Jerod Brown

1830 - 1896  (66 years)

• Name	Jerod Brown
  Birth	4 Mar 1830	, Clinton County, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	76B9CA9B20E247ADAEC899739582B2330861
  Death	21 Oct 1896	New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA   [1]
  Burial	New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village, Dakota "Brown" Cemetery
  Person ID	I83	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	Charles Brown,   b. 10 Dec 1790, , , Rhode Island, USA d. 13 Jul 1870, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Sarah Newton,   b. 11 Sep 1789, , , Vermont, USA d. 2 Mar 1848, Altona, Clinton County, New York, USA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1814	, , Vermont, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Caroline Mott,   b. 15 Jan 1841, Brockville, , Ontario, Canada d. 10 Jul 1932, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1855	New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA
  Children	1. Ann Eliza Brown,   b. 10 Jan 1857   d. 30 Dec 1861 (Age 4 years)   2. Olive Teresa Brown,   b. 25 Jan 1860, , , Minnesota, USA d. 28 Sep 1932, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (Age 72 years)   3. Leonard J. Brown,   b. 21 Oct 1862, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village d. 14 Mar 1933, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 70 years)   4. Vincent Chester Brown,   b. 21 Mar 1866   d. 23 Nov 1938, , Winona County, Minnesota, USA (Age 72 years)   5. Charles L. Brown,   b. 26 Mar 1873   d. 2 Nov 1882 (Age 9 years)
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Mar 1830 - , Clinton County, New York, USA Marriage - 4 Nov 1855 - New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA Death - 21 Oct 1896 - New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA Burial - - New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village, Dakota "Brown" Cemetery  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Excerpt from PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, Winona County, Minnesota. Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States. Lake City Publishing Co. Chicago, Chapman Publishing Company, Printers and Binders, 1895. (Volume located in Minnesota Historical Society) Page 268 Jerod Brown. JEROD BROWN, a farmer residing on section 7, Dresbach Township, claims New York as the state of his nativity. He was born in Clinton County on the 4th of March, 1830, and under the parental roof was reared to manhood, the days of his boyhood and youth being quietly passed. When he had arrived at man's estate he started out in life, and has since been dependent on his own resources, so that whatever success be has achieved is due entirely to his own efforts. His first work was in a sawmill, where he received $16 per month in compensation for his services. This mill was located on the Hudson River, and he was there employed for about three years, after which he started westward, having determined to try his fortune on the broad prairies of the Mississippi Valley. He started in April,1852, and on the 8th of May reached Bunnell's Landing. Soon after he came to Dakota, where he engaged in chopping wood and working on the railroad. He followed various pursuits whereby he might earn an honest living until his marriage, when he turned his attention to farming. On the 4th of November, 1855, Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Miss Harriet C. Mott, daughter of Annis Mott. They began their domestic life on section 1, New Hartford Township, where Mr. Brown had a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. There he made his home for thirty-five years, giving his time and attention to agricultural pursuits. He prospered in his undertakings, and his enterprise and industry were rewarded by a comfortable competence. He afterward removed to his present home, where he owns ten acres of land, which is devoted to the raising of berries. This is his only business, and it yields him an income sufficient for his present wants, and he has a snug sum laid by for a rainy day. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born five children, three of whom are yet living. Ann Eliza, born January 10, 1857, died December 30, 1861; Olive T., born January 25, 1860, is the wife of Edward F. Shippey, who resides on the old homestead farm in New Hartford Township; Leonard J., born October 21, 1862, lives on the farm with his sister; Vincent C., born March 21, 1866, makes his home in Appleton, Minn.; and Charles L., born March 26, 1873, died November 3, 1882. Mr. Brown is numbered among the pioneer settlers of Winona County. On leaving his old home in the East lie went by stage from Glens Falls to Port Edward, and thence by rail to Buffalo, N. Y., where he took passage on a boat bound for Detroit, Mich. From that place lie proceeded by rail to New Buffalo, Mich., and thence took a boat to Milwaukee, whence he proceeded to the end of the railroad, a distance of twenty-nine miles. Here he again took a stage and went across the country to Galena, Ill., and thence by boat continued on his way to Homer, Minn. Here he went through all the experiences and hardships of frontier life. His first home was a log cabin, which was later replaced by a good frame residence. He also built a good frame barn, cleared his land of the timber, and has transformed one hundred and sixty acres of raw prairie into one of the finest farms of the county.

  
  

• Sources

  [S470] Gravestone, Dakota Cemetery, Dakota, MN. [S10] Patrick Wilson Family Treemaker File (received 9/28/99).