Pvt Caleb Brown Jr.

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Pvt Caleb Brown Jr.

Birth
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Mar 1920 (aged 84)
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.0118675, Longitude: -78.3602448
Plot
Section B
Memorial ID
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My Great-Great Grandfather Caleb was the son of Caleb Brown Sr. (1793-1880) and Sarah Wagoner Brown (1798-1877). He married Missouri Greenland on April 23, 1857 in Clay Twp., Huntingdon County, Pa. They had the following children:

(1) Cyrus James Marvin Brown (1858-1901)
(2) Lillie May Brown (1861-1861)
(3) Ida Alice Brown Minnick (1862-1908)
(4) Eunice "Elmer" Brown Saupp (1864-1929)
(5) William Roy Tompson Brown (1867-1902)
(6) George A. L. Brown (1869-1903)
(7) Minnie Arvadia Florence Brown Harclerode (1872-1948)
(8) Sarah Brown Wireman Parks (1875-1957)
(9) Nathan Oliver Brown (1877-1953)
(10)David Ellesworth Brown (1881-1941)

Caleb served as a "private" in the 67th Regiment of the Pa Vol Inf, Co. C during the Civil War.

Caleb peddled dry goods and liniments around Huntingdon County, Pa after the war. He developed and sold his own liniment called "Brown's Liniment".

Caleb lived the last year of his life at the National Old Soldiers' Home in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He died there of pneumonia. His body was place in a train and taken back to Pa. He was buried in Everett Cemetery.

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Special thank you to CDee for sponsoring my 2nd great-grandfather.
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My Great-Great Grandfather Caleb was the son of Caleb Brown Sr. (1793-1880) and Sarah Wagoner Brown (1798-1877). He married Missouri Greenland on April 23, 1857 in Clay Twp., Huntingdon County, Pa. They had the following children:

(1) Cyrus James Marvin Brown (1858-1901)
(2) Lillie May Brown (1861-1861)
(3) Ida Alice Brown Minnick (1862-1908)
(4) Eunice "Elmer" Brown Saupp (1864-1929)
(5) William Roy Tompson Brown (1867-1902)
(6) George A. L. Brown (1869-1903)
(7) Minnie Arvadia Florence Brown Harclerode (1872-1948)
(8) Sarah Brown Wireman Parks (1875-1957)
(9) Nathan Oliver Brown (1877-1953)
(10)David Ellesworth Brown (1881-1941)

Caleb served as a "private" in the 67th Regiment of the Pa Vol Inf, Co. C during the Civil War.

Caleb peddled dry goods and liniments around Huntingdon County, Pa after the war. He developed and sold his own liniment called "Brown's Liniment".

Caleb lived the last year of his life at the National Old Soldiers' Home in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He died there of pneumonia. His body was place in a train and taken back to Pa. He was buried in Everett Cemetery.

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Special thank you to CDee for sponsoring my 2nd great-grandfather.
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  • Created by: Jil
  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31811305/caleb-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Caleb Brown Jr. (8 May 1835–18 Mar 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31811305, citing Everett Cemetery, Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Jil (contributor 47074867).