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Jacob C. Brown
The next family that settled in the neighborhood of Pella was that of Jacob C. Brown. He was a native of North Carolina, and became a pioneer at an early period in life. First moved to Tennessee, and from thence to Illinois, in 1830, where, with his family, and but a half dollar in money, he began the battle of life in the wilderness, and became inured to the privations of frontier life before he came to Iowa. In May, 1844, he settled near where Pella now is, where he remained till '47, when he sold his claim to the Hollanders, and moved to Summit. He now lives in Monroe, Jasper Co.