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Born 1826, Clinton Township
From Commemorative biographical record of Wayne County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families .. (1889)
STEPHEN BROWN, son of John \ B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, was born in Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, August 8, 1820, on the farm now owned by Ralston B.‘ Brown. January 31, 1850, he married Martha M., daughter of Jesse Riffle, and they then located in Franklin Township, where they remained five years; thence in 1855, they removed to the place Mr. Brown now owns in Clinton Township. Hero he built his present residence, made many improvements, and now has a farm of 240 acres. To them three children have been born: Herbert B., who married
Sidnia Jones, and lias located on the home farm (they have one son, Felix J.);
As printed in Commemorative biographical record of Wayne County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families .. (1889). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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