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Gen John Brown

Birth	:	1 Dec 1785 Rowe, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	29 Mar 1876 Athens, Athens County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Athens County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.3297400, -82.1108300
Plot	:	Section 4
Inscription	:	B. Rowe, MA
Description	:	Walker, Charles Manning. History of Athens County, Ohio and incidentally of the Ohio Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta. 1869. Pages 263-265. John Brown, well known in southern Ohio as "General Brown," son of Captain Benjamin Brown, one of the pioneers of Ames, was born in Rowe, MA, Dec 1, 1785. In 1787, his father's family moved to Hartford, Washington county, New York, and in 1796, with several other families seeking homes in the west, came to the Forks of Yoh, on the Monongahela, three miles above Williamsport, PA. Here they remained till Feb, 1797,... Read More	Walker, Charles Manning. History of Athens County, Ohio and incidentally of the Ohio Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta. 1869. Pages 263-265. John Brown, well known in southern Ohio as "General Brown," son of Captain Benjamin Brown, one of the pioneers of Ames, was born in Rowe, MA, Dec 1, 1785. In 1787, his father's family moved to Hartford, Washington county, New York, and in 1796, with several other families seeking homes in the west, came to the Forks of Yoh, on the Monongahela, three miles above Williamsport, PA. Here they remained till Feb, 1797, building a boat during the winter, in which they completed their journey and arrived at Marietta, February 11, 1797. In 1811, Mr. Brown married Sophia Walker, daughter of Dr. Ezra Walker, and continued to live in Ames township till 1817, when he removed to the town of Athens. In 1808, Mr Brown was elected captain in the militia, and was subsequently made major and colonel, and in 1817 was elected brigadier general. He was county auditor from 1822 to 1827, and has been treasurer of the Ohio university from 1824 to the present time. He was also mayor of Athens for several years and coroner for two terms. He is, in every good sense, one of the village fathers who has "come down to us from a former generation". ----------------------------------------------- For the memorial of a grandson click here: Fritz Wallace Brown

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Gen John Brown death on 29 Mar 1876 in Athens, Athens County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 39.3297400
Longitude: -82.1108300

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Sarah Smith “Sally” Brown Glazier

(1774 - 1861)

William Brown

(1779 - 1859)

Archibald Green Brown

(1798 - 1892)

Children

William Loring Brown

(1819 - 1896)

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