Henry D. Brown

BROWN, HARDMAN, HAN, HOBART, PATTERSON

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Date: 7/22/2007 at 09:16:38

History of Cedar Co., Iowa, 1878

Center Township

Brown, Henry D., undertaker, Tipton; born in Madison Co., Ky., Feb. 13, 1813; lived there fourteen years; moved to Ohio and lived there ten years; came to this county in April, 1837, and settled at Rochester; the Indians had just left; he was one of the earliest settlers; built a saw-mill at the mouth of Rock Creek, and also worked at carpenter's trade; has been engaged in business here twenty-seven years; he has been class leader in the M. E. Church forty-four years; he and Col. Hardman and wife, Daniel Han, wife and daughter composed the first M. E. Class in Cedar County; it was organized by Chauncey Hobart in Aug., 1837--over forty years ago. He married Emeline Patterson, from Iowa City, in Oct., 1843; they have three children--Laura, Nettie and Emma; lost three children--Leonidas, their son, was in the army in Co. I 46th Regt. I.V.I.; was shot in the head and mortally wounded in a skirmish near Colliersville, Tenn., and died in Chicago Feb. 5, 1865. Margaret and Roscoe died in infancy.