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Charles Brown

Charles Brown

Male 1805 - 1872  (67 years)


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  • Name Charles Brown 
    Birth 5 Apr 1805  Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Group Whig  [2] 
    • From the History of Marshall County:
      He was prominent in the public life of his community...He was a Whig politically.
    Residence 1839  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    • Charles and Lucy Brown were early settlers of Marshall County.

      From History of Marshall County:
      The family left their New York home in 1837, and with horse teams started on the overland journey to Indiana, but in Michigan they traded their horses for oxen, and thus proceeded on their way to Marshall county, where Mr. Brown entered eighty acres of government land. The first home of the family was a little log cabin which he had built in the wilderness, their most frequent visitors in those early days being the Indians and wild animals
      Witness Role: Child: [I803] Melissa BROWN
      Witness Role: Spouse: [I880] Lucy CONNER
    Occupation From 1850 to 1860  [5, 6] 
    farmer 
    Census 1 Jun 1850  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Witness Role: head of household: [I879] Charles BROWN
      Witness Role: wife: [I880] Lucy CONNER
      Witness Role: daughter: [I2599] Lucetta BROWN
      Witness Role: daughter: [I803] Melissa BROWN
      Witness Role: son: [I2598] James BROWN
      Witness Role: daughter: [I2596] Matilda BROWN
      Witness Role: daughter: [I2594] Sallie W BROWN
      Witness Role: daughter: [I2593] Keziah BROWN
      Witness Role: son: [I2592] Charles BROWN
    Census 1 Jun 1860  Walnut Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Witness Role: head of household: [I879] Charles BROWN
      Witness Role: wife: [I880] Lucy CONNER
      Witness Role: daughter: [I2593] Keziah BROWN
      Witness Role: son: [I2592] Charles BROWN
      Witness Role: son: [I2595] Sylvanus BROWN
      Witness Role: daughter: [I2597] Lucy BROWN
    Census 1 Jun 1870  Walnut Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Witness Role: head of household: [I879] Charles BROWN
      Witness Role: wife: [I2597] Lucy BROWN
      Witness Role: son: [I2595] Sylvanus BROWN
      Witness Role: daughter: [I880] Lucy CONNER
      Witness Role: laborer: Name: Charles Behn
    Family Search ID 2782-172 
    Occupation Justice of the Peace  [2] 
    Occupation School Director  [2] 
    Religion Church of God  [2] 
    _UID C4F50A9888EE410B95D8EC74E7DA0CF4ABF8 
    Death 4 Sep 1872  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial Maple Grove Cemetery, Walnut Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    gravestones\BROWN Charles    		 gravestones\BROWN Charles
    Person ID I879  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2025 

    Father Sylvanus Brown,   b. 13 Aug 1776, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1866, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Sarah Spaulding,   b. 13 Aug 1782, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1812 (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 23 Oct 1800  Oneida, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Divorce 14 Aug 1811  [9] 
    • Sarah deserted Sylvanus Sept 1805.
      Note: Son Harry Brown was born 1808, his mother is assumed to be Sarah Spaulding, either that is wrong, or the date of Sarah's desertion is wrong.
    Family ID F804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Lucy Conner,   b. 14 May 1808, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1900, Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jan 1829  Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Children 
    >1. Lucetta Brown,   b. Abt 25 Jan 1831, Jefferson, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1861 (Age 30 years)
    +2. Melissa Brown,   b. 8 Feb 1832, Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1918, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     3. James Brown,   b. 1834, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Matilda Brown,   b. 1838, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >5. Sallie W Brown,   b. 20 Mar 1841, Walnut Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1927, Lake Odessa, Ionia, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    >6. Keziah Brown,   b. Abt 1844, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1926, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     7. Charles Brown,   b. 1845, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >8. Sylvanus Brown,   b. 17 Sep 1848, Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1925, Spring Lake Township, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +9. Lucy Brown,   b. 17 Nov 1850, Walnut Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1917, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F277  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2023 

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    gravestones\BROWN Charles    		gravestones\BROWN Charles

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] Bio - Railsbacks in Argos IN.

    2. [S828] Bio - Railsback William b1830.

    3. [S1403] DAR - Name Restricted to Sylvanus Brown.

    4. [S826] Bio - Hand William E.

    5. [S783] Cens1850 - IN Marshall p489.

    6. [S1453] Cens1860 - IN Marshall Walnut p112.

    7. [S1454] Cens1870 - IN Marshall Walnut p29.

    8. [S1235] Find a Grave: Charles Brown.

    9. [S1418] FSFT - General.