"THOMAS BROWN, farmer, lives on section 34, Garden Grove Township, where he owns forty acres of excellent land, in a high state of cultivation.  He has a fine residence and a good barn.   Mr. Brown was born September 22,1826, in Scotland, son of John and Margaret Brown.  He came to America in 1850, and settled in New York, where he remained six years, then removed to McHenry County, Illinois, thence to Decatur County, in 1864.  He was married in Scotland in 1850, to Mary Rogers, also a native of that country, where she was born in 1828.  They are the parents of six children -- John, James, Elizabeth, Margaret, Thomas and Mary.  Mr. Brown and family are very highly esteemed in the community where they are known."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)