Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Brown, Ara
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Ara BROWN deceased; was born in New York, near Syracuse, Feb. 19, 1820. He married Miss 
Martha HOUGHAM Oct. 11, 1846; she was born in Butler Co, Ohio, April 6, 1824; they had 
thirteen children, seven living, viz., Sarah, Elias, Ara, Nancy Jane, Mary, Frank and 
Martha May. He lived in New York fourteen years, when, with his parents, he came to Will 
Co, IL (then Cook Co.); this was in 1835; he settled in this township; his father, Peter 
BROWN, was from New York; he died March 7, 1841, aged 59 years 10 months and 4 days; his 
mother was Miss Mary TEEPLE; she died Sept. 17, 1840, aged 55 years 9 months and 2 days 
he lived with his parents until their death; he died on the old homestead Sept. 8, 1865.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.