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Born 1849, Howard county
From The history of Jasper county, Missouri : including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships : together with numerous portraits of prominen (1883)
GEORGE BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Howard county, Ind., July 23, 1849. In 1846 his father, William, went to Wabasha county, Minn., where he resided for a number of years. In 1870 he removed to Jasper county. Mo., and now resides in Carthage. The subject of this sketch was married to Miss Mary 11. Hubbard in June, 1875; she was born in Bond county, In, March 2, 1852. They have one little girl, Ethel. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Carthage. Mr. Brown has a fine farm of 280 acres; raising 525 bushels of wheat, 1,200 bushels of corn, and 120 bushels of oats; he has also a fine young orchard. Mr. Brown has been a justice of the peace for some time in this township. The farm is located in sections 20 and 29, township 28, and range 31 of
Jackson township. Mr. Brown has a fine flock of sheep, and deals also in stock. He is a man of systematic business principles, industrious, and generally respected and esteemed.
As printed in The history of Jasper county, Missouri : including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships : together with numerous portraits of prominent (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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