EDWARD BROWN

BROWN, MORLEY, DEMMING

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Date: 5/14/2005 at 23:18:04

BROWN, Edward, hotel keeper; P. O. Clermont; born in the city of New York April 6, 1824; moved to Essex, Ct., in 1847, to Iowa and this county in 1856; he was engaged in farming until 1861, when he returned to New York; spent six years there; in 1867 he returned to Iowa and Clermont. He was married in 1854 to Miss Dorcas Morley, from Springfield, Mass.; she died in 1857. He was married again in 1858 to Miss Laura Demming, from Ohio; they had four children - Josephine, Frank, Ernest and Emma L.; first three named are deceased. "Mine host," E. Brown, keeps a quiet temperance house, with clean beds and square meals, and, with his pleasant manners, makes many friends.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa, Clermont Township
Page 733