Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Brown, Orris Albert 1866 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

ORRIS ALBERT BROWN

ORRIS ALBERT BROWN was born near Des Moines, Iowa, July 12, 1866. He came to
Kansas in 1872 and is now residing on his home place about ten miles southeast
of Great Bend where he owns three quarter sections of land in section 31,
Comanche township. He was married in Russell County, Kansas, in 18S7, to Miss
Elizabeth Scharpf. They are the parents of five children as follows: Henry
Frederick, 21 years; Elias Edward, 23 years; Viola Eldora, 13 years; Annie May,
10 years; Albert, 3 years. Henry and Albert are employed in the mercantile
business in Great Bend, while the remainder of the children are studying in the
schools of the county. The home place is well improved and in addition to it Mr.
Brown superintends the farming of the three quarters he owns in Comanche
township. The residence consists of 8 rooms besides closets, pantries, etc. The
barn is large and commodious and has stall room for a large number of horses and
a loft that will permit the storing of a large quantity of hay. A small, well
kept orchard adds greatly to the beauty of the surroundings of the home place.
Mr. Brown came to Barton county at a time when only those who had faith in the
future could withstand the conditions found here and remain. He remained however
and by consistent effort together with using modern farming methods in the
cultivation of the soil has succeeded in bringing his part of the county to a
high state of cultivation and development. He had a large part in the work of
reclaiming the section of the county south of the river from a barren waste and
making of it one of the most desirable in the county of Barton.

[photo – shows family seated in an open top auto] Farm Residence of Orris Albert
Brown


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Biographical History Of Barton County


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