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     Husband: William R. BROWN
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   Birthdate: 10 MAR 1782          in London, England
  Death date: 03 MAR 1856          in Rockville, Parke Co IN
      Buried:                      in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
  Occupation: miller then a farmer
      Father:
      Mother:
     Married: 23 FEB 1808          in Philadelphia, PA
Last Will and Testament of Willaim R. Brown obtained from Record of Wills at
the Parke Co Court House, Rockville, IN.  The names of 10 children are listed.
Listed as 69 years old in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN Dates are from
gravestone.
Died at 73 yr 11mo 23 d. William and Isabella moved to Parke Co In when son
William was 15. Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Parke Co IN page
690. Middle name came from land purchase record.  Rockville, IN library.
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        Wife: Isabella ROBINSON
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   Birthdate: 15 MAR 1793          in PA
  Death date: 24 AUG 1864          in Rockville, Parke Co IN
      Buried:                      in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
      Father:
      Mother:
Listed as 58 years old in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN.  Died at 74 yr 5mo
3d.   Birth date calculated using Internet site:
http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html   Death date and age
from Parke Co cem records at Rockville, IN library.  Also found on the
gravestone.
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   M Child 1: EDWARD BROWN
   Birthdate:
  Death date:
      Spouse: MARGARET PORTER
     Married: 01 JAN 1858          in
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   M Child 2: JOHN BROWN
   Birthdate: 1815                 in OH
  Death date:
  Occupation: Blacksmith
      Spouse: PHEBE J. (BROWN)
     Married:
Listed as 34 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN Dist 85 House 167. He lived on
the farm adjacent to that of his sister Elizabeth Sparks.
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   F Child 3: ELIZABETH BROWN
   Birthdate: 1815                 in OH
  Death date: 1894                 in
      Buried:                      in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
      Spouse: WILLIAM SPARKS  b. 1820  d. 1898
     Married: 10 FEB 1843          in Parke Co IN
Listed as 34 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN Dist 85 House 166 Dates from
Parke Co cemetery record at Rockville, IN library.
Marriage record from Marriage Records 1833-1844, Parke Co, Sanders.
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   F Child 4: MARY BROWN
   Birthdate: 26 FEB 1818          in OH
  Death date: 19 NOV 1893          in Rockville, Parke Co IN
      Buried:                      in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
      Spouse: JACOB FISHER  b. 20 APR 1808  d. 18 MAY 1878
     Married: 04 JAN 1849          in Rockville, Parke Co IN
Listed as 32 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN, p 175, Dist 85, House 247.
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   M Child 5: ROBINSON BROWN
   Birthdate: 30 JAN 1821          in Butler Co. Ohio
  Death date: 22 DEC 1909          in Indianola, E. Lincoln Twp Warren Co. IA
      Buried:                      in Lot 42 IOOF Cem Indianola, IA
  Occupation: Farmer
      Spouse: ALMYRA SILCOTT  b. 27 MAY 1831  d. 10 MAY 1898
     Married: 12 SEP 1850          in Parke Co. IN by Rev Georg W. Warner
Robinson's marriage record: C/213 Parke Co Court House, Rockville, IN Probate
record in Court House, Indianola, IA, Wilbur N. Brown, Administrator Heirs: E.
B. Brown, E. W. Brown, Emma L. Hardin, Wilbur N. Brown He was listed as 28 in
the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN. Census date 2 Sep 1850. Lot 42 is 9 rows East
of the 2nd grass road in the IOOF Section. Death date came from the Brown
Family Bible at the home of Merrill W. Henry. Birth and death dates are on the
gravestone.
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   M Child 6: FRANCIS J. BROWN
   Birthdate: 23 FEB 1823          in OH
  Death date: 14 MAY 1856          in Parke Co IN
      Buried:                      in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
      Spouse: JANE ANN CATLIN  b. 22 NOV 1824  d. 02 AUG 1893
     Married: 29 FEB 1844          in Parke Co IN
27 in 1850 Parke Co IN Census, Dist 85, House 402.  Marriage record from
Marriage Records 1833-1844, Parke Co, Sanders.
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   M Child 7: WILLIAM BROWN
   Birthdate: 10 JAN 1826          in Butler Co OH
  Death date: 27 NOV 1892          in Parke Co IN
      Buried:                      in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
  Occupation: farmer
      Spouse: MALONA ADAMS  b. 14 FEB 1831  d. 02 SEP 1867
     Married: 06 APR 1854          in Parke Co IN
      Spouse: SARAH A. HOPPER  b. 13 SEP 1840  d. 26 JAN 1920
     Married:                      in Parke Co IN
Listed as 24 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN, Dist 85, house 401, page 291
Dates are from tombstone.  William owned 250 acres of farm land along the
Raccoon River in Florida Twp Parke Co IN.  His father settled on a part of
this land, then a wilderness and improved it.  Dates are from gravestone.
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   M Child 8: SAMUEL BROWN
   Birthdate: 1828                 in Ohio
  Death date: 1862                 in Shot by sniper during Civil War
      Buried:                      in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
  Occupation: farmer
Listed as 22 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN, page 291 His mother sent a
white shirt to him.  He tried it on and was spotted by a sniper who shot and
killed Samuel.
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   F Child 9: MARTHA BROWN
   Birthdate: 1831                 in Ohio
  Death date:
      Spouse: GEORGE F. OVERPECK
     Married: 02 MAR 1854          in
Listed as 19 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN, page 291
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   F Child 10: ISABELLA BROWN
   Birthdate: 1833                 in Ohio
  Death date:
      Spouse: JAMES GIBBONS
     Married:
   The Gibbons family lived on a farm near Barney, Iowa. Listed as 17 in the
1850 Census for Parke Co IN, page 29, Dist 85, House 401.
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