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The Brattleboro (VT) Daily Reformer
6 July 1915

         DANIEL D. BROWN, Vermonter, Aged 97,
           Died at Hastings, Mich.
           
         Hastings, Mich., - July 6. - The strenuous and
       romantic life of DANIEL D. BROWN ended here when
       he was buried in Thornapple Township, where he
       had lived for many years.
       
         MR. BROWN, who was 97 years old, was a "real
       son" of the American Revolution, and a veteran
       of the Mexican and civil wars. He was born in
       Bridgewater, Vt., on July 4.
       
         His father served under GENERAL ETHAN ALLEN
       and later under COLONEL STARK at the battle of
       Bennington. Later he became a spy in the patriot
       army.
       
         When DANIEL BROWN was 13 years old he ran away
       and became a towboy on the Erie canal. Three years
       later, just after the Black Hawk war, he provided
       himself with a rifle and made his way into the
       wilderness of Illinois and Iowa, where he hunted
       and trapped with the Indians.
       
         In the frontier town of Nauvoo, a Mormon strong-
       hold, he saw BRIGHAM YOUNG and his retinue of
       wives. In one of the frontier towns BROWN also
       became acquainted with BRIGHAM YOUNG himself.
       Desiring a glimpse of civilized life, BROWN left
       the wilderness at the age of 22 years and made
       his way back to his old home in Vermont. He found
       that his father had married again. DANIEL had
       eight brothers and ten sisters.
       
         In 1840 DANIEL persuaded his brother, NELSON,
       to come west, and they took up land in Barry 
       county. After spending several years here they
       returned to Vermont, where DANIEL enlisted in
       Clarendon for service in the Mexican war. As a
       member of CAPTAIN SOBIESKI PARKER'S 23d Vermont
       militia, BROWN served in all of the battles
       fought by GENERAL SCOTT'S army between Vera Cruz
       and the capture of the Mexican capital. He re-
       ceived an honorable discharge after the treaty
       of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
       
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