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Surnames: Brown, Wood, Colvin, Bennett
Classification: Biography
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the
insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just
thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE:
I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no
index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
Typed by Lora Radiches:
Other surnames mentioned in the biography of James B. Brown are: Brown, Wood, Colvin,
Bennett,
JAMES B. BROWN. While the demand for farm produce has steadily increased, agriculture is
the oldest industry for tilling the soil and breeding and raising stock has occupied man
from pre-historic days. It has been, however, only within the past thirty years that
farming has been conducted as a business, with the best of machinery and appliances, and,
therefore, although the years are not so numerous, as history is written, since the late
James B. Brown began farming, in 1882, to the present day, the methods have been
revolutionized. In spite of the hard work and few implements of his day, this sturdy son
of Indiana made progress, and when he died, in 1926, he left behind him a large and
valuable estate, and at the same time was admitted to be one of the leading citizens of
Wayne County. Wayne County was his birthplace, and he came into the world in 1854. His
parents, William and Ann (Wood) Brown, were farming people, he born in Ireland and she in
Union County, Indiana, and !
after they were married they bought a farm in Wayne County, which continued their home
until death claimed them. Pioneers of the county, they experienced the hardships
incident to rural life at that time, but they had faith in the region, and
believed that their calling was an honorable and profitable one. Their neighbors found in
them helpful friends in times of need, and they were good church people, and tried to
secure educational advantages for their children. The common schools gave James B. Brown
his education as far as books go, but he learned much from contact with others in his
after life. He was residing in Union County, Indiana, at the time of his marriage, in
1882, to Miss Mary E. Colvin, a native of Union County, and a daughter of Thomas Jefferson
and Rebecca (Bennett) Calvin, he born in Scotland and she in Union County, Indiana. Mrs.
Brown is a granddaughter of Robert Bennett, also born in Union County. For eight years
following their marriage !
Mr. and Mrs. Brown resided on a farm near Abbington, Indiana, and from that one
moved to another in the vicinity of Philomath, Indiana. Six years later they bought 250
acres near Webster, and lived upon it until 1919, when they rented the farm, moved to
Richmond, Indiana, and purchased the fine modern residence, at 32 North Twelfth Street,
where Mrs. Brown still maintains her home, and where Mr. Brown passed away, May 17, 1926.
In political faith Mr. Brown was a staunch Republican, but he was not a man to desire
public honors, preferring at all times his home and family, his farming and stock raising
to anything else. Therefore he is deeply missed by his family, who, although several years
have passed since his death, mourn his demise, and remember his wise and honorable
precepts. There were four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, namely: Richard and Walter,
both of whom reside at Richmond; Metta Anna and Esther Frances, both of whom live with
their widowed mother i!
n the Brown home. All of the children are a credit to their parents and upbringing, and
Mrs. Brown takes great comfort in them now that she has been bereft of her life companion.