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Born 1848
From The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882)
W. W. BROWN, farmer, speculator, and cattle feeder, section 6, is a native of Nodaway County, Missouri, and was born January 20, 1848. He is the second son of J. M. and Elizabeth Brown. The former the son of Abner Brown, one of the first settlers of Hughes Township, he having come here in 1840. The subject of this narrative spent his boyhood days and received his education at Graham. When he was the age of fourteen years, his father enlisted in the army and lost his life at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1863. W. W.'s time was for the next few years devoted to assisting his mother with the farm. When twenty years old he disposed of his interest in the farm to his brothers, and began the business of a live stock speculator. In 1876 he purchased 240 acres of land, making an additional purchase in 1880, till now he owns some 400 acres of well improved land, with buildings complete, and well watered. Mr. Brown was married on the 20th day of November, 1870, to Miss Martha A. Trapp, a native of Andrew County, Missouri, born February 1, 1854. She is the daughter of Rev. Christian Trapp, a pioneer and a native of Missouri, born in 18 19 in Lafayette County, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. B. are both members of the Christian Church. Their family consists of two children: Claudius O., born December 17, 1872; Orie B., born January 20, 1879.
As printed in The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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