Biographical Sketch of Addison H. Brown, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Addison H. Brown, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Boles Town-
ship, Franklin County, was born in Circleville, Westmoreland Co., Penn.
March 28, 1839, and is the eldest of nine children born to John and
Margaret (Metraffey) Brown, also natives of Westmoreland County, Penn.,
and of Scotch-Irish descent.  John Brown, who served fifteen years as
justice of the peace in his native county, was a son of Henry and Eliza
(Harkness) Brown.  Two of Mr. Brown's sons were educated for the Pres-
byterian ministry, and one of them, Rev. David Brown, is preaching at
Newton, Iowa.  Addison H. Brown was reared in Circleville until his
thirteenth year, when he removed to a farm with his parents.  He recei-
ved an academical education, and engaged in teaching school until
twenty-four years of age.  In 1863 he was married to Mary J. Gaut, a
native of Pennsylvania.  He taught school during the winter months, and
farmed during the summer, until 1880, when he engaged in merchandising
in Wall, near Pittsburgh, four years, since which time he has followed
farming.  He owns 185 acres of well-improved land near Pacific, as well
as town lots and coal land in Pennsylvania.  Mr. Brown removed to 
Franklin County, Mo., in 1865, where his wife died in 1877.  In 1880
Mr. Brown returned to Pennsylvania, and in July of that year was marr-
ied to Mrs. Matilda Linhart, nee Umbarger.  Mr. and Mrs. Brown are
members of the Presbyterian Church, of which the former is clerk of
sessions and trustee.  He is a Republican in politics, and while resid-
ing in Pennsylvania served three years as justice of the peace.  During
the late war he served in the Pennsylvania State Militia.  He is one of
the present board of school directors of Pacific.

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