of Preble County, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Eli Brown 1815 – 1898
Eli Brown⚭ Mary Cox
childrenMartha Hecathorn · Severe Brown · Nelson Brown · Sarah Odell · Michael Brown · Jerusha Banta · Amanda Bosman · Mary Parks · Catherine Minich
Their story
What the record says
Father of Michael Brown.
Born 1815 in Harrison township.
Farmer all his life.
Died 1898.
Wife Mary (Cox) died 1887 (eleven years before him).
Nine children.
Martha, Severe, and Nelson deceased.
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