My 2nd Great Grandfather on my biological father's side. According to granddaughter Eltana (Brown) Allen, Edwin Brown was "well off" financially. She says "...the Brown's came over with or settled in Pennsylvania near William Penn. One married a Jewish girl and either they or one of their descendants went to Canada. He had a lot of land and a lot of boys. As they became 21 he gave them a choice -- 1,000 acres or $1,000." The father of Edwin Brown must have been living in Canada because Eltana continues "...When his 21st birthday came he took the $1,000 and came to the U.S. and went to school to be a school teacher. He went to Nebraska to teach where he met Eltana (Baldwin).
Married 1) Eltana Ruth Merwin on October 1, 1858 in Auburn, Chippewa Co., WI. FamilySearch.org says she was born 1838 in Springboro, Crawford Co., PA and died 1876 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL but unknown burial location. Six known children:
Effie Pamela (m Orrin Fay Seely)
Milton Samuel (m Viola Belle Knowles & Adell E.)
Edwin Harrison (1864-1867)
Willis Edwin (my Great Grandfather m Mabel Edna Gardner)
Ruth Elizabeth (1872-1875)
Percy Sylvanus (1874-1875)
Married 2) Imogene Pound (widow of George W. Houck) on May 11, 1877 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE. She brought two children to marriage:
Myrtie Luella Houck & Arthur Wesley Houck.
One known son: Ernest Rennen (m Elvia M Smith)
Married 3) Mrs. Marie (Robinson) Smith Davis, 1884.
Married 1) Eltana Ruth Merwin on October 1, 1858 in Auburn, Chippewa Co., WI. FamilySearch.org says she was born 1838 in Springboro, Crawford Co., PA and died 1876 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL but unknown burial location. Six known children:
Effie Pamela (m Orrin Fay Seely)
Milton Samuel (m Viola Belle Knowles & Adell E.)
Edwin Harrison (1864-1867)
Willis Edwin (my Great Grandfather m Mabel Edna Gardner)
Ruth Elizabeth (1872-1875)
Percy Sylvanus (1874-1875)
Married 2) Imogene Pound (widow of George W. Houck) on May 11, 1877 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE. She brought two children to marriage:
Myrtie Luella Houck & Arthur Wesley Houck.
One known son: Ernest Rennen (m Elvia M Smith)
Married 3) Mrs. Marie (Robinson) Smith Davis, 1884.
My 2nd Great Grandfather on my biological father's side. According to granddaughter Eltana (Brown) Allen, Edwin Brown was "well off" financially. She says "...the Brown's came over with or settled in Pennsylvania near William Penn. One married a Jewish girl and either they or one of their descendants went to Canada. He had a lot of land and a lot of boys. As they became 21 he gave them a choice -- 1,000 acres or $1,000." The father of Edwin Brown must have been living in Canada because Eltana continues "...When his 21st birthday came he took the $1,000 and came to the U.S. and went to school to be a school teacher. He went to Nebraska to teach where he met Eltana (Baldwin).
Married 1) Eltana Ruth Merwin on October 1, 1858 in Auburn, Chippewa Co., WI. FamilySearch.org says she was born 1838 in Springboro, Crawford Co., PA and died 1876 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL but unknown burial location. Six known children:
Effie Pamela (m Orrin Fay Seely)
Milton Samuel (m Viola Belle Knowles & Adell E.)
Edwin Harrison (1864-1867)
Willis Edwin (my Great Grandfather m Mabel Edna Gardner)
Ruth Elizabeth (1872-1875)
Percy Sylvanus (1874-1875)
Married 2) Imogene Pound (widow of George W. Houck) on May 11, 1877 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE. She brought two children to marriage:
Myrtie Luella Houck & Arthur Wesley Houck.
One known son: Ernest Rennen (m Elvia M Smith)
Married 3) Mrs. Marie (Robinson) Smith Davis, 1884.
Married 1) Eltana Ruth Merwin on October 1, 1858 in Auburn, Chippewa Co., WI. FamilySearch.org says she was born 1838 in Springboro, Crawford Co., PA and died 1876 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL but unknown burial location. Six known children:
Effie Pamela (m Orrin Fay Seely)
Milton Samuel (m Viola Belle Knowles & Adell E.)
Edwin Harrison (1864-1867)
Willis Edwin (my Great Grandfather m Mabel Edna Gardner)
Ruth Elizabeth (1872-1875)
Percy Sylvanus (1874-1875)
Married 2) Imogene Pound (widow of George W. Houck) on May 11, 1877 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE. She brought two children to marriage:
Myrtie Luella Houck & Arthur Wesley Houck.
One known son: Ernest Rennen (m Elvia M Smith)
Married 3) Mrs. Marie (Robinson) Smith Davis, 1884.
Gravesite Details
Date of Interment: January 01, 1927
