Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Brown, Cyrus 1845 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Cyrus Brown, farmer, Attica. Simon Brown, father of this subject, and Nancy
Reed, to whom he was married in 1824, were reared in the same neighborhood in
Cumberland, then Perry, county, Pennsylvania. The same year they moved to Ohio,
and were four weeks on the road. In the autumn of the year 1827 he and his
father, Peter Brown, came to Fountain county to inspect the country; they
entered land and made a little bay, and during their brief stay were entertained
by John Lopp, whom they found living here. They returned and brought their
families, arriving November 23, the journey having consumed two weeks. They
passed some of the finest prairie in the world to settle in the dense woods,
where they might toil through tedious years to clear up a home. A space whereon
to erect a cabin had first to be cleared, and while the work was going on they
camped beside a large poplar log, which had been felled by the Indians. When
finished for winter it was without floor; two forks were driven into the ground,
a green pole laid from one to the other, on which were hung the pots and kettles
while cooking was in progress. At this time there was neither church, nor mill,
nor market, for the accommodation of the scattering settlers. Peter Brown
settled near Chambersburg, and after a few years moved into Warren county, where
he and his wife finally died. Simon Brown was always a hard-working man. He
cleared off and improved a good deal of land and accumulated a large property.
He first entered eighty acres, and increased his estate by subsequent additions
until it comprised 1,000 acres. His widow is living on the old homestead with
her son Cyrus, who was born here December 5, 1845, and was the youngest of eight
children. He was married November 26, 1874, to Miss Isabelle Crook, who was born
November 12, 1856. They have one living child, Ella Gertrude, born October 22,
1875, and have lost an older daughter. Mr. Brown is a trustee of the Union
church called Brown's chapel. He owns 165 acres of land, 85 of which are
cleared, worth $8,500. He is a greenbacker in politics.

Additional Comments:
Shawnee Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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