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Elihu Columbus “Lum” Brown

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Elihu Columbus “Lum” Brown

Birth
Owen County, Indiana, USA
Death
11 May 1919 (aged 79)
Switz City, Greene County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Greene County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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m. (1) Sarah Ann Hansford (m. 16 Mar 1861, Monroe County, Indiana
f/o Uriah Hansford Brown, Minnie/Ninnie Belle Brown, Verma Dell Brown, Judy Brown, Luella Brown, Oscar Brown, Stella Blanche Brown, Ida May (Brown) Pugh

m. (2) Nancy Jane (Butcher) Swango Williams Livingston (m. 26 Oct 1915, Greene County, Indiana)
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Elihu C. (Columbus "Lum") Brown is a native of Clay Township, Owen County, IN, is the sixth son of David and Sarah (Litton) Brown, of North Carolina, and was born March 15, 1840. So far in life he has been a farmer. His education, which was limited to the elementary studies, was acquired at the public schools of his neighborhood. March 16, 1861 he was married, in Monroe County, IN to Sarah Hansford, by whom he has had borne to him seven children - Uriah H., Ninnie Belle, Verma Dell, Luella, Oscar, Stella Blanch and Ida May. Mr. B. owns a nice farm of eight-five acres, upon which he lives but a few hundred yards from the house in which he was born. In politics, he is an uncompromising Democrat, and for Presidient of the United States his first vote was cast for S. A. Douglas. Subject is a self-made man and is one of Clay Township's very best citizens.
[Source: "Clay and Owen Counties, Indiana", Charles Blanchard, editor. (1884);
Owen County, Clay Township biography, p. 930]
m. (1) Sarah Ann Hansford (m. 16 Mar 1861, Monroe County, Indiana
f/o Uriah Hansford Brown, Minnie/Ninnie Belle Brown, Verma Dell Brown, Judy Brown, Luella Brown, Oscar Brown, Stella Blanche Brown, Ida May (Brown) Pugh

m. (2) Nancy Jane (Butcher) Swango Williams Livingston (m. 26 Oct 1915, Greene County, Indiana)
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Elihu C. (Columbus "Lum") Brown is a native of Clay Township, Owen County, IN, is the sixth son of David and Sarah (Litton) Brown, of North Carolina, and was born March 15, 1840. So far in life he has been a farmer. His education, which was limited to the elementary studies, was acquired at the public schools of his neighborhood. March 16, 1861 he was married, in Monroe County, IN to Sarah Hansford, by whom he has had borne to him seven children - Uriah H., Ninnie Belle, Verma Dell, Luella, Oscar, Stella Blanch and Ida May. Mr. B. owns a nice farm of eight-five acres, upon which he lives but a few hundred yards from the house in which he was born. In politics, he is an uncompromising Democrat, and for Presidient of the United States his first vote was cast for S. A. Douglas. Subject is a self-made man and is one of Clay Township's very best citizens.
[Source: "Clay and Owen Counties, Indiana", Charles Blanchard, editor. (1884);
Owen County, Clay Township biography, p. 930]


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