James Brown

As printed in 1881

JAIHES BROWN, farmer; P. O. Twinsburg; was born Dec. 1, 1806, in Hampden Co., Mass, to James Brown, whose father's name also was James. The mother of our subject was Orvilla Phelps, of Connecticut; his father, being a poor man, he left home at the tender age of 7, and was buffeted about from place to place until he was 11 years of age, when he was bound out until his majority, after which he worked out by the day and month, receiving small compensation for his labor. In his 27th year, he married Emeline Waterman, daughter of Zebedee, a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Mr. Brown came West in the spring of 1839, to Twinsburg, where he manufactured shoes, which business he had followed to some extent before he came West. In 1841, he purchased the land where he now resides, which then was mostly unimproved. April 14, 1843, his wife died, leaving one daughter — Caroline, now Mi's. John W. Barge, who is a resident of Cleveland. Jan. 10 of the following year, he married Maranda Hanchett, born July 1, 1825, in Yates Co., N. Y., daughter of Seth and Patty Remington Hanchett, who were natives of Connecticut, and removed to Yates Co., N. Y., prior to the war of 1812. To them were born nine child'en. The family came West to this township in 1833, locating in the southeastern part. Mr. Brown, by his last marriage, has one child only — Almon James, who perpetuates the family name. To James, the grandfather of our subject, were born James, William, Nicholas, Daniel, Thomas, Lewis, Israel, Petsey and Jennie. To James and Orvilla Phelps were born Hcinnah, Orvilla, James, Roswell and Almon. Almon James was born Feb. 16, 1846, and, on March 5, 1868, married Miss Danchee, who was born Dec. 18, 1848, to Harrison and Sylphinia (Nye) Dunchee. Almon J. has one son: James H, born Dec. 27, 1877. The farm consists of 300 acres, the result of hard labor and rigid economy.

As printed in History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.