I stumbled upon these handwritten copies today. I did have the originals once, but I can't find them. I am giving them to the brown Co list/rootsweb archive for safekeeping. William Brown (5), William (4), James (3), John (2), John (1). William Brown was born at Big Spring, Pa May 6, 1784 and emigrated with his family to Lexington, KY when 5 years old. After the death of his father he helped to maintain the family, and living with his mother until his marriage. 1. Sophia Jane Donaldson who died November 28, 1822, They had a daughter Sophia Jane b. Nov 3, 1822 - October 3, 1823. 2. Mary Fitzgerald Johnson who was born in Flemingsburg, KY, Nov 15, 1797 and died in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois on August 17, 1873. (Mary Johnson was the widow of Hiram Johnson and had a son John Johnson) The new family moved to Ash Ridge, Ohio and bought a tract of land and lived there till his death Oct 20 1862 at the age of 68. During the Civil War his family moved to near Monmouth, Warren Co. Ill (along with John Johnson's widow and her children). Children of Mary and William: 1. David b. Jan 24, 1831 at Ash Ridge d. Mar 10, 1877 in Denver, Co. He was single. 2. William B. b. Feb 12, 1833, d. Aug 3, 1864 near Atlanta, Ga. He was single. 3. James b. July 2, 1835. 4. Eleanor W. b. Oct 18, 1837. 5. Mary B. b. Sept 8, 1840, She married A. D. Shauman in June 1884. They had no children. 1. David: Said to have had a gold mine - supposedly no one looked into this for probate when he died (this info is over 100 years old- there have been a couple lawyers in the family since then). 2. William: enlisted October 1861 and was elected Captain of Company A, 70th Regt OVI. He was promoted to Major October 3, 1862, and to Lt. Coronal in March 1864. He brought the regiment back to Ohio and re-enlisted, filled the regiment, and returned with it to the front. He commanded the regiment for nearly 18 months when he fell mortally wounded while leading a successful charge on a rebel rifle pier near Atlanta. 3. James: enlisted in Company A 70, OVI on October 10, 1861 and was appointed orderly Sergeant, commissioned 2nd Lt. July 14, 1862, 1st Lt. on Feb 4, 1863, Captain on March 11, 1864, and Major on November 18, 1864. He was honorably discharged on August 14, 1865. He was wounded in the knee and the end of his finger was shot off at the battle of shiloh on April 6, 1862. He received a serious wound in the forearm at the battle of Peachtree Creek, enroute to Atlanta and received a furlough to come home. As soon as his wound would permit he returned to the front and was with General Sherman on his march to the sea. He believed himself to have been the first man in the fort at the storming of Fort McAllister near Savannah. He frequently received com,mendations for bravery. In 1865 he moved to Paxton, Ford Co. Ill and was two terms Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was elected JP (justice of the peace??) in 1867, and moved to Chicago in September 1871. In November he was admitted to the bar and was a lawyer until his death on May 13, 1878. He was a member and elder of the first United Presp. Church of Chicago. He married Rachel Fenton on Feb 15, 1864 in Winchester Oh. (she later moved to Des Moines, IA) known children - page was torn: 1. Mary F. b. November 19, 1864, d. December 27, 1864. 2. Albetine b. April 1, 1866 married E. E. Shock on November 22, 1887. They had four children. 3. William B b. November 17, 1867 4. ------------------------------------ b. November 26, 1870. 5.-------------------------------------- b. Feb 25, 1872, d. Mar 3, 1872. 4. Eleanor: born in Ash Ridge. She moved with family to Monmouth. She married September 22, 1869 to M.V.T. Burns who was b. at Carlisle (??) 1835, d. June 12, 1881. They had four children. One note - not mentioned, William and James Brown were both schoolteachers before enlisting in the civil war. The information was given to me by a grand-daughter in law of Eleanor who was lucky enough to be of the Johnson line who somehow later married into brown line. Carol Thorpe [email protected]