Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Brown, Joseph 1831 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

JOSEPH BROWN.

Years of arduous labor along agricultural lines have brought Joseph Brown a
handsome fortune. He is a farmer of Richland township, and there he has resided
for many years, having been a factor in its agricultural development. He was
born in the north of England, May 16, 1831, and is a son of James and Jane
(Moffett) Brown, natives of the motherland. The mother died there in 1841 and
the father with his children emigrated to America in 1845 and located at first
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a trained and experienced coal miner and
while in Pittsburgh held a position as pit man, continuing to make his home in
that city until 1865, when he sought the opportunities of the middle west,
removing to Missouri, where he settled in Macon county. Later he returned to
Pennsylvania, and there he passed away. He had seven children as follows:
Hannah, who married William Black of Pennsylvania; Joseph, of this review; Jane,
the wife of John Graham of northern Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, who married A.
Ruphard of Ohio, now deceased; James, deceased; and two who died in infancy.

Joseph Brown continued to reside with his father until he reached his majority,
having acquired his education in the schools of his native land and this county.
He then followed mining for twenty years, being a scientifically trained pit
man, and spent nine years of this time in Oregon and the gold fields of
California. He then operated a grist and sawmill in Davis county, Iowa, for
three years. At the end of that time he had acquired the means which enabled him
to buy a farm in Davis county and for several years he cultivated the same,
selling his property to advantage at the end of that period and then moving to
Mahaska county, where for two years he was engaged in mining operations. He
subsequently bought the farm in Richland township upon which he now lives and
which comprises two hundred and twelve and a half acres on section 22. He has
devoted his whole attention to its cultivation and by years of arduous labor has
succeeded in making it one of the most valuable farms in his neighborhood. His
buildings are in good repair and his acres are planted to the crops most
suitable to soil and climate. He is ever ready to embrace new methods and ideas
and, while he has attained individual prosperity has also created new
agricultural standards in his section.

On April 17, 1860, in Pennsylvania Mr. Brown married Miss Susanna Black, a
native of the Keystone state and a daughter of James and Sarah (Marks) Black,
the mother of Pennsylvania and the father of Ohio. In their family were twelve
children, of whom Mrs. Brown is the only one now living. The latter bore her
husband six children: George F., of Wapello county; Lincoln and Charles, both of
whom also reside in this county; Joseph, who makes his home in Mahaska county;
James, of Wapello county; and Albert, who assists his father in the operation of
the homestead. The latter is now practically retired, leaving the active farm
labors to younger hands, and finding in his son Albert a worthy successor. Mr.
Brown has been a valuable factor in the development of his section and has ever
cooperated in promoting valuable public measures. However, he is not a
politician and has never actively entered the field of politics. All who know
him speak of him in the highest terms of appreciation, and he has many friends
in Wapello county.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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