Oliver A. BROWN (b. 1817)

BROWN, SHAW, RECKEL, MCCALL

Posted By: Linnie Howell (email)
Date: 6/10/2005 at 23:46:30

BROWN, Oliver A., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. West Union; born May 21, 1817, in Litchfield Co., Conn. In 1835, came to Yates Co., N. Y.; in 1848, came to Milwaukee; in 1849, came to his present farm; owns 312 acres, valued at $40 per acre. Married Susan Shaw Nov. 7, 1840; she was born in 1824 in Duchess Co., N. Y. and died in Windsor Tp. Had two children - Susan, now Mrs. Reckel, and Wm. A., died Aug. 5, 1863. Second marriage to Elsie McCall, May 9, 1870; she was born July 9, 1849, in DuPage Co., Ill. Have three children by present marriage - Ora Z., Willie O. and Henry L. Has been Justice of the Peace. Willie O. enlisted in Co. H, 38th I. V. I.; served about one year, and died Aug. 5, 1863, from disease contracted while in the army.

(Note: Above is entered exactly as it appears in the 1878 history; Willie O. is listed as a child of the second marriage in 1870; he could not have enlisted in the Civil War and died in 1863. Perhaps it should say Wm. A. The information in this bio should be checked very carefully by any serious researcher of this family.)

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Windsor Township
Page 693