Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

622 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
added to his agricultural duty that of stock-growing and clealing in
stocli of all Bintls in which his father \ms extensively engaged up to
his death. In political life he is tllorooghly Republican, in cllurch
matlters, Christian, but not denominational. ~hon@ a. yoyng man lie
has fillecl several townsllip offices creditably, and is now director of
the Castleton grlldecl school district.
John Bentley BYO~U~, deceixsed, was born in Augusta county, Va.
in 1806. When of age he inarrietl Miss Betsy, tlaugllter of Tllomas ancl
, Jane Johnson, 1111 natives of Virginia, ancl in '37 inigrnted 1vesti\7artl
with his f;~inily, settling in Peoria county, Ill., near what is no\\. Bno\vn
as Ed\r;~rtls Stlation. In '53 he re~no~etl to TVyorning, enstgeed in
nlercantile business antl so continuetl in tracle until his death, May 83,
'80. His \riclow diecl there J ~une 30, '81. Of their eight clliltlren, five
are living : U. W., of Penn, the senior ; John M., whose histo~y appears
in tlre chapter on Toulon, Newton G., murrieil, resicling in Allen
county, Kan., Martllr~, wife of C. G. Colburn of Wyoming, ancl ISMbella,
a teacher in the public scllools. John B. Brown was recognized
as a man of zeal ancl earnestness in religious, temperance and political
affi~irs, \\.as a st.;loncll member of tlie M. E. Church fo~
fiftv years preceding
his death.
C'mnr~x~r. IK Brotun, born in I-Inmpshire county, Va., July 31, 1834,
is the eldest son of ,John Gentley Grocvn wllo settled in Peoria
county in '37, and came to Stark county in 1853. EIe shared all Iris
father's travels anct pioneer labors in Peoria county ancl Wyoming,
ancl in the latter dace was connectetl ~vitll his father's business for
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some years - thus obtaining a, very practical eclucation in the scliool,
on the fnnn, ant1 in the store. In Novernl~er, '56 he married Miss
Elizabeth C., clauo.hter ol' Jalmes fi'. and Elizabeth I-Ienclerson, natives
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of ~enns~lvan kt, but pioneers of Tazewell county, Ill., where Mrs.
Brown was born March 5, '36.
In '61 he enetgetl in a.gricolttum1
work, south of Wvoming, ;md in August, 'cia, enlisted in Company E,
~ne-hunclred-and-~~~~elfl;il Iiepiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was
chosen first lieutenant and nlatle the record credited to him in
the military clr;~yter of this work. On the close of the War, ire purchasetl
a fam~ on section 14, Penn township, antl has since been prominent
in adding to the live-stock ancl agricultural wealth of the county.
In politics he is Iiel)ul)lican, ant1 in religion i~supporterof the
Methoclist Church of n.hich Mrs. J3rown is a member. In public affairs
he has always ~r~anifestetl nntl felt a cleep interest in advancing whatever
apl)earetl to be for the best interests of the people, has repeateclly
been c;~lletl upon to fill ofices of public trust antl responsibility,. ant1
has al\~~ays performet1 the duties of sucll offices with creclit to
hin~self ;~rr tl sat is-f;rction to his constituents. 02 his three clliltlren,
Will ia.m is ~r~arrietl ;mtl ;L resiclen t of Nebmska ; James, unmarrietl,
and George, ~ni~rrietl, are farmers of this to~vnsllip.
Erast tie Bro.co9, an tl his wife, hilmnda (Sta,fford) Bvown, natives of
Vermont, rernovetl in IS43 to Del(i~11) county, Ill., where they re- .
~nainetl onlv 51. short time, \vhen thev removetl to Peoria county.
There Mr. Brown purcl~asetl a farm "and began its improvement ;
there Mrs. Brown psssecl to her last sleep. about a year later Mr.