Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Brown, R. D. 1820 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   R. D. Brown, farmer, Covington, was born in Augusta county, Virginia, June
13, 1820, and is the son of John and Martha M. (Talbert) Brown, both of whom
were also natives of Augusta county, Virginia. His father was born in 1777, and
his mother in 1797. They were married in 1819, and in the spring of 1830 they
came west and settled on what is now known as the old Bodine farm, in Troy
township. They erected a cabin and resided there until 1832, and then removed to
the farm now occupied by Mr. Brown. The father died there March 23, 1837, and
the mother September 29,1850. Mr. Brown's opportunities of attaining an
education during his early boyhood were limited to the old subscription system.
His life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, in which he has shown both
energy and enterprise, and now owns a finely improved farm of 240 acres. He is a
member of the Order of A. F., and A. M. January 22, 1851, he was married to Miss
Drusilla, daughter of John and Tamar (Masterson) Ward, who were natives of
Kentucky, and came to Fountain county about the year 1828, where Mrs. Brown was
born February 20, 1831. They have a family of three children living: Charles F.,
William B. and Edward R.; two deceased: John M. and Emma J.

Additional Comments:
Troy Township

Extracted from:

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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