. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . e breaking plow,the rows Iwing one mile in length. This was tor Nathan W. Jones,who now resides in (iriggsville. He also worked in a cotton gin inMorgan cnuty for about 3 years. Like all other boys of thoseearly «lays, Mr. Brown was dej»rived of educational advantages, andwas comj)elled to undergo many hardships
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . e breaking plow,the rows Iwing one mile in length. This was tor Nathan W. Jones,who now resides in (iriggsville. He also worked in a cotton gin inMorgan cnuty for about 3 years. Like all other boys of thoseearly «lays, Mr. Brown was dej»rived of educational advantages, andwas comj)elled to undergo many hardships and privations. Hesaw the first steamlK>at that sailed on the Illinois river. He hasseen over 20 deer in onedntve, !»ut never shot one. He was marriedJan. IS, ls42, to Harriet Park, and had one son, Geo. W. died Jan. 18, 1844. Mr. Brown was again married Dec. 22,1847, this time to Jane Chapman, daughter of E. W. Chajtn)an,decease<1, so well known in the early history of this coimty. Mrs. Brown have had 8 children, 6 of whom are living: Mary Sarah F., Alice, Amos W. and Willy II. Tliey areall married except the two youngest. J. Q. Brown was born in Griggsville township, Oct. 13, 1848,and is a son of II. R. Brown. He was reared on a farm and. -S ■ eRlGGSVILLEFOR BIOGRAPHICAL SKCTCH SEE PAGE 526. HISTORY OF riKE COUNTY. 529 educated in the coinmon and liii^li schools of Griggsville. He wasmarried Nov. 20, 1S73, to Ella E. EastinaJi, daughter of LvcnrgusEastman, of Griggsville, whose biogra])hy also ajtpears in this and Mrs. Brown have two children, Alice E. and Richard Brown is engaged in farming and resides on sec. 8, Griggsvilletownshi]). Ehen F. Bryant was born in East Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 7,1832, and was brought to this county by his parents in the year1837 ; was raised on a farm until 18 years of age, when he went toGeorgetown, Harrison Co., O., and there apprenticed himself toHeberling & Russell, machinists. He remain
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