Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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Brown lnnrriecl Miss NcCumpsey; immediately after came to Stark
county, anti settled in To~~lon to~;nship. but after a fern years relnoved
to Lafa,yette. where he clied, October 18, ISTO, being then in his
seventy-fonrth year. He was a, sol die^ of the war of 1812.
Ihfi~lvw B~otun, SOIL of Erastus Brown, mas born in Vermont, in
1S21, remained ~~ith his parents until he was twentv years of age,
when he c:Lme to Peoria, \vhere Ile \\.as engaged in varco~~s occ~~patlons
for seven years. On August 1, 1847, Ile inarriecl IIni-riet Stoffer, a
(laughter of Jacob nncl Ma,:' (Tyson) Stoffer, who was born October
6, 15'26. IIey parents \rere natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in
Ohio, ant1 in IS44 settled in Peori;~ county, Ill. Soiue !ears later tl~ev
o:me to Starlc county, w1iel.e her inotlie~* tliecl in 1383, being then
eiglitj-nine !-ears of age, tl~us sur\riring her husband some years.
About a year aftell their ~n:~rriage, Mr. ant1 Mrs. Cronn came to Penn
townsl~~p, where tltey ~)urch:ist~tl land nncl begf~n its improvement,
amicl all the privations of pioneel. life. Tlieir nnlon has been blessed
by twelve children, seven of' rnl~oin are still livillg: Effie J. (deceased);
Anlanela P., now Mrs. Willial~i CI*OSS, of Iiansas; Nellie J., no\v Mrs.
Ed\\rin Bnl~re, of Valley to\vnshil-, ; Eliza, now Mrs. N. Foster, of Osccola
; Shernlau (cl eceasetl) ; Sainuel (tleceased); Lemnel (tleceased);
J:~nl~li~ C. (tieceaseel); Don~ E., no\v Mrs. E. Pettit, of Penn townsllil);
I-I. 13., nonT engagecl in tlie i~czrclmare trade in Castleton, Ill.;
Franklil~ JY.. a~zd IIerhert D. Politically, Mr. Brown is a Republican,
having votetl that ticket since tlie 1Suchnnai-t campaign. He now owns
640 acres of tlie choicest lands in Stnl;l; county. the greater part being
in Penn torv~isllil), on ~vhich is situatecl liis large pleasant residence.
Bhs. Erow11 has been an invalid for the last five years. In speaking
of pioneer life, hlr. anil Mrs. I>ro~viz relate inanp events, among others
being kept aivalie by the I~o\\-lii~g of the wolves, which surrounded the
cabin as soon :I,S cluk came on. Thei~ cabin \vas 12x12, and on one
c~ccasion MI'S. P;ro\vn 11elcl n "cyuilting," ancl, on ~iccount of 1;~cl; of
room in the l~onse, they cynilted out doors, with no cover but a slndl
sl~ed.
Bewjaw~ir~, B. Brlnnell, son of Joll~i Uunnell, mas born in Pike
county, Pa., 1811. His early life nras spent 117ith his parents, assisting
in the duties of tlie hem, or attellcling scllool. On January 7,
1833, 11e nlarriecl Miss S. A. Little, a, tltlltghter of Robert ancl Elizabeth
(L4rnist~'ong) Little. Iler parents \\-ere natives of New .Jprsey, where
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she was born in 1811. llle paternal grant1l)arents of James A. ancl
Robert E. were ,Johtl E~lnnell, l10r11 Angust 13, 1790. ~-11o died August
11, IS72 ;~nd N~IT Place, born September '7,1793, ~vho tliecl Kovember
3, lS51, 13en,jttlnin being one of a family of fourteen cllilclren, twelve
of \vhon~ reached mnnllood and r~omanhood. After this lnarriage,
Mr. ant1 Mrs. l3nnnt.11 began farming in Perms-lvania. \~~liicl~ occupation
tliey followecl tivent. .chars. 111 1854, he soltl I~is faun, and with
his E;~mily renioved to Illinois. ~,un.cllased :L section in Penn toi~~nship,
ant1 there resiclecl ilntil \vhen 11e went to Sashville, Tenn., to
nurse his son John, \v11o \Y;LS lying in tlie llospltal, and t1-11o never
recovered. Returning, 11e sold 1;s f;~r~n to his son Itobert. aacl removed
to Keponset, Ill., wilere lle resitletl ten years; then returned to Penn
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