The Buchanan County histories sketch five separate Brown households and seldom say how one is related to another, so each is kept apart here. The oldest is Judge Thomas A. Brown, born in Knox County, Tennessee, in 1812, who settled a few miles south of St. Joseph, was elected judge of the Buchanan County Court, moved to Nodaway County, where he served six years in the legislature, and came back to a farm south of the city in 1862; his son John C. Brown joined the St. Joseph police force in 1897. J. R. Brown, a Union veteran of the 12th Missouri, ran a blacksmith shop in St. Joseph, and William A. Brown joined his father, Milton A. Brown, in the transfer business in 1886. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Buchanan County history.
Earliest in the record
Alexander Brown, Sr.born 1811Most recent in our records
William A. Brownborn 1866Each number matches a section below. Tap a name to jump to that person.
Pioneer farmer; judge of the Buchanan County Court
Farmer, implement dealer and police officer
JOHN C. BROWN, member of the metropolitan police force, was born in Nodaway County, Mo., March 8, 1858, and is the son of Judge Thomas A. Brown, one of the earliest pioneers of Buchanan County, who was born in Knox County, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1812, and came to the Platte Purchase in 1838, who from 1844 to 1862 resided in what is now Nodaway County, and who since his return to Buchanan County has several times held the position of county judge, and who is still living in St. Joseph. Our subject farmer for many years, was in 1885-86 deputy superintendent of the poor farm, and subsequently engaged in the implement business in St. Joseph. He was appointed on the police force Oct. 28, 1897, and has an exceptionally good record in this line of work. He is not married.
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Farmer, section 30, Rushville
ALEXANDER BROWN, Sr., farmer, section 30, postoffice Rushville, was born in Bath County, Kentucky, May 22, 181 1, and, in 1832, went to Decatur County, Indiana, and there remained till October, 1835. At that time, he was married to Miss Mary A. Connor, after which they moved to Missouri, and located in Daviess County for two years, then moved to this county, where he has since resided. He now owns 160 acres of land. He previously owned more, but has given to his children. Mr. and Mrs. B.
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A. M. BROWN, farmer and fine stock breeder, section 11, postoffice DeKalb, was born May 4, 183,8., and is a native of Decatur County, Indiana. In the fall of that year he was brought to Buchanan County, when, after receiving a fair education in the common schools, he attended the high school at Weston. He spent his boyhood days on a farm till sixteen years of age, after which he was engaged in the mercantile trade for several years. With this exception he has followed agricultural pursuits. He and his mother-in-law own 433 acres, their home farm containing 163 acres. He was married December 28, 1859, to Miss Julia Kendley. She was born in Kentucky, February 22, 1844. They have one child, Mary S., now Mrs. Steele, born October 8, 1861. Mr. Brown is a Mason, and a member of Wellington Lodge No. 22.
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Blacksmith; Civil War veteran
J. R. BROWN, of the firm of Brown & Leverich, blacksmiths, is a native of Logan County, Indiana, and was born February 7, 1838. When young, he removed to Keosauqua, Iowa, where his father, John, located with his family for a short time, and then came to Andrew County, Missouri. J. R. came to St. Joseph in 1861, and here learned his trade, and has since been a constant resident, with the exception of his term in the army. He was in the state militia, and in 1863, enlisted in the Twelfth Missouri Regiment, participating in many of the stirring events, and serving one year on the plains after the war was over, when he was honorably discharged. Returning to St. Joseph, he has since been employed at his trade, in which he is quite proficient. In 1880, he formed a partnership with George Leverich. Mr. Brown has been twice married, first in 1862, to Miss Martha Rains, who died in 1868, leaving one daughter living, Mary E. He was again married in September, 1876, to Flora Ratliff. They have two children, Ono and Ora.
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Of the William A. Brown Transfer and Storage Company; his sketch is printed run on into another man's
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