George Brown Biography   Hancock County, WV
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Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the 
Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia".  
Compiled and Written by:
J.H. Newton,  G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle
Published by:
J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA.

                Biographical Sketches of Hancock County:
George Brown:
a son of Richard Brown Jr., deceased was born February 29, 1809 in 
Holliday's Cove, now Hancock County West Virginia.  He has followed farming 
as his vocation during life.  He married Miss Ellen Sprowle, daughter of 
Hugh Sprowle, of Irish descent, February 21, 1854.  They settled on the farm 
where they are now living.  The land was taken up by his grandfather, Jacob 
Nessley, in 1785.