THOMAS J. BROWN
Thomas J. Brown. a prosperous farmer and stock man of Clarksfield township, was born March 16, 1848, in Sherman township, Huron county, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Greer) Brown, the former of whom was born in Geneva, Seneca county, New York. but came as a small child with his parents to Ohio.
Thomas J. Brown spent his boyhood and young manhood on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district schools of the county and in Milan Academy and the schools at Clyde and Geneva, Ohio. His own schooling completed, he engaged in teaching during the winter months in the schools of Seneca and Huron counties. During the summer, he worked on the farm. At the age of twenty-three, he engaged in mercantile business at Havana, Norwich township, to which he devoted his time for about two and a half years, after which he returned to farming in Norwich township, which was his home until March 10,1904, when he removed to Clarksfield township. During these years, he has pursued a general line of agriculture and has also engaged in the breeding of shorthorn cattle. In the latter work, he has attained quite a reputation beyond the township borders, for his animals are shipped to distant markets, where they are recognized as being of fine, pure breed, and many stockmen have bred cattle from his stock. He also raises silver Wyandotte poultry, of a high order. His farm, one hundred acres in extent, is under a fine state of cultivation and gives rich returns for the labor expended upon it.
On the 23d of October, 1873, Mr. Brown was married to Mrs. Jennie Knoles, the widow of Smith Knoles and the daughter of Dennis Downing, of Penn Yan, New York, but who at the time of her marriage was living in Seneca county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had no children of their own but have taken three children of other families into their home and have given them all the educational opportunities and advantages that they would give to their own offspring.
In politics, Mr. Brown has been rather independent. For twenty years he voted the prohibition ticket, but of late years has voted for whatever men and measures appealed to his idea of right. He has always shown a great interest in public matters, and never fails to exercise his right of franchise, but he has never sought an office at the disposition of the people. He keeps welt posted on all matters of general concern and is well able to defend his position, taken after he has convinced himself of its justness, against all opposition. In religious matters, he gives his allegiance to the Congregational church, in which he holds the position of deacon. In the Sunday school, he is a teacher and assistant superintendent, for he has ever shown a deep concern for the progress of the work of the church and the school.
-Source: History of Huron County Ohio It's Progress and Development Vol. II,
A. J. Baughman; Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1909 pgs 27-28
Contributor: K Haymond (46847827)
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Thomas J. Brown, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
Name: Thomas J. Brown
Event Date: 29 May 1927
Event Place: Olney, Richland, Ill.
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1848
Birthplace: Huron Co. Ohio
Father's Name: William Brown
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Spouse's Name: Mrs. Lorane W. B...
Burial Date: 01 Jun 1927
Burial Place: Willard, Ohio
Cemetery: Willard
Thomas J. Brown. a prosperous farmer and stock man of Clarksfield township, was born March 16, 1848, in Sherman township, Huron county, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Greer) Brown, the former of whom was born in Geneva, Seneca county, New York. but came as a small child with his parents to Ohio.
Thomas J. Brown spent his boyhood and young manhood on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district schools of the county and in Milan Academy and the schools at Clyde and Geneva, Ohio. His own schooling completed, he engaged in teaching during the winter months in the schools of Seneca and Huron counties. During the summer, he worked on the farm. At the age of twenty-three, he engaged in mercantile business at Havana, Norwich township, to which he devoted his time for about two and a half years, after which he returned to farming in Norwich township, which was his home until March 10,1904, when he removed to Clarksfield township. During these years, he has pursued a general line of agriculture and has also engaged in the breeding of shorthorn cattle. In the latter work, he has attained quite a reputation beyond the township borders, for his animals are shipped to distant markets, where they are recognized as being of fine, pure breed, and many stockmen have bred cattle from his stock. He also raises silver Wyandotte poultry, of a high order. His farm, one hundred acres in extent, is under a fine state of cultivation and gives rich returns for the labor expended upon it.
On the 23d of October, 1873, Mr. Brown was married to Mrs. Jennie Knoles, the widow of Smith Knoles and the daughter of Dennis Downing, of Penn Yan, New York, but who at the time of her marriage was living in Seneca county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had no children of their own but have taken three children of other families into their home and have given them all the educational opportunities and advantages that they would give to their own offspring.
In politics, Mr. Brown has been rather independent. For twenty years he voted the prohibition ticket, but of late years has voted for whatever men and measures appealed to his idea of right. He has always shown a great interest in public matters, and never fails to exercise his right of franchise, but he has never sought an office at the disposition of the people. He keeps welt posted on all matters of general concern and is well able to defend his position, taken after he has convinced himself of its justness, against all opposition. In religious matters, he gives his allegiance to the Congregational church, in which he holds the position of deacon. In the Sunday school, he is a teacher and assistant superintendent, for he has ever shown a deep concern for the progress of the work of the church and the school.
-Source: History of Huron County Ohio It's Progress and Development Vol. II,
A. J. Baughman; Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1909 pgs 27-28
Contributor: K Haymond (46847827)
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Thomas J. Brown, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
Name: Thomas J. Brown
Event Date: 29 May 1927
Event Place: Olney, Richland, Ill.
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1848
Birthplace: Huron Co. Ohio
Father's Name: William Brown
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Spouse's Name: Mrs. Lorane W. B...
Burial Date: 01 Jun 1927
Burial Place: Willard, Ohio
Cemetery: Willard
THOMAS J. BROWN
Thomas J. Brown. a prosperous farmer and stock man of Clarksfield township, was born March 16, 1848, in Sherman township, Huron county, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Greer) Brown, the former of whom was born in Geneva, Seneca county, New York. but came as a small child with his parents to Ohio.
Thomas J. Brown spent his boyhood and young manhood on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district schools of the county and in Milan Academy and the schools at Clyde and Geneva, Ohio. His own schooling completed, he engaged in teaching during the winter months in the schools of Seneca and Huron counties. During the summer, he worked on the farm. At the age of twenty-three, he engaged in mercantile business at Havana, Norwich township, to which he devoted his time for about two and a half years, after which he returned to farming in Norwich township, which was his home until March 10,1904, when he removed to Clarksfield township. During these years, he has pursued a general line of agriculture and has also engaged in the breeding of shorthorn cattle. In the latter work, he has attained quite a reputation beyond the township borders, for his animals are shipped to distant markets, where they are recognized as being of fine, pure breed, and many stockmen have bred cattle from his stock. He also raises silver Wyandotte poultry, of a high order. His farm, one hundred acres in extent, is under a fine state of cultivation and gives rich returns for the labor expended upon it.
On the 23d of October, 1873, Mr. Brown was married to Mrs. Jennie Knoles, the widow of Smith Knoles and the daughter of Dennis Downing, of Penn Yan, New York, but who at the time of her marriage was living in Seneca county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had no children of their own but have taken three children of other families into their home and have given them all the educational opportunities and advantages that they would give to their own offspring.
In politics, Mr. Brown has been rather independent. For twenty years he voted the prohibition ticket, but of late years has voted for whatever men and measures appealed to his idea of right. He has always shown a great interest in public matters, and never fails to exercise his right of franchise, but he has never sought an office at the disposition of the people. He keeps welt posted on all matters of general concern and is well able to defend his position, taken after he has convinced himself of its justness, against all opposition. In religious matters, he gives his allegiance to the Congregational church, in which he holds the position of deacon. In the Sunday school, he is a teacher and assistant superintendent, for he has ever shown a deep concern for the progress of the work of the church and the school.
-Source: History of Huron County Ohio It's Progress and Development Vol. II,
A. J. Baughman; Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1909 pgs 27-28
Contributor: K Haymond (46847827)
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Thomas J. Brown, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
Name: Thomas J. Brown
Event Date: 29 May 1927
Event Place: Olney, Richland, Ill.
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1848
Birthplace: Huron Co. Ohio
Father's Name: William Brown
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Spouse's Name: Mrs. Lorane W. B...
Burial Date: 01 Jun 1927
Burial Place: Willard, Ohio
Cemetery: Willard
Thomas J. Brown. a prosperous farmer and stock man of Clarksfield township, was born March 16, 1848, in Sherman township, Huron county, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Greer) Brown, the former of whom was born in Geneva, Seneca county, New York. but came as a small child with his parents to Ohio.
Thomas J. Brown spent his boyhood and young manhood on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district schools of the county and in Milan Academy and the schools at Clyde and Geneva, Ohio. His own schooling completed, he engaged in teaching during the winter months in the schools of Seneca and Huron counties. During the summer, he worked on the farm. At the age of twenty-three, he engaged in mercantile business at Havana, Norwich township, to which he devoted his time for about two and a half years, after which he returned to farming in Norwich township, which was his home until March 10,1904, when he removed to Clarksfield township. During these years, he has pursued a general line of agriculture and has also engaged in the breeding of shorthorn cattle. In the latter work, he has attained quite a reputation beyond the township borders, for his animals are shipped to distant markets, where they are recognized as being of fine, pure breed, and many stockmen have bred cattle from his stock. He also raises silver Wyandotte poultry, of a high order. His farm, one hundred acres in extent, is under a fine state of cultivation and gives rich returns for the labor expended upon it.
On the 23d of October, 1873, Mr. Brown was married to Mrs. Jennie Knoles, the widow of Smith Knoles and the daughter of Dennis Downing, of Penn Yan, New York, but who at the time of her marriage was living in Seneca county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had no children of their own but have taken three children of other families into their home and have given them all the educational opportunities and advantages that they would give to their own offspring.
In politics, Mr. Brown has been rather independent. For twenty years he voted the prohibition ticket, but of late years has voted for whatever men and measures appealed to his idea of right. He has always shown a great interest in public matters, and never fails to exercise his right of franchise, but he has never sought an office at the disposition of the people. He keeps welt posted on all matters of general concern and is well able to defend his position, taken after he has convinced himself of its justness, against all opposition. In religious matters, he gives his allegiance to the Congregational church, in which he holds the position of deacon. In the Sunday school, he is a teacher and assistant superintendent, for he has ever shown a deep concern for the progress of the work of the church and the school.
-Source: History of Huron County Ohio It's Progress and Development Vol. II,
A. J. Baughman; Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1909 pgs 27-28
Contributor: K Haymond (46847827)
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Thomas J. Brown, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
Name: Thomas J. Brown
Event Date: 29 May 1927
Event Place: Olney, Richland, Ill.
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1848
Birthplace: Huron Co. Ohio
Father's Name: William Brown
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Spouse's Name: Mrs. Lorane W. B...
Burial Date: 01 Jun 1927
Burial Place: Willard, Ohio
Cemetery: Willard
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