Simon Brown, who was born in Massachusetts and descended from a family traceable back to the first settlers of
Mayflower stock. Simon Brown was in the Civil War, a member of the Eighth Maine Regiment, and he was wounded by the bursting of a shell. Having farmed in Maine he later removed to Menominee County, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering; and then he went back to Maine.
He married Harriet Hall, a native of Maine and a member of an old Massachusetts family, who also traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to California in 1910 to make their home with their son, W. E., at Coalinga. They were the parents of three girls and a son, among whom William is the third oldest.
Mayflower stock. Simon Brown was in the Civil War, a member of the Eighth Maine Regiment, and he was wounded by the bursting of a shell. Having farmed in Maine he later removed to Menominee County, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering; and then he went back to Maine.
He married Harriet Hall, a native of Maine and a member of an old Massachusetts family, who also traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to California in 1910 to make their home with their son, W. E., at Coalinga. They were the parents of three girls and a son, among whom William is the third oldest.
Simon Brown, who was born in Massachusetts and descended from a family traceable back to the first settlers of
Mayflower stock. Simon Brown was in the Civil War, a member of the Eighth Maine Regiment, and he was wounded by the bursting of a shell. Having farmed in Maine he later removed to Menominee County, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering; and then he went back to Maine.
He married Harriet Hall, a native of Maine and a member of an old Massachusetts family, who also traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to California in 1910 to make their home with their son, W. E., at Coalinga. They were the parents of three girls and a son, among whom William is the third oldest.
Mayflower stock. Simon Brown was in the Civil War, a member of the Eighth Maine Regiment, and he was wounded by the bursting of a shell. Having farmed in Maine he later removed to Menominee County, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering; and then he went back to Maine.
He married Harriet Hall, a native of Maine and a member of an old Massachusetts family, who also traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to California in 1910 to make their home with their son, W. E., at Coalinga. They were the parents of three girls and a son, among whom William is the third oldest.
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