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

Edgar L. BROWN, farmer; P. O. Braidwood; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Aug. 20, 1837, 
and is the son of Miner M. and Mary M. BROWN; his father was a farmer; was born in New 
York about 1811; he remained in New York until 1855; this year, with his family, they 
emigrated to Illinois and settled in Reed Twp., what is now known as Custer Twp.; here 
he purchased 320 acres of land at $4 per acre; was among the first settlers of Reed Twp.; 
made the improvements on his land and engaged in farming; then to Wilmington, where he 
was engaged in keeping a hotel; he died in 1864, with the consumption, leaving a wife and 
four children; his wife, Mary M. BROWN, died in 1866. Mr. Edgar L. BROWN immigrated West 
to Illinois with his parents; here he has been engaged in farming ever since. He married 
in 1864 to Miss Abbie C. MARSHALL, of Pennsylvania, by whom he has had six children, three 
living.


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