> > >> 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 Howard H. BROWN are: Brown, >> Seybert, Davies, Eckenberg, Rathel, >> >> Howard H. BROWN, member of one of the oldest families of Madison County, >> the Browns having lived here for four generations, is in business at Anderson >> as a funeral director, proprietor of a well-appointed business and service >> located at 228 East Twelfth Street Mr. Brown was born at Anderson. His >> great-grandfather, Martin Brown, was a native of England, was reared there and >> when a young man came to the United States and settled in Indiana, securing a >> tract of land which he improved into a farm and on which be and his wife >> lived many happy and prosperous years, passing away at a good old age. Their >> son, John G. Brown, was a native of Indiana, was a farmer by occupation and >> during his later years lived retired in Anderson. He married Debra Seybert. She >> was born in Madison County. Her father, Harvey Seybert, came to Indiana >> from North Carolina. It was in the early pioneer days and the trip was made >> with wagons and teams, the men of the family walking beside the wagons and at >> night they camped at the roadside. Harvey Seybert secured a tract of wild >> land, on which he started his pioneer improvements in making an Indiana home. >> He developed a farm, and this land is now included in the site of an airport >> at Anderson. Harvey Seybert married Martha Davies, and both of them lived to >> a good old age. The father of Howard H. Brown was Clarence L. Brown, who >> was born at Anderson, grew up as a farmer, and it was that occupation that >> provided his chief life work. He was the father of two children, Howard H. and >> Debra. Debra is the wife of William Eckenberg. Howard H. Brown was educated >> in the Lincoln Grammar School and Anderson High School and subsequently >> attended the Muncie Normal School. While he was at the normal he was enrolled in >> the Students Army Training Corps during the World war, being honorably >> discharged after the armistice. Mr. Brown in 1924 entered the Cincinnati College >> of Embalming, is a graduate of that institution, and his first business >> location as a funeral director was at Alexandria. In 1929 he moved to Anderson, >> and continues his business in that city. Mr. Brown married, in 1918, Miss >> Iva Rathel, who was born in Madison County, daughter of Charles and Harriet >> Rathel. They have two children, Mary Lou and Beverly Jo. Mr. Brown is a >> member of the Christian Church, the Masonic fraternity, the Elks, Red Men, >> Fraternal Order of Eagles and is a member of the American Legion. He is now a >> representative of the First Ward in the Anderson City Council. >> >> >