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Brown, Pearly P.

Male 1835 - 1914  (79 years)


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  1. 1.  Brown, Pearly P. was born on 13 Jun 1835; died on 30 Dec 1914; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BROW.P006

    Notes:

    Pearly P. Brown In common with many others of the settlers of Clay County, who deserve especial mention in this history, and who occupy an enviable place in the hearts of the most honored citizens, is P. P. Brown, the subject of these lines. He came to Clay County, Ill., in 1855, from Vinton County, Ohio, where he was born June 13, 1835. His father, Pearly Brown, and his mother, Eliza Hulbert, were both natives of Connecticut, who settled in Ohio in the early history of Vinton County. Pearly P. Brown is the tenth child of a family of thirteen children born to these parents.

    His father was a trader and stock-dealer of some note, and young Pearly has followed in his footsteps in this particular, receiving his first lessons while a lad of less than ten years, at which time he crossed the Alleghany Mountains on foot, leading the foremost ox of his father's drove. This experience was often repeated in his boyhood days, crossing the mountains no less than eighteen times.

    In 1855, he settled on a farm in Stanford Township, five miles east from Flora, where he resided about eight years, moving then to Flora. In 1873, he purchased a farm in Harter Township, living upon it two years. In 1875, he was the choice of the county for the office of Treasurer, and filled that position with acceptance for one term, since the expiration of which he has been a resident of Flora.

    In politics, he is Republican, and has represented Harter Township three terms as Supervisor, and four years as Assessor. He is regarded as an energetic and honorable stock-dealer, in which he is still actively engaged.

    He was married in Vinton County, Ohio, in 1854, to Miss Clarissa Dunkle, a daughter of Eli Dunkle and Linnissia Pilcher. She was born November 21, 1837, in Vinton County, Ohio. They are blessed with seven children —Mary E., wife of John T. Ransdell of Clay County; Linnissia, wife of C. C. Ripley, of Clay County; Harriet L., Clarissa N., Charles F., Sarah and William L. Brown.

    Mr. Brown is a member of the Masonic order, and both he and wife are honored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Flora.

    Excerpt from "History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois 1884 "

    Pearly married Dunkle, Clarissa in 1854 in Vinton County, Ohio. Clarissa was born on 21 Nov 1837; died on 30 Aug 1914; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Brown, Mary Eliza  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Nov 1854 in McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio; died on 2 Nov 1937 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.
    2. 3. Brown, Linnisia Jane  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1857; died in 1935.
    3. 4. Brown, Harriet Langartha  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1860; died in 1906.
    4. 5. Brown, Charles F.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1862; died in 1934.
    5. 6. Brown, Sarah  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1865; died in 1941.
    6. 7. Brown, Clarissa May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1865; died in 1913.
    7. 8. Brown, William L.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1873; died in 1889.
    8. 9. Brown, Pearl  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1884; died in 1884.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Brown, Mary Eliza Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pearly1) was born on 7 Nov 1854 in McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio; died on 2 Nov 1937 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BROW.M015

    Mary married Ransdell, J.T. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Ransdell, Lena I.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jun 1874 in Illinois; died on 25 Mar 1918 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

  2. 3.  Brown, Linnisia Jane Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pearly1) was born in 1857; died in 1935.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BROW.L001

    Family/Spouse: Ripley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Brown, Harriet Langartha Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pearly1) was born in 1860; died in 1906.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BROW.H007

    Family/Spouse: Fairchild. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Brown, Charles F. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pearly1) was born in 1862; died in 1934.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BROW.C013


  5. 6.  Brown, Sarah Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pearly1) was born in 1865; died in 1941.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BROW.S012

    Family/Spouse: Morrison. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Brown, Clarissa May Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pearly1) was born in 1865; died in 1913.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BROW.C014

    Family/Spouse: Anderson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Brown, William L. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pearly1) was born in 1873; died in 1889.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BROW.W008


  8. 9.  Brown, Pearl Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pearly1) was born in 1884; died in 1884.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BROW.P007



Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Ransdell, Lena I. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Pearly1) was born on 14 Jun 1874 in Illinois; died on 25 Mar 1918 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: RAND.L001

    Family/Spouse: Brissenden, Leslie Finch. Leslie (son of Brissenden, John Lewis and FINCH, Mary Matilda) was born on 15 Aug 1873 in Edwards County, Illinois; died in 1952; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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