Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Brown, John D. 1817 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   John D. Brown, farmer, Newtown, eldest son of William W. and Elizabeth
(McNeely) Brown, was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1817. In
1827 the family moved to Butler county, Ohio, and in the autumn of 1832 to this
county, making a home in Jackson township. Both parents passed the remainder of
their lives in this place. In 1850 Mr. Brown began running a saw-mill, and
continued that business twenty years. He has been farming since, as he was
before. In 1870 he came to his present home, which is situated on the S. E. 1/4
Sec. 13, T. 20, R. 7. He has his third wife. His first marriage was with Susan
Furr, by whom his daughter, Marietta, wife of George Dice, was born. His second
wife was Margaret Donelson, who bore his eldest son, George. His last marriage
was with Martha Messmore, April 2, 1858. Her parents came early to Fountain
county. This union has produced five children: Charles A., born August 16, 1864:
Harvey N., May 15,1866; Jasper M., August 17, 1870; Brazie C., January 2, 1873,
and John E., September 20, 1874. Mr. Brown enlisted April 11, 1865, in Co. I,
154th Ind. Vols., and served in the Shenandoah valley, most of the time doing
camp and garrison duty. He was mustered out in Virginia, and disbanded at
Indianapolis August 13, 1865. He held the office of justice of the peace in Cain
township from 1866 to 1869. He was made a Mason at Pleasant Hill twenty-three
years ago, and is now a member of Richland Lodge, No. 205. He is a democrat.


Additional Comments:
Richland 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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