Age 74 Years, 3 months, 15 days∼The Joseph Brown family came with the first group of white people to settle in Rockland Valley. The family consisted of Joseph Brown, his wife Jane and their five children Thomas Humble age 15, Jane 13, Mary Ann 11, Sarah 8, and William George 2 1/2.
The Brown family homesteaded the land along the creek about two miles south of the present town site.
A sod house was built and hay was cut to prepare for the first winter.
Henry Able Brown, one of the first white boys born in Rockland, arrived November 12, 1879. (William Taysom was born August 14, 1879 according to Taysom records.)
The Browns had four more children, Anthony was born in 1881, Josephine in 1884, Milton in 1886 (He died shortly after birth and was buried on the homestead.), and Ernest in 1887.
Joseph Brown was born in Sheffield, England in 1825. He came to Michigan with his young wife and children. His wife and children died of an epidemic. Joseph then moved west to Utah.
Jane Humble was born in 1846 in Liverpool, England. She came to the United States as a child. Part of her family remained in the mid-west, but she and a brother and sister migrated to Meadow Creek, Utah. In Utah, she met and married Joseph Brown. They had eight children, but only five survived to move to Idaho.
A few years after their arrival in Rockland, the Browns built a house on the west side of the creek. Later a four room log house was built on the east side of the creek. The log house was given a new roof and a loft room was made before 1900. The house was stuccoed in the 1940s and is still in use today.
Joseph Brown was most interested in cattle and raised only hay and grain.
Jane served her community as a practical nurse and mid-wife.
Thomas Brown, the oldest son, homesteaded land west of the family place. He married Rose Southwell, traded his land for cattle and moved to the Jackson Hole area.
Jane married Edward Olney. She lived around Pocatello.
Mary Ann married Joseph Watts and moved to American Falls.
Sarah married Joseph Watts' brother, William and lived in Pocatello.
Henry married Elinor Lish and moved to McCammon.
Josephine married Charles Edwards and lived in Lava and McCammon.
William George (Will) helped Thomas move to Jackson Hole. He stayed for awhile in Victor. There Joseph died in 1899 and the youngest boy died in 1901.
After his father and brother's death, Will moved back to Rockland. Will and his family lived in the house across the creek from the log house of his mother.
Anthony died in 1918 of the flu and his mother (Jane) died two years later.
Will remained on the home place several more years. He left a few years and returned a few months before his death in 1931.
Will's family, except for his oldest daughter Alice Brown Schiewe, moved four years later.
When Alice and her family moved in 1941 all the Browns were gone from Rockland Valley.
Source: Rockland Valley 1879-1979: The First One Hundred Years
CENSUSES
1860: Unknown
1870: Meadow Creek, Millard, UT
1880: Rock Creek, Oneida, ID
1900: Rockland, Oneida, ID (d. 1899?)
The Brown family homesteaded the land along the creek about two miles south of the present town site.
A sod house was built and hay was cut to prepare for the first winter.
Henry Able Brown, one of the first white boys born in Rockland, arrived November 12, 1879. (William Taysom was born August 14, 1879 according to Taysom records.)
The Browns had four more children, Anthony was born in 1881, Josephine in 1884, Milton in 1886 (He died shortly after birth and was buried on the homestead.), and Ernest in 1887.
Joseph Brown was born in Sheffield, England in 1825. He came to Michigan with his young wife and children. His wife and children died of an epidemic. Joseph then moved west to Utah.
Jane Humble was born in 1846 in Liverpool, England. She came to the United States as a child. Part of her family remained in the mid-west, but she and a brother and sister migrated to Meadow Creek, Utah. In Utah, she met and married Joseph Brown. They had eight children, but only five survived to move to Idaho.
A few years after their arrival in Rockland, the Browns built a house on the west side of the creek. Later a four room log house was built on the east side of the creek. The log house was given a new roof and a loft room was made before 1900. The house was stuccoed in the 1940s and is still in use today.
Joseph Brown was most interested in cattle and raised only hay and grain.
Jane served her community as a practical nurse and mid-wife.
Thomas Brown, the oldest son, homesteaded land west of the family place. He married Rose Southwell, traded his land for cattle and moved to the Jackson Hole area.
Jane married Edward Olney. She lived around Pocatello.
Mary Ann married Joseph Watts and moved to American Falls.
Sarah married Joseph Watts' brother, William and lived in Pocatello.
Henry married Elinor Lish and moved to McCammon.
Josephine married Charles Edwards and lived in Lava and McCammon.
William George (Will) helped Thomas move to Jackson Hole. He stayed for awhile in Victor. There Joseph died in 1899 and the youngest boy died in 1901.
After his father and brother's death, Will moved back to Rockland. Will and his family lived in the house across the creek from the log house of his mother.
Anthony died in 1918 of the flu and his mother (Jane) died two years later.
Will remained on the home place several more years. He left a few years and returned a few months before his death in 1931.
Will's family, except for his oldest daughter Alice Brown Schiewe, moved four years later.
When Alice and her family moved in 1941 all the Browns were gone from Rockland Valley.
Source: Rockland Valley 1879-1979: The First One Hundred Years
CENSUSES
1860: Unknown
1870: Meadow Creek, Millard, UT
1880: Rock Creek, Oneida, ID
1900: Rockland, Oneida, ID (d. 1899?)
Age 74 Years, 3 months, 15 days∼The Joseph Brown family came with the first group of white people to settle in Rockland Valley. The family consisted of Joseph Brown, his wife Jane and their five children Thomas Humble age 15, Jane 13, Mary Ann 11, Sarah 8, and William George 2 1/2.
The Brown family homesteaded the land along the creek about two miles south of the present town site.
A sod house was built and hay was cut to prepare for the first winter.
Henry Able Brown, one of the first white boys born in Rockland, arrived November 12, 1879. (William Taysom was born August 14, 1879 according to Taysom records.)
The Browns had four more children, Anthony was born in 1881, Josephine in 1884, Milton in 1886 (He died shortly after birth and was buried on the homestead.), and Ernest in 1887.
Joseph Brown was born in Sheffield, England in 1825. He came to Michigan with his young wife and children. His wife and children died of an epidemic. Joseph then moved west to Utah.
Jane Humble was born in 1846 in Liverpool, England. She came to the United States as a child. Part of her family remained in the mid-west, but she and a brother and sister migrated to Meadow Creek, Utah. In Utah, she met and married Joseph Brown. They had eight children, but only five survived to move to Idaho.
A few years after their arrival in Rockland, the Browns built a house on the west side of the creek. Later a four room log house was built on the east side of the creek. The log house was given a new roof and a loft room was made before 1900. The house was stuccoed in the 1940s and is still in use today.
Joseph Brown was most interested in cattle and raised only hay and grain.
Jane served her community as a practical nurse and mid-wife.
Thomas Brown, the oldest son, homesteaded land west of the family place. He married Rose Southwell, traded his land for cattle and moved to the Jackson Hole area.
Jane married Edward Olney. She lived around Pocatello.
Mary Ann married Joseph Watts and moved to American Falls.
Sarah married Joseph Watts' brother, William and lived in Pocatello.
Henry married Elinor Lish and moved to McCammon.
Josephine married Charles Edwards and lived in Lava and McCammon.
William George (Will) helped Thomas move to Jackson Hole. He stayed for awhile in Victor. There Joseph died in 1899 and the youngest boy died in 1901.
After his father and brother's death, Will moved back to Rockland. Will and his family lived in the house across the creek from the log house of his mother.
Anthony died in 1918 of the flu and his mother (Jane) died two years later.
Will remained on the home place several more years. He left a few years and returned a few months before his death in 1931.
Will's family, except for his oldest daughter Alice Brown Schiewe, moved four years later.
When Alice and her family moved in 1941 all the Browns were gone from Rockland Valley.
Source: Rockland Valley 1879-1979: The First One Hundred Years
CENSUSES
1860: Unknown
1870: Meadow Creek, Millard, UT
1880: Rock Creek, Oneida, ID
1900: Rockland, Oneida, ID (d. 1899?)
The Brown family homesteaded the land along the creek about two miles south of the present town site.
A sod house was built and hay was cut to prepare for the first winter.
Henry Able Brown, one of the first white boys born in Rockland, arrived November 12, 1879. (William Taysom was born August 14, 1879 according to Taysom records.)
The Browns had four more children, Anthony was born in 1881, Josephine in 1884, Milton in 1886 (He died shortly after birth and was buried on the homestead.), and Ernest in 1887.
Joseph Brown was born in Sheffield, England in 1825. He came to Michigan with his young wife and children. His wife and children died of an epidemic. Joseph then moved west to Utah.
Jane Humble was born in 1846 in Liverpool, England. She came to the United States as a child. Part of her family remained in the mid-west, but she and a brother and sister migrated to Meadow Creek, Utah. In Utah, she met and married Joseph Brown. They had eight children, but only five survived to move to Idaho.
A few years after their arrival in Rockland, the Browns built a house on the west side of the creek. Later a four room log house was built on the east side of the creek. The log house was given a new roof and a loft room was made before 1900. The house was stuccoed in the 1940s and is still in use today.
Joseph Brown was most interested in cattle and raised only hay and grain.
Jane served her community as a practical nurse and mid-wife.
Thomas Brown, the oldest son, homesteaded land west of the family place. He married Rose Southwell, traded his land for cattle and moved to the Jackson Hole area.
Jane married Edward Olney. She lived around Pocatello.
Mary Ann married Joseph Watts and moved to American Falls.
Sarah married Joseph Watts' brother, William and lived in Pocatello.
Henry married Elinor Lish and moved to McCammon.
Josephine married Charles Edwards and lived in Lava and McCammon.
William George (Will) helped Thomas move to Jackson Hole. He stayed for awhile in Victor. There Joseph died in 1899 and the youngest boy died in 1901.
After his father and brother's death, Will moved back to Rockland. Will and his family lived in the house across the creek from the log house of his mother.
Anthony died in 1918 of the flu and his mother (Jane) died two years later.
Will remained on the home place several more years. He left a few years and returned a few months before his death in 1931.
Will's family, except for his oldest daughter Alice Brown Schiewe, moved four years later.
When Alice and her family moved in 1941 all the Browns were gone from Rockland Valley.
Source: Rockland Valley 1879-1979: The First One Hundred Years
CENSUSES
1860: Unknown
1870: Meadow Creek, Millard, UT
1880: Rock Creek, Oneida, ID
1900: Rockland, Oneida, ID (d. 1899?)
Family Members
Spouse
Children
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Thomas Humble "T. H. or Tom" Brown
1864–1923
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Jane Brown McCarty
1866–1930
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Mary Ann Brown Watts
1868–1947
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Sarah Ann Brown Dobkins
1870–1943
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William George Brown
1876–1931
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Henry Able Brown
1879–1941
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Anthony H Brown
1881–1918
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Josephine Brown Edwards
1883–1945
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Milton Brown
1886–1886
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Ernest Brown
1887–1901
