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Born 1820, Schuylkill County
From The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882)
ANTHONY BROWN, farmer, P. O. Miamisburg, was born in Schuylkill County, Penn., June 13, 1820. His parents were George and Elizabeth Brown, both natives of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Ohio in 1822, settling in Greene County, where they resided till their decease. Our subject was educated in the common schools of that early period, but his principal education was got with the ax and grubbing hoe used in the clearing of the land for agricultural purposes. He married Miss Rebecca Lindenwood, daughter of John and Rosanna Lindenwood, who were natives of Virginia, in 1842, November 8. They resided in Greene County six years, when they removed to Montgomery County in 1848, where they have since resided. Their family consists of six children as follows, viz.: Rosanna E., born November 21, 1843; Rebecca A., April 26, 1845; Lydia A., November 13, 1847, died September 13, 1849; William, October 10, 1849; Leah P., born January 11, 1856; John A., June 13, 1858. Mr. Brown has a fine farm of 124 acres, finely located and well improved, two and one-quarter miles east of Miamisburg, on the Centerville Pike. Mr. Brown and wife are both members of the Reformed Church of Miamisburg.
As printed in The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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