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Jane Boyd ~ John H. Brown

Henry Co., MO 

John H. Brown, the subject of this sketch is a native of New Hampshire, and was born August 18, 1821. At the age of six years he was taken by his parents to Franklin County, Massachusetts, and after two years to Berkshire County, where they remained till 1833. Then they removed to Hoosac Falls, New York, and two years later went to Cohoes Falls, here residing till 1839. After living in Columbus, Ohio, till 1845, they settled in Logan County, Ohio. John had followed from boyhood the carpenter' 5 trade, and at the age of twenty he began contracting and building. In 1857 he left Logan County, Ohio, and removed to Kansas, and in 1858 (May) he came to Henry County, Missouri, where he at once engaged in contracting and building. In the spring of 1862 he went to Edgar County, Illinois, but in 1866 returned to Clinton, Missouri, and was a prominent contractor here till 1872. Since that year he has followed the same business through different parts of Texas. In 1881 he built and managed the Lindsay House, at Gainsville, Texas, and also managed at that time the Laclede Hotel, of that city, closing it out after one year. From that time on he has been proprietor of the Buckley House, at Sherman, Texas. Mr. Brown was united in marriage October 7, 1845, to Miss Lucinda Weaver, of Ohio. They reared one child, Estella. Mrs. Brown died in June, 1854. He was again married in November, 1857, to Miss Jane Boyd, a native of Licking County, Ohio. They have three children: Hattie, Jennie and Jesse, and an adopted daughter Ida M. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity and also belongs to the Christian Church.

Source: The History of Henry and St. Clair Counties, Missouri : containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns...biographical sketches...statistics; St. Joseph, Mo. : National Historical Co., 1883. FHL Film 908587

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