Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Brown, Mrs Aura T 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Mrs. Aura T. Brown, a resident on section 16, Portland Township, occupies a 
farm of 220 acres. She is a daughter of Jeremiah and Abigail Lindley, and was 
born in Tinmouth, Rutland Co., Vt., Oct. 8, 1807. She was married in 
Middletown, that county, Jan. 2, 1832, to Vivalda Brown, who was a son of 
Jonathan Brown. The latter was born in Wells, same county, May 5, 1807. They 
had nine children, namely: Jeremiah D., a farmer in Lancaster Co. Neb.; 
Charlotte S., deceased; Albert O., also deceased; Jonathan, who died in the 
late war; Alanson L., residing in Idaho; Cordelia M., James V., Martha M., all 
of whom are deceased, and Mary J.,the wife of Pliny Brown, a farmer and 
blacksmith in Kansas. Mr. Brown was a shoe and harness maker. He, with his 
family, moved from Vermont to Pennsylvania, and, after a residence of three 
years there, to Aurora, Erie Co., N. Y., where he followed his trade. In 
October, 1850, they came to Prophetstown, this county, and in 1852 moved upon 
their farm, which Mr. Brown bought in July, 1849. Upon this place he made a 
number of improvements, as house, barn, fences, etc. He died at his home, July 
4, 1871. Mrs. B. now rents the farm.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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