Benjamin Brown

As printed in 1882

BENJAMIN BROWN (deceased) was born in Gloucester Co., N. J., April 1798; was a son of Asher and Mary (Ward) Brown, natives of New Jersey. 3 grandparents, Samuel and Ann Brown, whose ancestors were natives of land, emigrated to America at an early period, prior to the Revolu- V lary war, and lived and died in New Jersey. Asher Brown was born, raised married in New Jersey, where he lived till, in 1804, he, with his family, grated to Ohio and located in Warren County, being one of the early piers. He first took up his above in a log cabin, which had been occupied as 'isting-place for hogs during nights; it had no floor and no doors. They, river, soon split out puncheons and laid a floor and made other improvelts, so as in that day they called it quite a comfortable home. Mr. Brown rtly after his arrival, entered 500 acres of land in Clear Creek Township, upvhich he located and resided the balance of his life. To pay for his land, Mr. *wn bought a large lot of hogs and drove them over the mountains to Philaphia and sold them, by which he realized quite a large profit. He experied the real hardships of pioneer life, such as the rising generations know ing of, only as they hear of them or read of them from the pages of history. 3y were parents of twelve children; three now survive — John, Asher and an. Mr. Brown was an earnest and consistent member of the Society of ends — distinguished for his love and liberality to the poor and needy and ill mankind. He died March 4, 1832, aged 71 years 5 months and 21 days, (ljamin, our subject, was 6 years of age when brought to Ohio and located Warren County, where he was raised and grew to manhood, accustomed to cabin life, with all the attendant hardships of pioneer life; was married j. 7, 1821, to Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Mercy Chapman, whose antral history is fully given in the sketch of Charles F. Chapman. By this jon they had five children — Esther married Sidwell Taylor, by whom she one child — Anna C., born Feb. 20, 1860; Charles F., deceased; Mary; ljamin and Sarah (twins) and Benjamin, now deceased. Mr. Brown, after marriage, located upon a part of the large tract of land which his father ered from the Government, and opened out a farm right from the woods, here he resided until 1836, when he bought and located upon the place ire his daughters, Mary and Sarah, still reside, and here he died Sept. 22, 3, aged 75 years and 5 months; his wife died Jan. 26, 1873, aged 73 years. Brown was a member of the Society of Friends — a man whose whole life characterized by honesty, integrity and kindness; whose religion was pracil, endeavoring to practice all and more than he professed: kind and generous, firm and unyielding, clinging close to principles, and his acute sense of it was just and right, and as such was a worthy example for the rising mentions.

As printed in The history of Warren County, Ohio .. (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.