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

Israel BROWN, deceased, farmer, Sec. 11; was born in New Jersey, June 15, 1799; he 
first went to the State of New York, when quite a boy, and remained there until he was
 21 years of age; he then went to Black Rock, N. Y., remaining there ten years, working 
 as a wagon-maker; in 1822, he went to Canada, where he lived for thirty-six years 
 carrying on the business of wagon-maker; in 1858, he came to this county and settled 
 upon his farm where he resided up to the day of his decease, Sept. 7, 1873; his widow 
 still lives upon the farm, He held the office of bailiff, seven or eight years, in Canada. 
 Married Miss Jane B. CLARK, of Black Rock, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1823; she was born in New 
 Hampshire, Dec. 29, 1804; had eight children, Rodney A., born Oct. 25, 1823; Sarah Ann, 
 in Sept. 20, 1825; Thomas W., April 7, 1828; Caroline, Dec. 7, 1831, died July 23, 1832; 
 Mary Jane, born June 23, 1833, died March 11, 1868; Robert C., Sept. 23, 1836, died 
 April 18, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., from disease contracted in army; Nancy S. W., 
 Oct. 31, 1840, and Daniel C., born June 7, 1842.


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