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Caleb Brown

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Caleb Brown

Birth
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Death
21 Oct 1876 (aged 70)
Darke County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Abbottsville, Darke County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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s/o Phillip and Catherine (Sliger) Brown

h/o Mary C. Miller Brown (m. June 28, 1832, Darke County,​ Ohio; by Joshua Edwards, J.P.)

f/o (known) Jacob M. Brown, Mary Jane (Brown) Shields, William N. Brown, Harriet Brown

Caleb Brown...being a native of Tennessee...and was one of the first settlers of this neighborhood; Caleb was then a boy; after he grew up he married Mary, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Neal) Miller, residents of Union Co., Ind;...Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Brown resided on an 80-acre tract in the same section adjoining his father's; his death occurred in 1876, he being 70 years of age; his widow, now about 70, lives with her son on the old homestead.
[Source: Beers' "History of Darke County, Ohio" (1880), Page - 708; From the Biography of W.N. Brown]
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"Caleb Brown, who was born in Tennessee, and with his father came to Indiana, near Liberty, in about 1812, where they remained about one year, and then came and located in Darke Co., where they remained till the death of his father; at that time it was a perfect wilderness, there being but two or three settlers in the neighborhood, and of course had to pass through all the hardships incident to such a life.
[Source: Beers' "History of Darke County, Ohio" (1880), From the Biography of Jacob M. Brown]
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Other Sources:
1.) 1840 United States Federal Census, Neave, Darke, Ohio / Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
2.) 1850 United States Federal Census - Neave, Darke, Ohio / Caleb Brown 44 / Mary Brown 37 / Jacob Brown 17 / Mary Jane Brown 14 / William Brown 11
3.) 1860 United States Federal Census - Neave, Darke, Ohio / Caleb Brown 56 / Mary Brown 45 / Wm V Brown 21 / Harriet Brown 16 / Mary J Shields 4
4.) 1870 United States Federal Census - Neave, Darke, Ohio
/ Caleb Brown 63 / Mary Brown 54 / Alice Shular 15 (Domestic servant) / Susan Vance 17 (Domestic servant) / H Shoemaker 6
5.) Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 - Name: Brown, Caleb / Spouse: Miller, Mary / Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1832 / County: Darke / State: OH

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Photo were provided by Opal Mae (Gebhart) Fetters, (my mother-in-law) who passed away from an enlarged heart a few months after these were taken and are placed here in her loving memory, for no matter how bad she felt, she still went to the cemetery in search of her family.
s/o Phillip and Catherine (Sliger) Brown

h/o Mary C. Miller Brown (m. June 28, 1832, Darke County,​ Ohio; by Joshua Edwards, J.P.)

f/o (known) Jacob M. Brown, Mary Jane (Brown) Shields, William N. Brown, Harriet Brown

Caleb Brown...being a native of Tennessee...and was one of the first settlers of this neighborhood; Caleb was then a boy; after he grew up he married Mary, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Neal) Miller, residents of Union Co., Ind;...Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Brown resided on an 80-acre tract in the same section adjoining his father's; his death occurred in 1876, he being 70 years of age; his widow, now about 70, lives with her son on the old homestead.
[Source: Beers' "History of Darke County, Ohio" (1880), Page - 708; From the Biography of W.N. Brown]
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"Caleb Brown, who was born in Tennessee, and with his father came to Indiana, near Liberty, in about 1812, where they remained about one year, and then came and located in Darke Co., where they remained till the death of his father; at that time it was a perfect wilderness, there being but two or three settlers in the neighborhood, and of course had to pass through all the hardships incident to such a life.
[Source: Beers' "History of Darke County, Ohio" (1880), From the Biography of Jacob M. Brown]
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Other Sources:
1.) 1840 United States Federal Census, Neave, Darke, Ohio / Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
2.) 1850 United States Federal Census - Neave, Darke, Ohio / Caleb Brown 44 / Mary Brown 37 / Jacob Brown 17 / Mary Jane Brown 14 / William Brown 11
3.) 1860 United States Federal Census - Neave, Darke, Ohio / Caleb Brown 56 / Mary Brown 45 / Wm V Brown 21 / Harriet Brown 16 / Mary J Shields 4
4.) 1870 United States Federal Census - Neave, Darke, Ohio
/ Caleb Brown 63 / Mary Brown 54 / Alice Shular 15 (Domestic servant) / Susan Vance 17 (Domestic servant) / H Shoemaker 6
5.) Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 - Name: Brown, Caleb / Spouse: Miller, Mary / Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1832 / County: Darke / State: OH

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Photo were provided by Opal Mae (Gebhart) Fetters, (my mother-in-law) who passed away from an enlarged heart a few months after these were taken and are placed here in her loving memory, for no matter how bad she felt, she still went to the cemetery in search of her family.

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