John and Johanna (Harrington) Brown

HARRINGTON, BROWN

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 1/15/2019 at 23:22:38

John and Johanna (Harrington) Brown were both born in County Kerry, Ireland and immigrated to America in 1840. For a number of years John was employed with the railroad corporation in Norwich, Conn. The Brown’s then came to Butler Township, Jackson County, Iowa, where they bought a homestead and farmed for some time. John Brown sold this land and bought 500 acres in Whitewater Township. They were the parents of nine children.

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