Biography of William Brown, 1902, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames: Brown, Dean, Payton, Osborn, Landreth

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 276

William Brown

The energetic and successful stock raiser, fruit grower, and general farmer,
whose name gives caption to this review, is a native of the north of Ireland,
born March 1, 1841. When about three years old he accompanied his parents to
the vicinity of Mineral Point, in Iowa county, Wisconsin, where he grew to
manhood, his intellectual powers receiving their discipline in the public
schools and his physical forces being developed in the effort to make the
parental homestead yield up its wealth.

In 1862 our subject set out across the plains with horse teams to the section
now known as Baker county, arriving here in August, the same year, and that
winter was passed in the town of Auburn. The ensuing spring he went to the
Boise basin, where for three years he mined, the scene of his principal
operations being Placerville. Returning in 1865 to Baker county, in 1867 he
settled on a quarter section of land about eight miles northwest of Baker
City, and there he has resided continuously since. He now has a fine farm of
two hundred and forty acres, which has been reduced by his industry and toil
to an excellent state of cultivation, and which has been improved by the
erection of needed buildings, fences, etc. He is one of the leading and most
thrifty farmers of his vicinity.

Fraternally Mr. Brown is affiliated with the Masonic order, and in religious
persuasion he is a Methodist. He takes a lively interest in political matters,
and for seven years has been a member of the board of county commissioners.
His marriage was solemnized on January 31, 1869, Miss Julia A., a daughter of
O. R. and Sarah Dean, and a native of Mississippi, then becoming his wife. The
issue of their union is four children: Lily, wife of W. B. Landreth, residing
in Baker City; H. K.; Abbie, wife of W. A. Payton, a resident of this valley;
Ella, now Mrs. M. S. Osborn, living in the valley.