"The early part of my life was spent in the place of my nativity in helping my father in the pursuits of agriculture, in connection with my two brothers, Joseph and William. The opportunity which I had for obtaining an education was very limited." 

In 1830, the Brower family moved to Huntsburg, Ohio where Fannie Brower died in 1831. 

"Not being altogether satisfied with my home situation, and being desirous to learn something of the world, and upon seeing a notice in the newspaper for an apprentice, I resolved to learn the art of printing which I accordingly commenced on the 17th day of May 1833, with Eber D. Howe, publisher of the Painesville Telegraph, in Geanga County, Ohio. When I left home, my father gave me all the money he had which was 43 cents, to bear my expense, which I gladly received, (it is the most I had ever had before, I felt quite rich) and started."

After his time in the printing business, Ariah moved to Illinois to be part of his family that moved to be closer to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saitns. Araiah married Margaret E. Hussey on Sep 7, 1838 in Spring Point, Illinois. Ariah moved to Indiana for work, then moved back to Illinois after converting to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They moved to the West in 1847. After some time in the Salt Lake Valley, the Brower family moved to Richmond.