F. P. BROWN.

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         The agricultural interests of Louisa county find a worthy and successful representative in F. P. Brown, who is the owner of an excellent farm of two hundred and forty acres on sections 4 and 5, Marshall township. His birth occurred in Pickaway county, Ohio, on the 15th of August, 1852, his parents being Isaac N. and Hester A. (Storks) Brown, the former a native of Circleville, Ohio, and the latter of Maryland. The mother came to this county in 1863, locating on a farm in Elliott township, where she spent the remainder of her life. She reared a family of three children.

         F. P. Brown attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education and remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority. Subsequently he rented a farm in Elliott township, devoting his attention to its operation for fifteen years. On the expiration of that period he purchased a tract of land in Elliott township, where he was actively engaged in the tilling of the soil for thirty-two years altogether. After disposing of his property in that township he purchased and located on a farm of two hundred and forty acres on sections 4 and 5, Marshall township, which had already been brought under a high state of cultivation and on which he has resided to the present time. In addition to cultivating the cereals best adapted to soil and climate he makes a specialty of raising and feeding cattle, hogs and horses, this branch of his business adding materially to his annual income.

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         On the 5th of September, 1875, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Julia B. Schultz, a native of Indiana and a daughter of John and Hester (Robinson) Schultz. Her father was born in France, while her mother’s birth occurred in the Hoosier state. John Schultz, who served as sergeant of a company of Union soldiers during the Civil war, was killed at the battle of Shiloh. His widow subsequently removed to Des Moines county, Iowa, and in the ‘70s located in Oakville. She was the mother of three children. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have no children of their own but reared an adopted son, P. T. Brown, who assists our subject in the conduct of his farming interests.

         Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Brown has supported the men and measures of the republican party, believing that its principles are most conducive to good government. He has served as a school director and has ever been a stanch friend of the cause of education. Both he and his wife are consistent and devoted members of the Church of God. Mr. Brown’s life has been such as to merit the respect of his fellowmen and by his honesty, uprightness and industry he has contributed much toward the upbuilding of the county in which he has made his home for almost a half century.