Born on June 11, 1841 in Byron, New York
Died on Dec. 26, 1918 in Geneva, Nebraska
Married to Addie Chamberlain in Oct. 1865 in Oconomowoe, WI
They had no children.
Moved with his parents to Oconomowoc, WI
Was a railroad employee on a railroad in the south during the Civil War.
Farmed in Wisconsin until 1887.
Moved to Geneva to work at the Youngers & Brown Nursery until his retirement due to poor health. (A. J. Brown was his brother.)