Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Brown, Mrs Alice 
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Author: Past & Present, 1907

Mrs. Alice Brown was born in Newark, Kendall county, Illinois, January 17, 
1856. Her father, Patrick Dawson, was a native of County Limerick, Ireland, 
born in 1809, and passed away in this state in 1865. He was a stone-mason by 
trade, but in later years took up farm work and was engaged in agricultural 
pursuits until his death. Mrs. Brown's mother was Bridget (Wexted) Dawson, who 
was born in County Limerick, Ireland, where she was married. Coming to the new 
world, Mr. and Mrs. Dawson settled first in Ottawa, Illinois, where he worked 
at the stonemason's trade for five years. He then removed with his family to 
Newark, Illinois. He had nine children, namely: John, Mary, Margaret, Edward, 
Henry, Michael, Bridget and Alice, and lost one child in infancy. Their 
daughter Alice was the youngest and under the parental roof the days of her 
girlhood were passed. She gave her hand in marriage to Edward Brown, who was 
born in New York, in 1852. Their home was blessed with the presence of seven 
children: Nellie, who was born February 14, 1874; James, born October 29, 
1876; Edward, born March 14, 1879; Joseph, who was born November 28, 1881; 
Harry, February 2, 1889; Grace, October 12, 1892; and Leo, who was born August 
10, 1894. All are yet living at home with their mother. Joseph is a cooper by 
trade and Harry is a switchman in the steel mills. Nellie is at home, while 
Grace and Leo are attending St. Patrick's school. Mrs. Brown is a member of 
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, and is one of its devout followers. She 
has spent her entire life in this part of Illinois and is well known in 
Joliet, where she has many friends who esteem her highly for her genuine worth 
and many good traits of character. 

Additional Comments:
Past and Present of Will County, Illinois, by W. W. Stevens, President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907.

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