Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Brown, Esau 1837 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Esau Brown, farmer, Attica, was born in Shawnee township, September 17, 1837,
and was the son of Simon and Nancy (Reed) Brown. He has always lived here except
three years (1863, 1864, 1865) that he was in Berrien county, Michigan, engaged
in farming. He was married in Shawnee township, January 28, 1862, to Elizabeth
Mills, who was born November 13, 1839. They have had twelve children: Sarah C.,
born November 6, 1862, wife of David S. Hall; Cyrus C., October 13, 1864;
Harrison R., July 19, 1866; Simon U., January 31, 1868; Emory E., and Emma A.,
August 25, 1869, the first died on the day of birth and the other lived till
November, 1870; Alfred A., April 4, 1871; Mary Ophelia, October 23, 1872; Nanny
E., May 22, 1874; Florence E., April 11,1876; George Wellington, November
26,1877; and Franklin D., January 23, 1880. Mr. Brown and his wife are
Spiritualists. He is a greenbacker. He has a farm of 143 acres, 100 acres being
improved. For the history of his parents' settlement here see sketch of Cyrus
Brown, his brother.

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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