Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Brown, Isaac N 1817 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Isaac N. Brown, farmer, P. O. Nettle Creek, was born in Saratoga County, N. 
Y., August 15, 1817; he is the son of David and Mary (Brownell) Brown. Our 
subject was among those who came to this township in 1849; his father was born 
in Queensbury Township, Washington Co., N. Y., in 1794; his mother was born in 
Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and was the daughter of Simeon and Sarah 
(Hoag) Brownell. Our subject's grandfather, Justus Brown, married Desire 
Mosher, who bore him eleven children of whom our subject's father was the 
ninth. To Simeon and Sarah Brownell were born fifteen children, all of whom 
save one, lived to raise families. The great-grandfather of our subject was 
Benedict Brown; he was the father of nine children, all of whom lived to good 
age. Justus was his second child, and was born March 5, 1749. The family were 
great hunters, and were remarkably large men, weighing as high as 300 pounds. 
His wife was born in 1757. They had eleven children - Stephen, Phebe, Deborah, 
Lydia, Hannah, Abigail, Benjamin, Richard, David, Annie and Justus. Of these, 
David and Justus are living. Simeon Brownell was born in 1759, and his wife, 
Sarah Hoag, in 1764. Their fifteen children were Alice, Joseph, Stephen, 
Daniel, Simeon, Meria, Sarah, Benjamin, Mary, Nathan, Isaac, John, Supham, 
Phebe and Henry H. To David and Mary Brown were born Isaac N. (our subject), 
Simeon, Sarah, Mary A., Edwin and Phebe. These lived and raised families. Mr. 
David Brown is still living, his wife died February 15, 1877. Our subject 
lived with his parents until coming West. In 1818, he removed to Chautauqua 
County, N. Y., and settled there with his parents, living there until the 
spring of 1844, when he came and settled in Big Grove Township, Kendall Co., 
Ill., where he remained until 1849, when he came to this county; he began by 
renting land in Kendall County. When he arrived in this county, he bought 
eighty acres, where he now lives, in January, 1846. It was situated on Section 
4, and cost 10 shillings per acre; he soon added forty acres more, at a cost 
of $6.25 per acre; there were no improvements on it. In 1857, he purchased 
eighty acres at $15 per acre, and forty acres in 1866, at a cost of $37.50 per 
acre; he has now 240 acres of well improved land. In 1849, he built his first 
house. March 22, 1840, he married Phebe Ann, daughter of Seth and Content 
(Ingraham) Clark. She was born May 13, 1819, in Chautauqua County, N. Y. Mr. 
and Mrs. Brown have had nine children, of whom six are living - David N., Mary 
C., Harriett A., Edie A., Phebe I. and Edwin L. Isaac C. died, aged eighteen, 
and the other two died when young. Mr. Brown was first elected Justice of the 
Peace in 1849, and has, with the exception of a year or two, served 
continuously ever since, having held a commission from every Governor since 
that time; he has been Supervisor, Collector and School Trustee for fourteen 
years, and has been Township Treasurer since 1875; he taught school for ten 
terms. Mr. Brown and wife have been members of the Congregational Church for 
over twenty years; he is at present Postmaster of Nettle Creek, which office 
has been running about three years.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p132-3

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