John M. Brown, Jr. was the son of John & Mary Amelia (Fanagan) Brown of Hopewell Twp., Bedford Co., PA. He spent his youth on a farm and in his father's mill! [History of Cass & Bates Counties (MO), 1883, p. 1328]. Note that his father was a miller! John Brown, Jr. appears, age 19 (sic), b, in PA, a laborer with his parents in the 1850 Federal Census of Madison Twp., Fairfield Co., OH (p. 468). He moved to Morgan Co., IL in 1854; and enlisted in Company C, 122nd IL Vol. Inf. in the fall of 1862 and served three years. He may be the John Brown who is enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census of Franklin Precinct, Morgan Co., IL on p. 616. He left the family home in Hocking Co., Ohio, on 3 January 1866 with his brother, William G. Brown. They arrived in Bates Co., Missouri three months later after back-tracking from Kansas. On Oct. 14, 1866 in Cass Co., MO, he m. Miss Lizzie Seavers of Morgan Co., IL, the daughter of Jeremiah and Nancy Seavers. He appears in the 1870 Federal Census of Pleasant Gap Twp., Bates Co., MO at age 38, b. in PA. He died on 9 Jan. 1908 and is buried in Round Prairie Cem., Hudson Twp., Bates Co., MO. He and Lizzie (Seavers) Brown had the following children, b. in Bates Co., MO, about who I seek further information: i. Horace E. Brown; ii. George L. Brown; iii. Albert Brown; iv. L.V. Brown, b. 12 Jan. 1879 - d. 28 Jun 1934 and is buried in Round Prairie Cem., Hudson Twp., Bates Co., MO.