BROWN, Hiram

BROWN, DAWSON

Posted By: Administrator
Date: 10/16/2001 at 21:04:55

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ORANGE TWP. (Pgs 758-764)
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

HIRAM BROWN, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Orange; born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1818; he learned the trade of tanner and currier, which business he followed till he came West in 1839; he was then, for some time, peddling clocks; he came to Orange Township, and settled on the farm which he now owns in 1841; has resided where he now does for thirty eight years; he was Sheriff of Clinton Co. for the first four years after Iowa became a State; has been a member of the Board of Supervisors for two years is at present Justice of the Peace, and has been for many years. He married Miss Caroline Dawson, daughter of R. H. Dawson; have six children—Francis M., now an attorney of Greenfield, Adair Co.; William A., Emma, Ella, Carrie and Hattie.