Jacob Brown
1838 - 1912 (73 years)-
Name Jacob Brown Birth 3 May 1838 Sullivan, Madison Co., New York, USA Gender Male Death 1912 Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York, USA Burial Fayetteville Cemetery, Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York, USA Notes - Jacob Brown, "Manlius, was born in the town of Sullivan, Madison Co., May 3, 1838, third son of George and Maria (Crouse) Brown. He was educated in the common schools. After leaving school he engaged in boating at the age of eighteen, which line he followed for twenty years. He then went to Smith Center, Kansas, and took up a farm of 320 acres, where he remained for five years. On his return he stopped at Buffalo and bought another canal boat and was a captain until Aug., 1885. At that time the family came to Manlius, where he bought a farm of thirty acres and has since made his home. He also has charge of his father's farm of fifty-five acres. In Sept., 1857, Mr. Brown married Samantha Gage of Canandaigua, who died Feb. 18, 1865, leaving one son, Orville G., who was given a good education and after farming it a few years, took up railroading and was killed at Lyons, Feb. 12, 1894, aged 33 year. Mr. Brown was again married April 7, 1865, to Mary E., daughter of Andrew D. and Laura J. (Goodfellow) Collins of Manlius. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two children: Mary Elldwina, wife of William Raymond, a farmer of Perryville; and William J., a student of the public school, aged 12 years. Mr. Brown is a member of the early family of that name in this town and is one of the heirs to the Crouse estate."
Source: Bruce, Dwight H. (Ed.), Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, p. 285.
Person ID I24240 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 29 Aug 2011
Father George Brown, b. 20 Oct 1811, Oppenheim, Montgomery Co., New York, USA d. 2 Jul 1899, Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York, USA (Age 87 years) Mother Maria Crouse, b. 1808 d. 1850 (Age 42 years) Marriage 21 Mar 1829 Fort Plain, Herkimer Co., New York, USA Family ID F7467 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Samantha Gage, b. 19 Jul 1829, Johnstown, Fulton Co., New York, USA d. 19 Feb 1865, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 35 years) Marriage Sep 1857 Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA Children + 1. Orville G. Brown, b. 26 Nov 1860, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 12 Feb 1894, Lyons, Wayne Co., New York, USA (Age 33 years) Family ID F7232 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary E. Collins, b. Abt 1847 d. 9 Mar 1937, Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York, USA (Age ~ 90 years) Marriage 7 Apr 1865 Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York, USA Children 1. Mary Elldwina Brown, b. Abt 1875 2. William J. Brown, b. Abt 1884 Family ID F7470 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Jacob Brown, "Manlius, was born in the town of Sullivan, Madison Co., May 3, 1838, third son of George and Maria (Crouse) Brown. He was educated in the common schools. After leaving school he engaged in boating at the age of eighteen, which line he followed for twenty years. He then went to Smith Center, Kansas, and took up a farm of 320 acres, where he remained for five years. On his return he stopped at Buffalo and bought another canal boat and was a captain until Aug., 1885. At that time the family came to Manlius, where he bought a farm of thirty acres and has since made his home. He also has charge of his father's farm of fifty-five acres. In Sept., 1857, Mr. Brown married Samantha Gage of Canandaigua, who died Feb. 18, 1865, leaving one son, Orville G., who was given a good education and after farming it a few years, took up railroading and was killed at Lyons, Feb. 12, 1894, aged 33 year. Mr. Brown was again married April 7, 1865, to Mary E., daughter of Andrew D. and Laura J. (Goodfellow) Collins of Manlius. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two children: Mary Elldwina, wife of William Raymond, a farmer of Perryville; and William J., a student of the public school, aged 12 years. Mr. Brown is a member of the early family of that name in this town and is one of the heirs to the Crouse estate."
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