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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [349]

           GEORGE BROWN, farmer and surveyor, resident on section 8, Dwight
        Township, was born Oct. 16, 1829, in Niagara Co., N.Y.  He is the
        son of THOMAS and MARY (SHAW) BROWN, natives and life-long resi-
        dents of the State of New York.  MR. BROWN remained under the
        instructions and guidance of his parents until the period of his
        majority.  On attaining to the independence of manhood he inte-
        rested himself in the calling of a carpenter, in which vocation he
        was engaged several years at various places.
           In 1864 he enlisted in the 169th N.Y. Vol. Inf., and remained in
        the Union service about six months. In July, 1865, he came to Huron
        County, and bought the place where he has since resided, including
        120 acres of timbered land, situated in Dwight Township. He has
        since disposed of 40 acres, and of the remaining 80 acres has
        cleared and cultivated 70 acres. He cleared the first piece of
        land and built the first shanty in Bad Axe.
           MR. BROWN is a member of the National Greenback party. He has
        been County Surveyor two years, Treasurer six years, and Justice of
        the Peace about two terms.
           His marriage to HENRIETTA WHARRMAN occurred in November, 1856.
        Of this union ten children have been born, six of whom survive.
        Their names are ADDISON A., FRANK, CHARLES, HERBERT, ALFRED,
        HENRIETTA and MINNIE.
           Two children died unnamed in infancy.  MRS. BROWN was born June
        13, 1838, in Ontario.

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