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Chauncey Brown and his brother, Elam Brown, were in the Mounted Rangers from Jersey County, enlisted in 1820. They were to assist in the protection of the settlers against Indian depredations. They served in the Mexican War.
Chauncey Brown was born in Massachusetts in 1799, and he, with his brother, came to Illinois before he was twenty-one years old. Charles H. Gregory, Chauncey Brown and Elam Brown came down the Ohio River in a canoe in 1818, landing at Shawneetown, from whence they walked overland to Wood River, Madison County, Ill.
In 1835, Chauncey Brown came to Jersey County, and settled on a farm in Mississippi Township, which he afterwards sold to Addison Green. In 1840, Chauncey Brown and Cyrus Tolman were elected commissioners of Jersey County. They supervised the building of the courthouse and county buildings and the title to the public square was conveyed to them as commissioners of Jersey County. Chauncey Brown was married to Adeline Gorham of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., in 1825, and in later years, after his removal to Jersey County, on his annual trips to Morgan County to visit his former home, in company with his wife, he would drive from his home to that of Judge Cyrus Tolman and spend the night there, driving from Judge Tolman's home to Jacksonville the next day. When returning from Morgan County, he made it a point to spend the first night with Col. Charles H. Gregory at Whitehall, returning to his home on the day following. Thus, on these annual trips, he made it possible to have the opportunity of visiting with and recalling reminiscences of their early life with his two pioneer friends.
In 1855, Chauncey Brown removed to Grafton, and in the fall of 1857, he purchased a farm and removed to Calhoun County, where he died in 1878, and was buried at Newbern Cemetery, Newbern Township. Four of his daughters and one of his sons are still living, and two of them in Jerseyville, namely: Mrs. Delia Lurton, who is eighty-three years old; and Mrs. Eliza M. Hamilton, the wife of the writer (Oscar Brown Hamilton), who is aged seventy-six years. Mrs. Sarah H. Squier, another daughter, and formerly a resident of Jerseyville, is now living in Calhoun County, aged eighty-one years. The other living daughter of Chauncey Brown, is Mrs. Lucretia Buckstuhl (Ruckstuhl) of Louisville, Ky., who is seventy-eight ears old, while the son, Thomas Brown, aged seventy-one years, lives in Louisiana.
Taken from History of Jersey County, Illinois by Oscar Brown Hamilton, 1919
Chauncey Brown and wife had two sons and five daughters: Wat, who served as a soldier in the Union army and died soon afterward; Thomas, who lived to old age; Mrs. Elizabeth Whitcomb; Mrs. Delia P. Lurton, the only survivor, now living at the age of of ninety-five; Mrs. Sarah H. Squier; Mrs. Lucretia Ruckstuhl; and Mrs. Eliza Hamilton, who died September 23, 1925.
Taken from History of Illinois and her people, 1927, p 33.
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Per the family bible they had the following children:
Stephen Gorham Brown 1826-1827
Elizabeth Gorham Brown 1827-1900?
Watson Lynde Brown 1829-1867
Henry Ostin Brown 1831-1833
Delia Peck Brown Lurton 1834-1929
Sarah Henderson Brown Squire 1836-1919
Jane Sophronia Brown 1838-1851
Mary Lucretia Brown Ruckstuhl 1840-1919
Eliza Minerva Brown Hamilton 1842-1925
Emme Leonora Brown 1845-1850
Thomas J. Brown 1847-?
Eunice Brown 1849-1949
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Chauncey Brown and his brother, Elam Brown, were in the Mounted Rangers from Jersey County, enlisted in 1820. They were to assist in the protection of the settlers against Indian depredations. They served in the Mexican War.
Chauncey Brown was born in Massachusetts in 1799, and he, with his brother, came to Illinois before he was twenty-one years old. Charles H. Gregory, Chauncey Brown and Elam Brown came down the Ohio River in a canoe in 1818, landing at Shawneetown, from whence they walked overland to Wood River, Madison County, Ill.
In 1835, Chauncey Brown came to Jersey County, and settled on a farm in Mississippi Township, which he afterwards sold to Addison Green. In 1840, Chauncey Brown and Cyrus Tolman were elected commissioners of Jersey County. They supervised the building of the courthouse and county buildings and the title to the public square was conveyed to them as commissioners of Jersey County. Chauncey Brown was married to Adeline Gorham of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., in 1825, and in later years, after his removal to Jersey County, on his annual trips to Morgan County to visit his former home, in company with his wife, he would drive from his home to that of Judge Cyrus Tolman and spend the night there, driving from Judge Tolman's home to Jacksonville the next day. When returning from Morgan County, he made it a point to spend the first night with Col. Charles H. Gregory at Whitehall, returning to his home on the day following. Thus, on these annual trips, he made it possible to have the opportunity of visiting with and recalling reminiscences of their early life with his two pioneer friends.
In 1855, Chauncey Brown removed to Grafton, and in the fall of 1857, he purchased a farm and removed to Calhoun County, where he died in 1878, and was buried at Newbern Cemetery, Newbern Township. Four of his daughters and one of his sons are still living, and two of them in Jerseyville, namely: Mrs. Delia Lurton, who is eighty-three years old; and Mrs. Eliza M. Hamilton, the wife of the writer (Oscar Brown Hamilton), who is aged seventy-six years. Mrs. Sarah H. Squier, another daughter, and formerly a resident of Jerseyville, is now living in Calhoun County, aged eighty-one years. The other living daughter of Chauncey Brown, is Mrs. Lucretia Buckstuhl (Ruckstuhl) of Louisville, Ky., who is seventy-eight ears old, while the son, Thomas Brown, aged seventy-one years, lives in Louisiana.
Taken from History of Jersey County, Illinois by Oscar Brown Hamilton, 1919
Chauncey Brown and wife had two sons and five daughters: Wat, who served as a soldier in the Union army and died soon afterward; Thomas, who lived to old age; Mrs. Elizabeth Whitcomb; Mrs. Delia P. Lurton, the only survivor, now living at the age of of ninety-five; Mrs. Sarah H. Squier; Mrs. Lucretia Ruckstuhl; and Mrs. Eliza Hamilton, who died September 23, 1925.
Taken from History of Illinois and her people, 1927, p 33.
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Per the family bible they had the following children:
Stephen Gorham Brown 1826-1827
Elizabeth Gorham Brown 1827-1900?
Watson Lynde Brown 1829-1867
Henry Ostin Brown 1831-1833
Delia Peck Brown Lurton 1834-1929
Sarah Henderson Brown Squire 1836-1919
Jane Sophronia Brown 1838-1851
Mary Lucretia Brown Ruckstuhl 1840-1919
Eliza Minerva Brown Hamilton 1842-1925
Emme Leonora Brown 1845-1850
Thomas J. Brown 1847-?
Eunice Brown 1849-1949
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THIS IS AN UNMARKED GRAVE
Chauncey Brown and his brother, Elam Brown, were in the Mounted Rangers from Jersey County, enlisted in 1820. They were to assist in the protection of the settlers against Indian depredations. They served in the Mexican War.
Chauncey Brown was born in Massachusetts in 1799, and he, with his brother, came to Illinois before he was twenty-one years old. Charles H. Gregory, Chauncey Brown and Elam Brown came down the Ohio River in a canoe in 1818, landing at Shawneetown, from whence they walked overland to Wood River, Madison County, Ill.
In 1835, Chauncey Brown came to Jersey County, and settled on a farm in Mississippi Township, which he afterwards sold to Addison Green. In 1840, Chauncey Brown and Cyrus Tolman were elected commissioners of Jersey County. They supervised the building of the courthouse and county buildings and the title to the public square was conveyed to them as commissioners of Jersey County. Chauncey Brown was married to Adeline Gorham of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., in 1825, and in later years, after his removal to Jersey County, on his annual trips to Morgan County to visit his former home, in company with his wife, he would drive from his home to that of Judge Cyrus Tolman and spend the night there, driving from Judge Tolman's home to Jacksonville the next day. When returning from Morgan County, he made it a point to spend the first night with Col. Charles H. Gregory at Whitehall, returning to his home on the day following. Thus, on these annual trips, he made it possible to have the opportunity of visiting with and recalling reminiscences of their early life with his two pioneer friends.
In 1855, Chauncey Brown removed to Grafton, and in the fall of 1857, he purchased a farm and removed to Calhoun County, where he died in 1878, and was buried at Newbern Cemetery, Newbern Township. Four of his daughters and one of his sons are still living, and two of them in Jerseyville, namely: Mrs. Delia Lurton, who is eighty-three years old; and Mrs. Eliza M. Hamilton, the wife of the writer (Oscar Brown Hamilton), who is aged seventy-six years. Mrs. Sarah H. Squier, another daughter, and formerly a resident of Jerseyville, is now living in Calhoun County, aged eighty-one years. The other living daughter of Chauncey Brown, is Mrs. Lucretia Buckstuhl (Ruckstuhl) of Louisville, Ky., who is seventy-eight ears old, while the son, Thomas Brown, aged seventy-one years, lives in Louisiana.
Taken from History of Jersey County, Illinois by Oscar Brown Hamilton, 1919
Chauncey Brown and wife had two sons and five daughters: Wat, who served as a soldier in the Union army and died soon afterward; Thomas, who lived to old age; Mrs. Elizabeth Whitcomb; Mrs. Delia P. Lurton, the only survivor, now living at the age of of ninety-five; Mrs. Sarah H. Squier; Mrs. Lucretia Ruckstuhl; and Mrs. Eliza Hamilton, who died September 23, 1925.
Taken from History of Illinois and her people, 1927, p 33.
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Per the family bible they had the following children:
Stephen Gorham Brown 1826-1827
Elizabeth Gorham Brown 1827-1900?
Watson Lynde Brown 1829-1867
Henry Ostin Brown 1831-1833
Delia Peck Brown Lurton 1834-1929
Sarah Henderson Brown Squire 1836-1919
Jane Sophronia Brown 1838-1851
Mary Lucretia Brown Ruckstuhl 1840-1919
Eliza Minerva Brown Hamilton 1842-1925
Emme Leonora Brown 1845-1850
Thomas J. Brown 1847-?
Eunice Brown 1849-1949
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Chauncey Brown and his brother, Elam Brown, were in the Mounted Rangers from Jersey County, enlisted in 1820. They were to assist in the protection of the settlers against Indian depredations. They served in the Mexican War.
Chauncey Brown was born in Massachusetts in 1799, and he, with his brother, came to Illinois before he was twenty-one years old. Charles H. Gregory, Chauncey Brown and Elam Brown came down the Ohio River in a canoe in 1818, landing at Shawneetown, from whence they walked overland to Wood River, Madison County, Ill.
In 1835, Chauncey Brown came to Jersey County, and settled on a farm in Mississippi Township, which he afterwards sold to Addison Green. In 1840, Chauncey Brown and Cyrus Tolman were elected commissioners of Jersey County. They supervised the building of the courthouse and county buildings and the title to the public square was conveyed to them as commissioners of Jersey County. Chauncey Brown was married to Adeline Gorham of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., in 1825, and in later years, after his removal to Jersey County, on his annual trips to Morgan County to visit his former home, in company with his wife, he would drive from his home to that of Judge Cyrus Tolman and spend the night there, driving from Judge Tolman's home to Jacksonville the next day. When returning from Morgan County, he made it a point to spend the first night with Col. Charles H. Gregory at Whitehall, returning to his home on the day following. Thus, on these annual trips, he made it possible to have the opportunity of visiting with and recalling reminiscences of their early life with his two pioneer friends.
In 1855, Chauncey Brown removed to Grafton, and in the fall of 1857, he purchased a farm and removed to Calhoun County, where he died in 1878, and was buried at Newbern Cemetery, Newbern Township. Four of his daughters and one of his sons are still living, and two of them in Jerseyville, namely: Mrs. Delia Lurton, who is eighty-three years old; and Mrs. Eliza M. Hamilton, the wife of the writer (Oscar Brown Hamilton), who is aged seventy-six years. Mrs. Sarah H. Squier, another daughter, and formerly a resident of Jerseyville, is now living in Calhoun County, aged eighty-one years. The other living daughter of Chauncey Brown, is Mrs. Lucretia Buckstuhl (Ruckstuhl) of Louisville, Ky., who is seventy-eight ears old, while the son, Thomas Brown, aged seventy-one years, lives in Louisiana.
Taken from History of Jersey County, Illinois by Oscar Brown Hamilton, 1919
Chauncey Brown and wife had two sons and five daughters: Wat, who served as a soldier in the Union army and died soon afterward; Thomas, who lived to old age; Mrs. Elizabeth Whitcomb; Mrs. Delia P. Lurton, the only survivor, now living at the age of of ninety-five; Mrs. Sarah H. Squier; Mrs. Lucretia Ruckstuhl; and Mrs. Eliza Hamilton, who died September 23, 1925.
Taken from History of Illinois and her people, 1927, p 33.
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Per the family bible they had the following children:
Stephen Gorham Brown 1826-1827
Elizabeth Gorham Brown 1827-1900?
Watson Lynde Brown 1829-1867
Henry Ostin Brown 1831-1833
Delia Peck Brown Lurton 1834-1929
Sarah Henderson Brown Squire 1836-1919
Jane Sophronia Brown 1838-1851
Mary Lucretia Brown Ruckstuhl 1840-1919
Eliza Minerva Brown Hamilton 1842-1925
Emme Leonora Brown 1845-1850
Thomas J. Brown 1847-?
Eunice Brown 1849-1949
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