Biography of S A Brown, Fulton Co, AR

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        Date: 26 Sep 1998
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Hon. S. A. Brown, ex-member of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, and
one of the largest land owners and farmers of Bennett Bayou, was born in
[p.268] the Buckeye State, and is the son of Matthew and Hannah (O'Key) Brown,
natives of Ohio. They were married in their native State, and remained there
until 1866, he engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1861 the elder Brown
joined the United States troops as first lieutenant of Company D, Twenty-
seventh Ohio Infantry, and served about one year, participating in the
following battles: New Madrid, Island No. 10 and Corinth. When the call for
600,000 troops was made, Lieut. Brown came home, raised a company, was made
captain, and joined the One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, Company F, and
remained with that company for three years. He took part in several noted
engagements: Winchester, Cedar Creek, Piedmont, Petersburg and Richmond. He was
wounded at Winchester while on picket duty, being shot in the arm. He was
discharged at Harper's Ferry in 1864, and came home. In 1866 he went to
Southwest Missouri, and in 1869 came to Fulton County, Ark., and bought the
place on which his son, Hon. S. A., now resides, for $2,000. Three years later
be sold this farm to his son, and bought one on Big North Fork of White River,
in Baxter County, Ark., where he died in 1876. He was public administrator of
this county for three or four years, and was also county judge of the same
county. He was not an office seeker, and was appointed to the positions he held
by the Governor. Previous to the war, he had been a strong Democrat, but after
that his ideas coincided with those of the Republican party. He was a member of
the Masonic fraternity. Nine children were born to his marriage, eight of whom
lived to be grown, and seven are now living: Edward, S. A., born December 28,
1839; Catherine, A. R., Nancy (deceased), Mary A., Jennie D. and Josephine. S.
A. Brown was a soldier in the late war, having joined Company F, One Hundred
and Sixteenth Ohio, in his twenty-first year, and served three years. He was
discharged on account of a wound, and was afterward captured at Staunton, Va.,
and kept in prison three months. He was in Libby prison a short period, but the
principal part of the time was spent in the hospital. He was paroled at
Richmond, Va., on the 12th of August, 1865. While in service he participated in
the following battles: Winchester, Gettysburg, and at Piedmont, Va., where he
was wounded by a musket ball in the arm. He held the rank of orderly sergeant
of his company during the war. After his return home in 1865, he remained there
for about a year, and then, in company with his father, moved to Polk County,
Mo., where he continued for three years. After this he taught school, and in
1869 came to Fulton County. Ark., where he taught the first free school in this
section after the war. Subsequently he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and
has continued the same up to the present. On the 8th of December, 1870. Miss
Lou Baker became his wife, and to them have been born three children; Claud,
born on the 19th of September, 1871; Bettie, born on the 2d of November, 1873,
and Bertha, born on the 4th of February, 1881. Mrs. Brown died on the 28th of
April, 1882, and Mr. Brown married Mrs. Josie Simpson. nee Tnttle, August 4,
1884, and they have two children, Roscoe C., born on the 16th of August, 1885,
and Archie, born on the 16th of April, 1887. Mrs. Brown is the daughter of
Capt. T. C. Fluty, of Tennessee, a captain in the Confederate army, and one of
the prominent farmers of Baxter County, Ark. Mr. Brown has represented his
county in the legislature, and has held several minor offices, filling the
position of commissioner of public accounts for two terms. He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity. Queen Elizabeth Lodge No. 360, and is also a member of
the I. O. O. F., Vidette Lodge No. 94. He belongs to Simp. Mason Post No. 228.
G. A. R., Department of Missouri, and was appointed on the staff of John E.
Phelps, commander of the State of Missouri. He is a Republican in politics, and
he and Mrs. Brown are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.