This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brower, Swindle Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/829 Message Board Post: Jeremiah Brower was born April 24, 1801 NY., NY. He was the son of Jacob Brower and Abigail Mernig. His siblings were: Jacob, John Abraham, Lawyer, Chancellor L., and Martha. As of 1850 Jeremiah and brothers were settled in Missouri, Schuyler Co. and Marion Co. But about 1853 Jeremiah and wife Nancy Weaver Swindle Brower moved to Wayne Co., IA He was not only a surgeon, but the First Worshipfull Leader of the Corydon Masonic Lodge #91. He was also the Wayne Co. Judge. He is buried in Lineville. After his death many of his children and brother's children took the Oregon Trail to La Grande, Union Co., OR where they settled and Nancy died. Thank you, Lilly