BIOGRAPHIES:  George BROWN, Dallas Township, Barron County, WI

====================================================================
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information 
on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as 
this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may 
NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other 
persons or organizations.

Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes 
other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file 
contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact 
the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.   The submitter 
has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently 
for free access.

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:  
Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  7 January 2002	
====================================================================

George W. Brown was an early settler of Dallas Township, was active in its
affairs, and had his share in its upbuilding. He was a good man, an upright
citizen, and a good husband and father, and his death will long be mourned
by family and friends, both in Dallas Township and in Barron City. He was
born in Baraboo, Wis., Dec. 25, 1852, received his education in his native
place, and farmed in that vicinity until 1874 when he came to Barron County
and took a homestead of 160 acres in Dallas Township. The township was then
practically a wilderness, the hardwood was still standing, no roads had
been built except the "tote" roads, and neighbors were few and far between.
He cleared 100 acres of the land, and erected some crude log buildings
which were later replaced with modern frame structures. He made
improvements from year to year and was a prosperous farmer until 1907 when
after more than two decades of residence on the place he rented the farm
and moved to Barron. Three years later he sold it. While in the township he
served on the town and school boards and his judgment was highly regarded.
In Barron City he did not enter into public affairs. He died March 29,
1911. Mr. Brown was married Feb. 24, 1874, to Sarah Peebles. This union has
been blessed with four children: Fannie W. was born July 22, 1876, and died
Sept. 1, 1877; Mabel was born March 8, 1878, and is now Mrs. H. H. Denison,
of Barron City; Warren was born Sept. 14, 1879, and is now in Canada; Brier
was born Dec. 21, 1891, and is now in Barron City. Sarah Peebles Brown was
born in eastern Canada, Aug. 13, 1849, coming to Wisconsin at eight years
of age. She came to Barron County with her husband in 1874, sharing with
him the joys and hardships of pioneer life. She died Sept. 18, 1921.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 118.