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Portrait And Biographical Album Of Mecosta County, Mich. Containing
Portraits And Biographical Sketches of Prominent And Representative
Citizens of the County together with Portraits And Biographies of All The
Presidents Of The United States  And Governors of the State.  Also
Containing A Complete History of The County, From Its Earliest Settlement
To the Present Time.  Chicago, Chapman Bros. 1883

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BROWN, HENRY R.
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Henry R. Brown, farmer, sec. 27, Deerfield Tp., P.O. Morley, was born Oct.
16, 1855, in Pennsylvania. His parents, Michael and Catherine (Moser)
Brown, were natives of Germany and came to America in 1850, finding a home
in the Keystone State, where they are spending their final years.

Mr. Brown passed the first 23 years of his life in Pennsylvania, in farm
labor and studying at the common school. He came to Mecosta County in 1879
and bought 120 acres of timber land, and still holds 80 acres of his
original tract. He has built a frame house and made other improvements on
his estate.

Mr. Brown was married at Morley, April 4, 1883, to Sarah E., daughter of
Wm. and Ann M. (Belles) Brink. She was born in Pennsylvania Dec. 31, 1861.
They are attendants at the M. E. Church, of which Mr. Brown is an active
member. He is a Democrat in political sentiment and action.


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