1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County Iowa: (P. 604) ALEXANDER L. BROWN, b. Muskingum Co, Ohio, 1827, son of Benjamin Brown, grandson of Alexander Brown (born in Scotland). Alexander's mother was Nancy (McKee) Brown, daughter of Protestant Irishmen. Alexander married April 20, 1848 to Miss Elizabeth Catherine Mennefee, a native of Virginia, daughter of Charles Mennefee (b. 1782) and Mary Madox Mennefee, daughter of Notley Madox a native of Virginia. Mr and Mrs Brown are the parents of 7 chldren: Samantha wife of Horace Bull of Rock Island, IL and has five children; Joanna wife of Riley Duncan of Wayne Nebraska, the mother of 2 children; Charles a resident of Custer Co Nebraska, father of 3 children; Theodore married and living in Omaha; L.W. at home; Hugh in Pottawattamie County; George A. a teacher in Center Township. Benjamin, twin brother of Charles, died at age four.