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25 Jul 2005
Source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Whiteside County, IL
Originally published 1885 Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL Eleary C. Brown, general farmer and stock-raiser, section 28, Tampico Township, was born in Otsego Co., N.Y., April 19, 1829, his father being Allen Brown, a mason and farmer, and a native also of that State. At the age of 24 years, having previously learned the trade of stone-mason, he came West, spent a few months in La Salle County, this State, and in 1854 entered an 80-acre tract in Tampico Township; and on this he commenced to make improvements, while boarding with a neighbor, and soon he made his residence upon it. This is the place he still occupies, but he has increased his landed possessions to 320 acres, all improved and in fine condition. Mr. Brown has an imported stallion from France, valued at $2,000. Dec. 6, 1857, is the date of Mr. Brown's marriage, at Erie, this county (Whiteside), to Miss Catherine, daughter of of William H. and Susan (Vanbiber) Gray. Her parents were natives of Ohio, and of English ancestry, who settled on a farm in Athens Co., Ohio, where Mrs. Brown was born, July 25, 1835. She was 12 years of age when the family changed residence to a point near Pekin, Ill. Afterward they moved to New Bedford, Bureau County, and finally to Erie, this county, where she was educated. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been the parents of four children, two of whom have died. The living are: Herbert E. born Oct. 6, 1859, residing at home; and Willis, who was born Feb. 5, 1861, married Miss Minnie Badgley, and resides in Tampico, the owner of 80 acres on section 27 in this township. Their biographical sketches are given more fully elsewhere in this volume. The deceased are Estella, who died Nov. 23, 1861, at the age of about three years; and Mary, who was born Dec. 18, 1863, and died Sept. 9, 1864. Mr. Brown, the subject of this sketch, in his political views, is a National Greenbacker. He has been honored by his fellow citizens with the offices of Justice of the Peace, and Township Clerk, Treasurer, Trustee, etc. Both himself and Mrs. B. are members of the Methodis Protestant Church.
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