Milk man. Civil War veteran. Co. G. 12th Vermont Infantry.

Hiram, 7, and his widowed mother, Caroline, were counted together in the 1850 census at his hometown of Goshen, Vermont. His father had died in the spring of 1843. Hiram's older siblings were boarding with other families. Antoinette, 16, was staying with John and Adeliza Capen in Goshen. Romeo, 12, was found at the home of Anthony and Prudence Baker at Goshen. John, 13, was not located.

In 1860 Romeo was the one at home with his mother. He was a farmer. Hiram was boarding with an elderly couple, Isaac and Eliza Gale, in Goshen. He did not have an occupation listed.

Hiram S. Brown and his wife, Clara, married in 1865 and remained in Goshen where they were enumerated for the census of 1870. Mr. Brown was a farm laborer. The couple had a son, Albert, 4.

By 1880 the family of three had arrived here in Gardner. Hiram found a job at a chair shop. Three men were lodging with the Browns at the time. They were: Thomas B. Goodspeed, 38, a fellow chair shop worker, and two (most likely) brothers from Maine, Charles E., 28, and S. C. Moulton, 33, who were both carriage dealers.

In the 1900 census Hiram, Clara, and Albert were at 353 Chestnut Street here in Gardner. Mr. Brown was a milk dealer and his son was a teamster. They owned the home and rented out one of the floors. Two men were boarding with them as well.

Milk man. Civil War veteran. Co. G. 12th Vermont Infantry.

Hiram, 7, and his widowed mother, Caroline, were counted together in the 1850 census at his hometown of Goshen, Vermont. His father had died in the spring of 1843. Hiram's older siblings were boarding with other families. Antoinette, 16, was staying with John and Adeliza Capen in Goshen. Romeo, 12, was found at the home of Anthony and Prudence Baker at Goshen. John, 13, was not located.

In 1860 Romeo was the one at home with his mother. He was a farmer. Hiram was boarding with an elderly couple, Isaac and Eliza Gale, in Goshen. He did not have an occupation listed.

Hiram S. Brown and his wife, Clara, married in 1865 and remained in Goshen where they were enumerated for the census of 1870. Mr. Brown was a farm laborer. The couple had a son, Albert, 4.

By 1880 the family of three had arrived here in Gardner. Hiram found a job at a chair shop. Three men were lodging with the Browns at the time. They were: Thomas B. Goodspeed, 38, a fellow chair shop worker, and two (most likely) brothers from Maine, Charles E., 28, and S. C. Moulton, 33, who were both carriage dealers.

In the 1900 census Hiram, Clara, and Albert were at 353 Chestnut Street here in Gardner. Mr. Brown was a milk dealer and his son was a teamster. They owned the home and rented out one of the floors. Two men were boarding with them as well.