Jacob Brown

    Jacob Brown, a native of this township (Pine), was born 'April 24, 1848, and is the son of John W. and Margaret (Pepper) Brown, parents of eleven children -Martha J., John P., Mary, Julia A., William H., Jacob, Deborah, James F., Benjamin, Margaret and a deceased infant. John W. Brown was born in Ross County, Ohio, January 28, 1812, and Margaret Pepper in Frederick County, Maryland, June 13, 1813; they were married in Ross County, Ohio, January 10, 1833, and in 1838 moved to this township (Pine), where John W. died May 20, 1880.

    Jacob Brown was married in Montgomery County, Indiana, September 9, 1875, to Rosa J., daughter of Reuben and Catherine Byrd, she was born in Montgomery County, August 10, 1859, and died February 16, 1878. October 21, 1879, he married Katie A. Brown, a native of this county, daughter of Abel W. and Rachel Brown, and born October 21, 1859.There was one child that died unnamed, born to Mr. Brown's first marriage, and to his second there are two -Voorhees F. and Jennie E.

    Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and own a finely cultivated farm of forty acres.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.