Mary Ann Lanfear, eldest child and daughter of William Henry Lanfear and Emily Maria Savage was born Dec. 16, 1862 in Homer Township, Will Co., IL, and lived there until after her marriage on Dec. 27, 1875, to Joseph H. Brown, who had immigrated from Canada in 1871. Shortly after their marriage, the young couple traveled by train with Mary Ann's father William Henry Lanfear to a railroad station near Bastrop Co. Texas, where William Henry Lanfear's brother, Enon Lanfear (1826-1909) was engaged in an unusual business venture* with Bethel Coopwood using camels as freight carriers and attempting to use them to carry mail and other items between San Antonio, Brownsville, and Mexico City. (See *sources and notes below). According to family legend, William Henry Lanfear got off the train, saw a man hanging by his neck from a nearby tree and decided to get back on the train and return home to Illinois, but Mary Ann and her new husband, Joseph H. Brown, stayed in Balstrop County, Texas, to help with uncle Enon's business until sometime after the birth of their first child, Edward Enon Brown on October 7, 1876. Mary Ann and Joseph were in Canada when their second son, John William Brown, was born in January of 1879. The family returned to Homer township sometime in 1882. Their daughter Emma Jane Brown was born September 6, 1882 in Homer Township, Will Co, IL.
Mary Ann Lanfear, eldest child and daughter of William Henry Lanfear and Emily Maria Savage was born Dec. 16, 1862 in Homer Township, Will Co., IL, and lived there until after her marriage on Dec. 27, 1875, to Joseph H. Brown, who had immigrated from Canada in 1871. Shortly after their marriage, the young couple traveled by train with Mary Ann's father William Henry Lanfear to a railroad station near Bastrop Co. Texas, where William Henry Lanfear's brother, Enon Lanfear (1826-1909) was engaged in an unusual business venture* with Bethel Coopwood using camels as freight carriers and attempting to use them to carry mail and other items between San Antonio, Brownsville, and Mexico City. (See *sources and notes below). According to family legend, William Henry Lanfear got off the train, saw a man hanging by his neck from a nearby tree and decided to get back on the train and return home to Illinois, but Mary Ann and her new husband, Joseph H. Brown, stayed in Balstrop County, Texas, to help with uncle Enon's business until sometime after the birth of their first child, Edward Enon Brown on October 7, 1876. Mary Ann and Joseph were in Canada when their second son, John William Brown, was born in January of 1879. The family returned to Homer township sometime in 1882. Their daughter Emma Jane Brown was born September 6, 1882 in Homer Township, Will Co, IL.
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