the land valued at
A4: I could not say positively; my recollection is that it was $25
Q5: Has Sarah Burger or Christian Burger paid for the land
A5: Has not paid for it, Samuel Brown told me
Q6: You say the parties were to pay 6 per ct as long as Samuel Brown & his wife lived; was that as long as they both lived or either of them lived
A6: I understood it that as long as either of them lived
Q7: In your answer to Interrogatory 22 that there was a note considered worthless which note came into your hands. Who gave you that note
A7: Fanny Brown gave me that note
Q8: How much money was collected on that note and to whom did you pay it
A8: I believe there was $683. I paid $340 to the old lady & the Balance I loaned out
Q9: In whose name was the money loaned
A9: Samuel Brown or bearer
Q10: Did you know of Fanny Brown the widow of Samuel Brown have [sic] any property of her own; if so state what & how much she had
A10: She had some money that was loaned in her name; also a house & lot
Q11: Do you know of her getting any money from her fathers estate, if so how much
A11: She got money from there at different times; I do not know how much, only through letter from Adm---
Attorney objects to witness stating the contents of said letter
The [Admr?] charges her with $1192.00
Q12: Was $1192.00 the amount she received from her father’s estate
A12: That was the Adm statement
Q13: You say you know this from a letter; Who was the letter from & what has become of it
A13: The letter was from Leonard Furry; the letter is at home in my possession
Q14: You say Fanny Brown had a house, has she sold it; if so, when
A14: She has sold it; I think it was sold in 1864, before she went to Indiana
Q15: Was it _____ the death of her husband
A15: Yes Sir
Q16: What did she get for this Home
A16: I do not know
Q17: What was the property worth
A17: Hard to tell
Q18: What did it cost to build this house
A18: I understand the house cost _____
Q19: Was the entire property worth $1000
A19: I do not suppose the improvement could be put there for $1000.00
Q20: Do you know of her having any other property beside the house and what she got from her father’s estate
A20: I believe not
Q21: Do you know of Fanny Brown buying a farm in Indiana since her Husband’s death
A21: I know it from hearsay
Q22: What did she pay for the farm she bought in Indiana and what did she sell it for
A22: Attorney objects
She paid $2400 for this farm; She sold it for $3000

Signed John G. W. Smith, 23 Nov. 1868.

On 29 Dec. 1868, Smith did deliver the notes and monies to Burger and on 29 March 1869 Burger filed a revised inventory of the estate.

On 9 April 1869, Smith filed a statement that the estate owed Fanny Brown $2200 plus $560 for five years of interest.

In a court order dated 31 March 1870, Christian Burger was directed to retain $2283 plus interest from the assets of the estate and turn the remainder over to Fanny Brown. Christian Burger continued to make payments from the estate and file reports with the court. Receipts for payment to creditors, attorneys and for taxes and court fees are filed as late as 1884. Since creditors were paid “pro rata”, I assume the assets were insufficient to settle the debts in full.
Samuel Ulrich Brown appeared on the census of 1856 at Des Moines Township, Jefferson County, Iowa, as follows:
     Samuel Brown, 54, male, b. Pa., Farmer
     Fanny , 44, female, b. Pa
     Samuel H. , 21, male, b. Pa.
     Daniel W. , 17, male, Engineer, b. Pa.
     Delilah , 12, female, b. Pa.
     Margaret , 5, female, b. Iowa.¹⁸

                         The Samuel Brown Bible

This Bible was printed Philadelphia in 1828 by Kimber and Sharpless (Buchha:ndler) in German. The transcript below was made 5 June 1966 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville West in Polo, IL. Orville West, who owned the Bible at that time, was a great grandson of Samuel Ulrich Brown. The records are on pages titled “Familien Register”.

Traungen
Samuel Brown and Elzabeth Forney was
     Married October 15th 1820
Samuel Brown and Fanny Hoover was
     Married in March 15th, 1827
Samuel Brown died Sept the 28 1863
Fannie Brown Shank died April 27 1891

Geburten
Sally Brown was Born in June 16th 1822
Elizabeth Brown was Born in September 21st 1826
Mary Brown was Born in Jan 30th 1828 at
     7 o clock in the evening
Hannah Brown was born in September the 17 1829
     at 3 o’clock in the afternoon
Fanny Brown was born in the year 1832
     January the 11 in the morning at 1 oclock
Samuel H Brown Junr [Junr added later] was Born October the 29 1834
     at four oclock in the afternoon
Daniel W. Brown was born October the 31 AD
     1838 at nine oclock in the evening
Delilah Brown was born June 4th 1843
     at 7 oclock in the evening
Margaret E. Brown was Born August 21st 1849
     at 5 oclock in the morning

Geburten
I Samuel Brown was Born September 27th
AD 1801 my wife Fanny was born June 18th AD 1809
Sterbefa:lle
Elizabeth Brown 1st wife of Samuel Brown
     Died in November 7 1826
John Brown Died in October 31st 1826

Listed on two loose sheets of lined writing paper in the Bible are:

Half Sisters:
     Elizabeth Brown Teeter
     Sally m. Chris Burket. later the name was called Berger
Full Sisters:
     Mary Brown m. Peter Bowers, Parkersburg, Ill.
     Hannah Brown m. John Smith, Batavia, Iowa
     Fanny Brown Shank m. _______ d. 1891
[This is a confusion of mother and daughter.]
     Daniel Brown m. ______ . His widow m. Garber, Centerville, Iowa.
      Daniel Brown was killed by lightening in Nebraska.
     Margaret Brown m. Amos West, Batavia, Iowa.¹⁹

     Sarah "Sally" Brown married Christian W. Burger.² Sarah "Sally" Brown was born on 16 Jun 1822.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Ulrich Brown and Elizabeth Forney.¹ Sarah "Sally" Brown died on 29 Jul 1862 at age 40.^3,2,4
     They and some of their children are buried at the Dunkard Cemetery in Jefferson County, Iowa, where her tombstone says “d. 29 July 1862, aged 41y, 1m, 13d.⁵ The church record⁶ also says she died in 1862, and a birth date calculated from this differs (by one year) from the Bible date for her birth.
Sarah "Sally" Brown and Christian W. Burger appeared on the census of 7 Nov 1850 at Des Moines Township, Jefferson County, Iowa, as follows:
     126/128 Christian Burkett, 30, farmer, b. PA
      Sarah " , [27?], b. PA
      Susanna " , 4, b. PA
      Saml " , 3, b. IA
      Joseph " , 1/2, b. IA.⁷
     Her obituary states:
     "Also in the same church [i.e. Libertyville Church, Jefferson county, Iowa] sister SARAH, wife of brother Christian BURGER, and daughter of Samuel Brown, died the last of July 1862, aged forty-one years, one month and some days, leaving a husband and 5 children. Funeral services by (then) br. Peter Lutz. Peter Bowers."⁸

     Sarah O. Brown married William Andrus Olds, son of Caleb Olds and Susannah Preston, on 18 Aug 1850 at Frankllin, Vermont.^1,2 Sarah O. Brown died on 28 Jul 1883.¹

     William Brown was born at Eastham, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of George Brown and Mehitable Knowles.¹

     William Brown was born on 1 Apr 1654.¹ He was the son of William Brown.¹

     Zelma Mae Brown was born on 2 Jul 1912 at Tygh Valley, Oregon.¹ She was the daughter of George Lambert Brown and Bertie Olds.¹ Zelma Mae Brown married George Belzer on 15 May 1941 at Stevenson, Washington.¹
     "She is a graduate of the Eastern College of Education and taught school prior to her marriage and while her husband was in the Army during World War II. Mr. Belzer served with the Army Engineers Corps in North Africa and Italy for four years, receiving his discharge in 1945."¹

     Zilpha Brown was born on 18 Oct 1708 at Eastham, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of James Brown Jr. and Ruth Snow.¹

     Elinor Browne was the daughter of John Browne. Elinor Browne married Richard Warfield, son of John Warfield and Rachell Clarke.
     In 1670, Richard Warfield married Elinor, apparently an heiress and possibly a daughter of Capt. John Browne. She inherited the adjoining tracts Hope and Increase and J. D. Warfield gives the following: "They were taken up by Henry Sewall; transferred by him to John Minter; willed by him to his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Winchester. These two joined in deeding them, in 1673, to Capt. John Browne, mariner, of London. No further transactions are to be found, but in 1705, Richard Warfield appeared before the commission to restore the burnt record of 1704 and requested a record of the above history."¹