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Daniel Truesdell Brown

Daniel Truesdell Brown

Male 1822 - 1906  (83 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Daniel Truesdell Brown was born on 27 Aug 1822 in Lee Twp., Athens County, OH (son of William Brown and Polly Leonard Brown); died on 12 May 1906; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee County, IA.

    Notes:

    From "Abstracts and Extracts of Athens Co. Newspapers in the 1820s-80s" M.L. Bowman, compiler:

    We clip the following from the Fort Madison Evening Democrat of Wednesday, October 23d:

    Today, but one, makes the most important epoch in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Brown. Fifty years ago today they were united in marriage in Athens county, Ohio, and for all that time they have dwelt happily together and traveled along the pathway of life hand in hand, taking the bitter with the sweet, but always with a perseverance and love for each other which knew no failure, and today, at their pleasant home, corner of Pine and Fourth streets, they are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, in health and prosperity, and surrounded by their children and grandchildren. They are keeping open house and hundreds of their friends will call on them this evening from five to ten, and pay their respects to the worthy couple.

    Daniel T. Brown was born in Athens county, Ohio, August 7, 1822, and was raised on his father's farm until he was seventeen years old, when he engaged in merchandizing and general trading. In October, 1844 he established a mercantile business in Amesville, Ohio, under the firm of Brown & Dickey, which continued until 1856, in which year he removed to Denmark township, this county, and engaged in farming until 1875. He then became the successor to Webster Bros. in Fort Madison and has since resided here.

    Mrs. Maria D. (Foster) Brown was born in Athens county, Ohio, April 9, 1827, and was married to Daniel T. Brown in Athens county, Ohio, October 23, 1845. Six children have been born to them and together with the grandchildren were present.

    Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown are unusually robust for people of their age, 73 and 68 years respectively, and bid fair to continue with their family and friends for many years to come.

    The Democrat of the day following, in referring to the celebration of the wedding anniversary, says that several hundred of the citizens of Fort Madison, called to do the worthy couple honor, and adds that the parlors were hung with autumn leaves of the sturdy oak, cut flowers in profusion adding brightness and making the scene one of gladness.

    Mrs. van Vorhes, a sister of the bride of fifty years, and widow of the late Hon. Nelson H. van Vorhes, for many years the editor of the MESSENGER, was married on the same day, and would have been present at the golden anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, but was prevented by the utter helplessness of her invalid son, Mr. Louis A. van Vorhes.

    The many Athens friends of Mr. and Mrs. Brown join in hearty congratulations to them and hope they may live to enjoy many more years of peace, plenty and happiness. [The Athens Messenger, Thurs., 31 Oct. 1895, p. 1, col. 5]

    Daniel married Maria Dean Foster on 23 Oct 1845 in Athens County, OH. Maria was born on 9 Apr 1827 in Athens County, OH; died on 8 Jan 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. William Eben Brown was born on 2 Oct 1846 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio, USA.
    2. Herbert Daniel Brown was born on 1 Feb 1870 in Denmark, Lee County, IA; died on 1 Aug 1963 in Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY; was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.
    3. Charles P. Brown was born on 16 Jun 1848 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio, USA.
    4. Mary Elizabeth Brown was born on 19 Jun 1852 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio, USA.
    5. Augustus Palmer Brown was born on 30 Oct 1854 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio, USA.
    6. Lottie Brown was born on 9 Apr 1860 in Denmark, Lee County, IA; died on 19 Aug 1862 in Denmark, Lee County, IA.
    7. Frank Russell Brown was born on 30 Mar 1864 in Denmark, Lee County, IA.
    8. Carrie Brown was born on 4 Jul 1867 in Denmark, Lee County, IA; died on 11 Jul 1869 in Denmark, Lee County, IA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Brown was born on 22 Feb 1779 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of Benjamin Brown and Jean Thomas); died on 18 Feb 1859 in Athens, Athens County, OH.

    William married Polly Leonard Brown on 25 Mar 1800 in Waterford, Washington County, OH. Polly (daughter of Samuel Brown and Lydia Thayer) was born on 14 Sep 1782. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Polly Leonard Brown was born on 14 Sep 1782 (daughter of Samuel Brown and Lydia Thayer).
    Children:
    1. Lydia Ann Brown was born on 14 Sep 1812 in Ohio; died in 1887 in Ohio; was buried in Athens County, OH.
    2. Austin William Brown was born on 21 Aug 1814 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio, USA.
    3. Leonard Brown was born on 19 Aug 1817 in Waterloo, Carroll County, OH.
    4. 1. Daniel Truesdell Brown was born on 27 Aug 1822 in Lee Twp., Athens County, OH; died on 12 May 1906; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee County, IA.
    5. Maria Brown was born on 1 Aug 1801 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio, USA.
    6. Emma Brown was born on 16 Feb 1803 in Athens, Athens County, OH; died before 1883.
    7. Benjamin Brown was born on 3 Sep 1805 in Newport, Washington County, OH.
    8. Elizabeth L. Brown was born on 2 Jul 1809 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin Brown was born on 6 Oct 1745 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of John Brown and Mary Elizabeth Jones); died on 1 Oct 1821 in Athens, Athens County, OH; was buried in West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Athens County, OH.

    Notes:

    From, The First American Frontier, by Julia P. Cutler, Arno Press & The New York Times, reprinted 1971:

    Copy of a statement of his services in the Revolutionary War, made in or about the year 1818 by Capt. Benjamin Brown, in support of his application for a pension. (On record in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County, Ohio:

    "In February, 1775, I joined in forming a regiment of minute men in Hampshire County (Massa-chusetts), commanded by Colonel Barnard. The regiment marched to Concord, 21st of April, under Lieut. Col. Williams, of Northfield. I served in the regiment as quartermaster. At Cambridge I took a lieutenant's commission in Captain Hugh Maxwell's company, in Colonel William Prescott's regiment, Massachusetts' line, in which I continued from May till the last of December. I continued in the same regiment during the year 1776, when I engaged as captain in Colonel Michael Jackson's regiment, and continued in the same till the latter part of 1779, when I resigned and returned home.

    "I was in the party engaged in moving the stock from Noddle's Island, and burning the Diana, British packet, on Malden Ways, near Boston, in June, 1775. I was in the battle of Bunker Hill, 17th of June, 1775. I was in several engagements during the evacuation of New York Island in 1776. I was in the battle of White Plains (where his brother, Pearly Brown, was killed), and in December was present at the taking of Hackensack under General Parsons. In 1777 I commanded the detachment at the German Flats, and captured Walter Butler and his party. I was in the detachment sent to raise the siege of Fort Stanwix. I was in the battles of 19th September and 7th October, that preceded the capture of Burgoyne on the 17th. During 1778 and 1779 I was not in any important battle, but was not off duty during a single day during the three preceding campaigns."

    (The position of aid to General DeKalb was offered to him at the time he (DeKalb) was ordered south to North Carolina, where he was killed at the battle of Guilford. He (Captain Brown) was the first man who entered the Hessian works stormed by Brooks and Putnam's regiments on the 7th of October, 1777 at Saratoga.)

    From History of Athens County, Ohio, p. 404:

    Capt. Benjamin Brown, father of General John, and of Judge A.G. Brown, and one of the most prominent among the early settlers of Ames, was born October 17, 1745, at Leicester, Massachusetts. His grandfather, William Brown, came from England to America while a youth, was the first settler in the town of Hatfield, on the Connecticut river and was often engaged in the Indian wars of that period.

    Died:
    Age: 75

    Benjamin married Jean Thomas on 9 Jul 1772 in Rowe, Franklin County, MA. Jean died on 14 Jun 1840 in Athens County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Jean Thomas died on 14 Jun 1840 in Athens County, OH.

    Notes:

    Source: Washburn's History of Leicester, MA
    Source: Leicester, MA Vital Records
    Source: History of Washington Co., NY, Chrisfield Johnson, 1878
    Source: Memoirs of Early Pioneers of Ohio, S. P. Hildreth, 1854 Cincinnati
    Source: "Old Northwest Quarterly" 1906 Ohio, Vol. 9, pp. 28-32
    Source: Benjamin Brown pension record, National Archives
    DEATH-DATE: Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of
    Ohio

    Children:
    1. Archibald Green Brown was born on 16 Apr 1798 in Waterford, Washington County, OH.
    2. Sally Smith Brown was born on 31 Oct 1774 in Rowe, Franklin County, MA; died on 2 Jun 1861 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio, USA; was buried .
    3. Benjamin Loring Brown was born on 17 Mar 1773 in Rowe, Franklin County, MA; died in 1802/1806.
    4. 2. William Brown was born on 22 Feb 1779 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 18 Feb 1859 in Athens, Athens County, OH.

  3. 6.  Samuel Brown was born on 1 Jun 1758 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of John B. Brown, Jr and Rebecca A. Baldwin); died on 16 Jan 1841 in Bern, Athens, Ohio, USA; was buried in Athens, Athens County, OH.

    Samuel married Lydia Thayer on 21 Aug 1781 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia was born on 17 Oct 1759 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA; died on 28 Feb 1829 in Athens County, OH; was buried in Athens, Athens County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Lydia Thayer was born on 17 Oct 1759 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA; died on 28 Feb 1829 in Athens County, OH; was buried in Athens, Athens County, OH.
    Children:
    1. John Brown was born on 23 Dec 1801; died on 18 Oct 1875 in Athens, Athens County, OH; was buried in West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Athens County, OH.
    2. William Thayer Brown was born on 25 Feb 1788 in Winchester, Cheshire County, NH; died after 1850 in Harrisburg, Van Buren County, IA.
    3. 3. Polly Leonard Brown was born on 14 Sep 1782.
    4. Lydia Brown
    5. Betsey Brown
    6. Harriet Brown
    7. Samuel B. Brown
    8. Phoebe Brown


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Brown was born on 3 Nov 1703 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (son of William Brown and Mary); died in 1791 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1788, Worcester

    Notes:

    Captain JOHN BROWN born about 1703. Died 1791 in Leicester, Massachusetts, age 88. He was a soldier in the French Wars. Commanded a Company in the Louisburg expedition in 1745. was a leading man in the town of Leicester and its representative in the General Court for twenty years; Four of his sons were Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War. His first wife was Lydia Newhall, daughter of Lt. Thomae Newhall of Leicester. They had five children. His second wife was Mary Jones, aunt of the Honorable John Coffin Jones.

    Died:
    Age: 88

    John married Mary Elizabeth Jones on 30 Jun 1742 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 10 Aug 1719 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Nov 1809 in Hartford, Washington County, NY; was buried in Hartford, Washington County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Elizabeth Jones was born on 10 Aug 1719 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Nov 1809 in Hartford, Washington County, NY; was buried in Hartford, Washington County, NY.

    Notes:

    Source: Washburn's History of Leicester, MA
    Source: Leicester, MA Vital Records
    Source: History of Washington Co., NY, Chrisfield Johnson, 1878

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Brown was born on 16 Dec 1754 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Sep 1799 in Hartford, Washington County, NY.
    2. Hannah Brown was born on 13 Nov 1752 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Lucy Brown was born on 8 Oct 1747 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Dec 1814; was buried in Richmond, Chittenden, VT.
    4. Sarah Brown was born on 23 Nov 1750 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in Sep 1799 in Hartford, Washington County, NY.
    5. Daniel Brown was born on 17 Dec 1761 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Jun 1826 in Hartford, Washington County, NY.
    6. William Brown was born on 15 Jun 1758 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Aug 1776 in New York City, New York, New York, USA.
    7. Caleb Brown was born on 18 Feb 1760 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Jan 1837 in Hartford, Washington County, NY.
    8. Apphia Brown was born on 13 Apr 1765 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Aug 1828 in Harmon, Stark County, OH.
    9. 4. Benjamin Brown was born on 6 Oct 1745 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Oct 1821 in Athens, Athens County, OH; was buried in West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Athens County, OH.
    10. Mary Brown was born on 24 Apr 1743 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    11. Rebekah Brown was born on 9 Sep 1744 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

  3. 12.  John B. Brown, Jr was born on 2 Feb 1735 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of John Brown and Lydia Newhall); died on 23 Sep 1821 in Lowell, Washington, Ohio, USA; was buried in Dodge Cemetery, Lowell, Washington County, OH.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Dec 1733, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    • Death: 18 Sep 1821, Lowell, Washington, Ohio, USA; Age: 87
    • Death: 26 Sep 1821, Lowell, Washington, Ohio, USA; Age: 87

    Notes:

    They were second cousins once removed.

    Died:
    Age: 87

    John married Rebecca A. Baldwin on 21 Jul 1757 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Samuel Baldwin and Rebecca Green) was born in Oct 1736 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Oct 1801 in Washington County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Dodge Cemetery, Lowell, Washington County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Rebecca A. Baldwin was born in Oct 1736 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Samuel Baldwin and Rebecca Green); died on 1 Oct 1801 in Washington County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Dodge Cemetery, Lowell, Washington County, OH.

    Notes:

    They were second cousins once removed.

    Children:
    1. John Brown, III was born on 10 Feb 1774 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Jul 1833 in Amesville, Athens, Ohio, USA; was buried in Amesville, Athens, Ohio, USA.
    2. Esther Brown was born in 1760.
    3. Arubah Ruby Brown was born in 1760.
    4. Ruth Brown was born on 3 Jan 1770; died on 26 Aug 1823 in Marietta, Washington County, OH.
    5. Elizabeth Brown was born about 1778 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Mar 1848 in Federal Creek, Athens, Ohio, USA.
    6. 6. Samuel Brown was born on 1 Jun 1758 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Jan 1841 in Bern, Athens, Ohio, USA; was buried in Athens, Athens County, OH.
    7. Lydia Brown was born on 12 May 1760 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. Phoebe Brown was born in 1761.
    9. Rebekah Brown was born on 19 May 1762 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Mar 1839 in Chauncey, Athens, Ohio, USA; was buried in Chauncey, Athens County, OH.