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Angola Herald
Wednesday, January 16, 1878


                   Another Pioneer Gone
                   
                   Otsego, Jan. 13th, 1878 - Sunday evening,
                 Jan. 6th closed with the death of another of
                 our early pioneers and one of the most highly
                 esteemed citizens of our county - Mr. JOSEPH
                 BROWN - whose death occurred at the residence
                 of Mr. CHRISTOPHER SAUXTER, in Otsego township.
                   Mr. BROWN was born in Cambridgeshire, England,
                 May 2nd, 1798, consquently he was 79 years, 8
                 months and 4 days old at the time of his death.
                 He immigrated to this country in April, 1851;
                 was shipwrecked, but survived and landed in New
                 York in May of the same year. He first settled
                 in Medina county, Ohio; from thence he removed
                 to Wayne county, soon after, taking up a perma-
                 nent residence in Steuben county, where he has
                 resided over twenty years. Mr. BROWN was widely
                 known and noted for his life of uprightness,
                 industy and integrity. Like many others of the
                 pioneer settlers, he came with nothing but his
                 hands to help him and a trust in God that he
                 might prosper. Constant industry and careful
                 management soon brought him from frontiersman
                 difficulties. He gained a prominent stand-
                 point in advancement of neighborhood interests
                 and prosperity. His influence as a moral and
                 religious man was highly marked and he was re-
                 garded as a shining mark and guide by all who
                 knew him. He had belonged to the M. E. church
                 nearly forty years, and the interest he mani-
                 fested in the late protracted meeting will be
                 long remembered by young and old. His strict
                 adherence to honesty and moral principle con-
                 tributed largely to the prosperity of the
                 neighborhood and county, as well as his own
                 advancement. Two daughters survive him, Mrs.
                 PEACHY and Mrs. SAUXTER, who with a large cir-
                 cle of friends mourn his death. The record of
                 his good deeds will be handed down for gener-
                 ations, in remembrance of Grandfather BROWN.
                 He was buried at the Hamilton cemetery. Rev.
                 J. M. Rush preached the funeral sermon.
                 
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