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

Lewis BROWN, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Joliet; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 2, 1827, 
where he attended school in winter and worked upon his father's farm in summer until 13 
years of age, when in 1840, he removed with his father's family to Will Co., IL; he settled 
upon his present farm in 1863; owns 160 acres of well-improved land, valued at $60 per acre. 
He married Miss Christy Smithley, Oct. 19, 1871; she was born Oct. 13, 1839, in Westmoreland 
Co., Penn.; they are the parents of three children - Jennie Luella, born Oct. 21, 1872; 
Lydia May, born Feb. 17, 1875, died Feb. 19, 1876; Katie Bell, born June 2, 1877.


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

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