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Irvin C. Brown¹

• Father: Albert G. Brown¹ b. 1865, d. 6 Nov 1934
• Mother: Emma P. Ross¹ b. Nov 1871, d. bt 1946 - 1953

• Birth*: Irvin was born in 1908, Washoe, Nevada.²
• He was the son of Albert G. Brown and Emma P. Ross.¹

• Last Edited: 28 Jan 2006

Joshua Coggeshall Brown¹

• Father: Pardon Brown¹ b. 24 Dec 1801, d. 24 Mar 1881
• Mother: Lucy Armstrong¹ b. 14 Nov 1804, d. 20 May 1830

• Note*: Joshua and two of his brothers, Peleg and Pardon, went west at the time of the Gold Rush. They went first to Nevada, near Reno, where Peleg became a successful rancher and community leader before his early death at age 42. Pardon and Joshua went to California in the late 1860's. Pardon lived in California until his death in 1909, but Joshua returned to Rhode Island in 1883, and spent the rest of his life there. All of Joshua's children lived in the East except Joshua, Jr., who spent most of his adult life in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California.
  
  
• Birth*: Joshua was born on 27 February 1828, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island.^1,2
• He was the son of Pardon Brown and Lucy Armstrong.¹
• Marriage*: Joshua married Jane Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Capt. William Smith and Sarah Peckham, on 4 January 1853, (History of Newport County gives the date as 14 Jan 1853.).
• Census: Joshua appeared on the census of 10 September 1860 at Steam Boat Valley, Carson, Utah Territory, as age 32, Farmer, b. R. Island, with Jane 31, b. R. Island, Nebraska, 6, b. Nebraska Territory, California, age 4, b. California, Jane 3/12, b. Utah, P. Brown, 24, Farmer, b. R. Island, and John Garfield, 25, Farm Hand, b. Vermont.³
• Census: Joshua appeared on the census of 1862 at Steamboat Valley, Washoe, Nevada, as Transcribed as Joshua C, 34, June E, 32, Nebraska, 8, California, 6, Nevada, 2, Pardon, 9 mos., Peleg, 26, Pardon, 17. Not in that order, and intermixed are other names, including EGILL, Elisabeth, who married Peleg. Not sure if EGILL is a typo.⁴
• Census: Joshua appeared on the census of 1867 at Surprise Valley, Siskiyou County, California, as Joshua Coggshal Brown, in Surprise Valley. His brother Pardon also listed. At this time, Surprise Valley was part of Siskiyou County.⁵
• History Note*: Modoc county was a part of the Utah Territory, and then transferred into the Nevada Territory when it was created. When Nevada became a state, Modoc County was placed within the boundaries of California, becoming a part of Shasta County. Shasta County contained what is now Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Lassen and Modoc counties. Shasta County was divided into two counties in 1852, Shasta and Siskiyou, with Modoc being placed in Siskiyou County.
  In 1872, an effort was made by the residents of Surprise Valley, along with others who had settled in this area, to form a new county. On February 17, 1874, a bill was passed and signed by then Governor Newton Booth authorizing the formation of a new county -- Modoc. It was first purposed to name the new county "Canby" for the General who lost his life in the Modoc Indian War. Later name "Summit" was suggested but there were many objections and it was finally named Modoc.
  Mododc county is the most northeastern county of California and is bounded on the north by the state of Oregon, on the east by the State of Nevada, on the south by Plumas County Ca., and on the west by Siskiyou county Ca. Modoc county received its name from the celebrated Native American Indian tribe whose fierce resistance to the progress of the whites in their settlement of the country made this section notorious over the wild United States.
  An election was held on May 5, 1874, to elect county officials and to select a county seat. Lake City received the highest votes as to being the county seat; however, the county fathers decided to Make Dorris Bridge (now Alturas) the county seat, as it contained the majority of people. It was also felt that Dorris Bridge would serve the interests of the new county to better advantage than Lake City, as it was located at the crossroads of the main north-south and east-west routes. in 1868 at Surprise Valley, Modoc County, California.⁶
  
  
• Census*: Joshua appeared on the census of 10 June 1870 at 2nd Ward, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, as Farmer, age 42, Real Estate $5,000 and personal assets $10,000, b. Rhode Island. California, age 14, b. California. Nebraska, age 16, b. Nebrasks. Nevada, age 10, b. Nevada. Esmaralda, age 7, b. Rhode Island. Joshua, 4, b. Rhode Island. Mary Sprague, 48, Housekeeper, b. Rhode Island. Margaret Truesdale, 56, Housekeeper, b. Scotland.⁷
• Directory*: As of between 1871 and 1872 Joshua was listed in the Newport, Rhode Island directory at Broad near Miantomini Place.⁸
• Directory: As of 1884 Joshua was listed in the Newport, Rhode Island directory at 352 Broadway.
• Directory: As of between 1885 and 1887 Joshua was listed in the Newport, Rhode Island directory at 2 Summer as (I have not checked directories after 1887.).
• Biography*: 1887: The History of Newport County, Rhode Island, includes the following biographical sketch of Joshua:
  "Joshua C. Brown, though a native of Newport county, and at present one of its enterprising citizens, has spent much of his active life in California. His grandfather, Peleg Brown, resided in Narragansett, though he was born in Newport county. Among his children was Pardon Brown, who early removed to Middletown township, where he spent much of his life as a farmer. He married Lucy, daughter of Captain Nathaniel Armstrong, of Narragansett, and had children: George A., Joshua C., Mary A. (Mrs. George Coggeshall) and Nathaniel A. He contracted a second marriage with Sarah, daughter of Captain Peleg Sanford, their children being: Lucy (Mrs. James Brown), Peleg, Lydia (Mrs. John Sanford) and Pardon.
       Joshua C. was born February 27th, 1828, in Middletown, Newport county, R.I., and from early youth until the age of eighteen assisted in the farm his father owned, meanwhile pursuing the English branches at the neighboring public school. He determined to acquire a trade and chose that of a wheelwright, establishing himself in connection with his brother in his native township. At a later date, varying somewhat his occupation, he devoted his skill to the work of a house carpenter. Mr. Brown, like many ambitious spirits of that day, followed the tide of emigration to California in the year 1850. His business, that of a cattle dealer, necessitated many trips across the plains, no less than ten long and wearisome journeys being made in succession with droves and herds. At a later day the superior facilities offered by railroads rendered the shipment of cattle an easy task. Mr. Brown was for several years located in Nevada, and subsequently purchased from the government a ranch in Northern California. Here he engaged in the raising of blooded stock, shipping from Kentucky short-horn Durhams and from Rhode Island Southdown sheep. In 1883 he returned to his native county, located in Newport, and has since devoted his time to building and improving the property he owns in the city.
       Mr. Brown was married on the 14th of January, 1853, to Jane, daughter of Captain William Smith, of Middletown. Their children are: Nebraska, wife of A.A. Tilley; California, wife of Daniel Chase; Nevada, married to Herbert Tilley; Esmeralda, Pardon and Joshua C. Mr. Brown was a second time married May 2d, 1872, to Elizabeth A. Ward of Newport, a descendant of Governor Ward of Rhode Island, and daughter of Henry Ward of Middletown. Mr. Brown is a member of the First Baptist church of Newport, which he joined at the age of fourteen. He, with others organized a Sabbath school in Modoc county, California, and was until his departure on of its most active supporters and workers. This school formed the nucleus around which grew a prosperous church, of which he was an exemplary member. Mr. Brown is an avowed prohibitionist and earnest in the cause of temperance as in all Christian work."⁹
  
• Membership*: In 1889 at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island,Joshua was a member of Newport Prohibition Club, of which he was President in 1889 and 1890.
• Tax List*: Joshua appeared on the tax list of Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, 1891, Real estate, $12,700, Personal $7,000.¹⁰
  
• Census: Joshua appeared on the census of 6 June 1900 at 2 Summer Street, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, as head, b. Feb, 1828, age 72, M. 26 yrs., no occupation listed. Elizabeth, wife, b. Sept. 1834, age 65, M 26 yrs. 0 children, b. Rhode Island, as well as father, and mother b. Mass. Ward, Anna N., sister-in-law, Setp 1838, age 61, single, b. New York, both parents b. Rhode Island.¹¹
• MapLink*: RELATED MAP: (Joshua's address in 1900.).
  
  
• Death*: Joshua died on 20 July 1901, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, at age 73.¹
• Burial*: Joshua was buried, Brown's Lot, MT005, Browns Rd., Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, Cemetery: 15 Ft. Sw Of Tel Pole #22.¹²

• Last Edited: 29 Jan 2006

Joshua Coggeshall Brown Jr.¹

• Father: Joshua Coggeshall Brown¹ b. 27 Feb 1828, d. 20 Jul 1901
• Mother: Jane Elizabeth Smith¹ b. 24 Feb 1830, d. 17 Apr 1870

• Birth*: Joshua was born on 19 February 1866, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, , 1900 Census shows Feb. 1867.^1,2
• He was the son of Joshua Coggeshall Brown and Jane Elizabeth Smith.¹
• Marriage*: Joshua married Frances E. Roden, daughter of Allen W. Roden and Sarah Elizabeth Barnes, in 1885, California.¹
• Census*: Joshua appeared on the census of 6 June 1900 at Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, as head, b. Feb 1867, age 33, married 15 years, occupation blacksmith, with Frances E. , wife, b. Nov. 1862, age 37, m. 15 yrs., b. Calif and parents b. Calif. 7 children, 3 living. Annie L., daughter,Dec. 1889, age 10, b. Calif. Goldie M., daughter, Apr. 1892, age 8, b. Oregon. William S., son, Jan. 1899, age 1, b. Rhode Island.¹
• Census: Joshua appeared on the census of 19 April 1910 at Nevada St., Auburn City, Placer County, California, as head, age 45, m1 for 25 yrs., Hostler, livery stable, renter, with Frances, wife, 47, m1, 25 yrs., 8 children, 4 living. Goldie, daughter, age 18, b. Oregon, Stripper, cigar factory. Willie, son, 10, b. Rhode Island. Mabel, daughter, age 7, b. Rhode Island.³
• Census: Joshua appeared on the census of 2 June 1920 at 300 10th Street, Precinct 32, Sacramento, California, as head, renter, age 54, blacksmith, ranch. Frances E., wife, age 57. Mabel, daughter, age 16.⁴
• Census: Joshua appeared on the census of 10 April 1930 at 150 Broad Street, Auburn City, Placer County, California, as as John Brown, lodger, age 63, widowed, b. Rhode Island, and parents birth place just given as United States, Occupation, Porter, Restaurant.⁵
• Death*: Joshua died on 19 June 1944, Memorial Hospital, Colusa, Colusa, California, at age 78, Colusa County Death Certificate states:
  Full name: Joshua Coggeshall Brown. City of residence: Maxwell, Length of stay in Hospital: 34 days. In this community: 1 1/2 years. In California: 40 years. Veteran, No. Race white. Marital Status: Widowed. Nmae of Wife: Brown (i.e., the informant did not know her name). Birthdate of deceased: February 19, 1866. Age 78 yrs., 4 mos., 0 days. Birthplace: Middletown, Rhode Island. Occupation: Retired. Father: Joshua E. (C.?) Brown, Born Middletown, R.I. Mother: Jane E. Smith, Born Middletown, R.I. Informant: Mrs. Velda Patterson, Maxwell, Calif. (Her first name is hard to read: ?elda or ?alda. I am guessing Velda, because Joshua's daughter Annie Laura had a Velda.) Removal_burial, June 21, 1944. Place: Grindstone Cem., Glenn Co., Cal. Embalmer: J. Peter McNary, License 339. Funeral Director J. P. McNary & Son, Colusa, Cal. Medical Certificate by Jos. E. Tillotson, MD: attended deceased from May 15, 1944 to June 19, 1944, last saw June 19, 1944. Cause of death: acute cardiac failure (few days), general arteriosclerosis (few years), Prostatitis with complete urinary obstruction, (few weeks).⁶
• Obituary*: 20 June 1944 Obituary: Death Claims J.C. Brown: Joshua Coggeshall Brown, 78, resident of the Maxwell section for the last year and a half, died at 6:40 last evening in Colusa Memorial Hospital where he has been a patient for two weeks. He was born in Middletown, Rhode Island, February 19, 1866. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Goldie Sather and Mrs. Mabel Miller of Auburn, Mrs. Laura Powell of Maxwell and a son, William Brown, of Paskenta. Twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren also survive. Brown was a member of Rhode Island Lodge No. 12, I.O.O.F., of Newport, and also a member of Weenat Shassitt Tribe Improved Order of Redman, Hunting Grounds of Newport. Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning at the graveside in Grindstone Cemetery, near Elk Creek, Glenn county, under the direction of J. D. McNary & Son.⁷

• Last Edited: 14 Feb 2006

Julia Brown¹

• Father: Peleg Brown¹ b. 14 Jul 1836, d. 9 Sep 1878
• Mother: Elizabeth Gill¹ b. 1836, d. 24 Jan 1918

• Birth*: Julia was born in 1866, Washoe County, Nevada.¹
• She was the daughter of Peleg Brown and Elizabeth Gill.¹
• Death*: Julia died before 9 September 1878, Steamboat Springs, Washoe County, Nevada.²

• Last Edited: 29 Jan 2006

Laura E. Brown¹

• Father: Peleg Brown¹ b. 14 Jul 1836, d. 9 Sep 1878
• Mother: Elizabeth Gill¹ b. 1836, d. 24 Jan 1918

• Birth*: Laura was born in 1868.¹
• She was the daughter of Peleg Brown and Elizabeth Gill.¹
• Married Name: Her married name was Wilcox.²
• Newspaper Item*: According to the 12 February 1918 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada,
  In the Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Washoe. No 13173, Dept. 2, In the matter of the estate of Elizabeth Brown, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned was on the 11th day of February, A.D. 1918, appointed and qualified by the above entitled Court as administratrix of the estate of Elizabeth Brown, deceased. All persons having claims against said Estate are required to file the same with the proper vouchers and statutory affidavit attached, with the Clerk of the Court within three months from the date of the first publication of this notice. Dated February 11th, A.D. 1918. LAURA E> BROWN, Administratrix of the Estate of Elizabeth Brown, Deceased. Robert Richards, Clay Peters Bldg., Reno, Nevada, Attorney for the Estate.³
  
• Death*: Laura died on 1 May 1939, Brown's Station, Steamboat Springs, Washoe, Nevada.²
• Burial*: Laura was buried on 4 May 1939, Hillside Cemetery, Brown Family Plot, Reno, Washoe, Nevada, PIONEER WASHOE RESIDENT DIES: Mrs. Laura Brown Wilcox, pioneer Washoe county resident, died yesterday at her ranch home near Steamboat Springs. She was 72 years old and had been in poor health for several years.
  
  The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peleg Brown who established and conducted Brown's station along the V. & T. tracks, Mrs. Wilcox was born at the family ranch and after attending the district school was graduated from the Reno high school. Her husband, George E. Wilcox, sill operates the family ranch. In addition she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Nellie J. Wheeler of Santa Cruz, Calif., and was the sister of the late Charles Brown, professor of mining at the University of Nevada for a number of years, and the late Albert G. Brown. She was a member of Adah chapter, Order of Eastern Star.
  
  Members of the Eastern Star order will conduct funeral services Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Ross-Burke chapel with burial in the family plot of Hillside cemetery. The Rev. Brewster Adams will officiate.²

• Last Edited: 28 Jan 2006

Leland Earl Brown¹

• Father: Albert G. Brown¹ b. 1865, d. 6 Nov 1934
• Mother: Emma P. Ross¹ b. Nov 1871, d. bt 1946 - 1953

• Birth*: Leland was born on 6 December 1895, Browns Station, Washoe County, Nevada.¹
• He was the son of Albert G. Brown and Emma P. Ross.¹
• Marriage*: Leland married Evelyn (?) in 1917.²

• Last Edited: 21 Jan 2006

Lucy Maria Brown¹

• Father: Pardon Brown¹ b. 24 Dec 1801, d. 24 Mar 1881

• Birth*: Lucy was born on 6 March 1834, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island.¹
• She was the daughter of Pardon Brown.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jan 2006

Lydia Briggs Brown¹

• Father: Pardon Brown¹ b. 24 Dec 1801, d. 24 Mar 1881

• Birth*: Lydia was born on 16 December 1839, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island.¹
• She was the daughter of Pardon Brown.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jan 2006

Mabel Brown¹

• Father: Joshua Coggeshall Brown Jr.¹ b. 19 Feb 1866, d. 19 Jun 1944
• Mother: Frances E. Roden¹ b. Nov 1862, d. 1921

• Birth*: Mabel was born on 29 January 1903, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island.^1,2
• She was the daughter of Joshua Coggeshall Brown Jr. and Frances E. Roden.¹
• Married Name: Her married name was Miller.²
• Death*: Mabel died on 16 March 1997, Sacramento, California, at age 94.²

• Last Edited: 17 Jan 2006

Martha Brown¹

• Birth*: Martha was born on 5 September 1749.¹
• Married Name: As of 23 October 1765,her married name was Mead.¹
• Marriage*: Martha married Nathaniel Mead on 23 October 1765.¹

• Last Edited: 5 Apr 2006

Mary A. Brown¹

• Father: Pardon Brown¹ b. 24 Dec 1801, d. 24 Mar 1881
• Mother: Lucy Armstrong¹ b. 14 Nov 1804, d. 20 May 1830

• Married Name: Her married name was Coggeshall.¹
• Birth*: Mary was born circa 1827, Rhode Island.^1,2
• She was the daughter of Pardon Brown and Lucy Armstrong.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jan 2006

Nathaniel A. Brown¹

• Father: Pardon Brown¹ b. 24 Dec 1801, d. 24 Mar 1881
• Mother: Lucy Armstrong¹ b. 14 Nov 1804, d. 20 May 1830

• Birth*: Nathaniel was born on 16 April 1830, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island.^1,2
• He was the son of Pardon Brown and Lucy Armstrong.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jan 2006

Nebraska Brown¹

• Father: Joshua Coggeshall Brown² b. 27 Feb 1828, d. 20 Jul 1901
• Mother: Jane Elizabeth Smith² b. 24 Feb 1830, d. 17 Apr 1870

• Birth*: Nebraska was born on 23 June 1854.¹
• She was the daughter of Joshua Coggeshall Brown and Jane Elizabeth Smith.²
• Married Name: As of 9 September 1874,her married name was Tilley.¹
• Marriage*: Nebraska married Abraham Arnold Tilley, son of Abraham Henry Tilley and Celinda Barker, on 9 September 1874.¹

• Last Edited: 22 Jan 2006

Nelley Brown¹

• Father: Peleg Brown¹ b. 14 Jul 1836, d. 9 Sep 1878
• Mother: Elizabeth Gill¹ b. 1836, d. 24 Jan 1918

• Birth*: Nelley was born on 7 July 1876, Brown's Station, Steamboat Valley, Washoe County, Nevada.^1,2
• She was the daughter of Peleg Brown and Elizabeth Gill.¹

• Last Edited: 27 Jan 2006

Nevada Brown¹

• Father: Joshua Coggeshall Brown¹ b. 27 Feb 1828, d. 20 Jul 1901
• Mother: Jane Elizabeth Smith¹ b. 24 Feb 1830, d. 17 Apr 1870

• Birth*: Nevada was born on 7 March 1860, Steamboat Valley, Carson County, Nevada.^1,2
• She was the daughter of Joshua Coggeshall Brown and Jane Elizabeth Smith.¹
• Marriage*: Nevada married Herbert Charles Tilley, son of Abraham Henry Tilley and Celinda Barker, on 24 March 1881, Newport, Rhode Island.
• Married Name: As of 24 March 1881,her married name was Tilley.
• Death*: Nevada died on 3 January 1946, Port Chester, Westchester, New York, at age 85.¹

• Last Edited: 20 Jan 2006

Orrin P. Brown¹

• Father: Albert G. Brown¹ b. 1865, d. 6 Nov 1934
• Mother: Emma P. Ross¹ b. Nov 1871, d. bt 1946 - 1953

• Birth*: Orrin was born in June 1898, Browns Station, Washoe County, Nevada.¹
• He was the son of Albert G. Brown and Emma P. Ross.¹
• Marriage*: Orrin married Lucile M. (?) in 1925, California.²

• Last Edited: 21 Jan 2006

Pardon Brown¹

• Father: Peleg Brown¹ b. 28 Apr 1757, d. 26 Nov 1831
• Mother: Mary Cornell Coggeshall (?)¹ b. 14 Jul 1761, d. 15 Feb 1837

• Birth*: Pardon was born on 24 December 1801, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.¹
• He was the son of Peleg Brown and Mary Cornell Coggeshall (?).¹
• Marriage*: Pardon married Lucy Armstrong, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Armstrong and Lucy Champlin, before 1822.
• Census*: Pardon appeared on the census of 26 June 1860 at Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, as age 58, Farmer, Real Estate $19,500, Personal Estate $200, Born in Rhode Island. With Sarah , 48; Lydia B., 20, Seamstress; Pardon, 15, Farm hand, attended school during the year; Daniel Seater, 20, Mulatto, Farm hand; Susan Mintus, 30, black, domestic; Sarah R. Mintus, 2, black. All born Rhode Island. Living between the families of Robert J. Chace and Daniel Chace on one side, and George A. Brown and Henry Brown on the other side.²
• Death*: Pardon died on 24 March 1881, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, at age 79.¹

• Last Edited: 19 Feb 2006

Pardon Brown¹

• Father: Pardon Brown¹ b. 24 Dec 1801, d. 24 Mar 1881

• Birth*: Pardon was born on 25 April 1845, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island.¹
• He was the son of Pardon Brown.¹
• Marriage*: Pardon married Sarah Stoddard circa 1866.²
• Census: Pardon appeared on the census of 1867 at Surprise Valley, Siskiyou County, California, as living in Surprise Valley. His brother Joshua also listed. At this time, Surprise Valley was part of Siskiyou County.³
• Census*: Pardon appeared on the census of 22 June 1880 at Lake City Township, Modoc County, California, as age 35, Farmer, born RI, father born CT, mother b. RI. Sarah, wife, age 34, b. Mass and parents also. Edith, Daughter, 13, b. Nevada. Hudson A., 12, b. Nevada. Pardon, 10, b Calif. E.S. Stoddard, age 60 (68?), mother-in-law, b. Mass and parents born Mass. Four boarders: John Wall, 32, b. Conn; Philip Hudson, 25, b. Cal; Peter Morse, 45, b. England; Joseph Burns, 50, Ireland. All Farm Laborers.²
• Directory*: As of 1885 Pardon was listed in the Surprise Valley, California directory as lFarmer.⁴
• Property Record: Pardon was involved in a property transaction on 19 August 1890 at Section 12, Township 46-N, Range 16-E, Modoc, California, 160 acres. N1/2NW, NWNE, and SWNW. Cash Sale. This property bordered Joshua's property. It is west of Middle Lake about 10 miles, about 15 miles southwest of Cedarville and about the same southeast of Alturas.⁵
• (Witness) Census: Pardon Brown appeared on the census of 25 June 1900 in the household of Columbus Loftus at Cogswell Creek, Lake County, Oregon, (See record of Columbus Loftus for details.).⁶
• Census: Pardon appeared on the census of 1910 at Linkville, Klamath County, Oregon, as Roomer, age 65, Widowed, stock raiser, own account. Lives in household with Head Karl Boettcher and 4 other boarders.⁷
• Death*: Pardon died on 19 October 1912, Lake County, Oregon, at age 67.⁸
• Burial*: Pardon was buried in October 1912, LakeView IOOF Cemetery, Block 47n Lot 5, Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon.⁹

• Last Edited: 29 Jan 2006

Pardon Brown¹

• Father: Joshua Coggeshall Brown¹ b. 27 Feb 1828, d. 20 Jul 1901
• Mother: Jane Elizabeth Smith¹ b. 24 Feb 1830, d. 17 Apr 1870

• Birth*: Pardon was born in 1861.¹
• He was the son of Joshua Coggeshall Brown and Jane Elizabeth Smith.¹
• Death*: Pardon died before 1870.²

• Last Edited: 21 Jan 2006

Pardon Brown¹

• Father: Pardon Brown¹ b. 25 Apr 1845, d. 19 Oct 1912
• Mother: Sarah Stoddard¹ b. 1846

• Birth*: Pardon was born in 1870.¹
• He was the son of Pardon Brown and Sarah Stoddard.¹
• Census*: Pardon appeared on the census of 19 June 1900 at Bidwell Township, Modoc, California, as Head, age 30, b. Apr 1870, single. Born California, father Rhode Island, Mother Massachusetts. Form Laborer.²
• Death*: Pardon died on 16 May 1909, Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon, I am not sure that this is Pardon, Jr., but it seems to be, because he is buried in Plot 102, which is the Columbus Loftus Plot.³

• Last Edited: 28 Jan 2006

Peleg Brown¹

• Birth*: Peleg was born on 28 April 1757, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.¹
• Marriage*: Peleg married Mary Cornell Coggeshall (?) on 9 July 1778.
• Death*: Peleg died on 26 November 1831, South Kingston, Newport County, Rhode Island, at age 74.¹

• Last Edited: 9 Jul 2005

Peleg Brown¹

• Father: Pardon Brown¹ b. 24 Dec 1801, d. 24 Mar 1881

• WebLink*: RELATED WEBPAGE: Peleg Brown Ranch History American Historical Buildings Survey.
  
  
• Birth*: Peleg was born on 14 July 1836, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.¹
• He was the son of Pardon Brown.¹
• History Note: "Although there was more or less stock in the county, belonging to emigrants, left here by them to recruit, or broken down stock purchased from the emigrants by the settlers, it was not until 1857 that stock-raising as a business was undertaken. Peleg Brown drove in some cattle that year, and Drexler & Sloan did also....It was, and is (written 1881) the practice of stock owners, to drive their herds to the mountains in the spring, bringing them back in the fall to winter in the comparatively mild climate of the valleys. The winter of 1959 was the most severe one that has been experienced by the cattle owners, and large numbers of stock perished." in 1857 at Washoe County, Nevada.
  
  
• (Witness) Census: Peleg Brown appeared on the census of 10 September 1860 in the household of Joshua Coggeshall Brown at Steam Boat Valley, Carson, Utah Territory, (See record of Joshua Coggeshall Brown for details.).²
• History Note*: "Alfalfa was introduced about 1863, Mr. Peleg Brown being the first gentleman to experiment upon that kind of grass in the State. His success and that of others led to the general sowing of alfalfa fields by the ranchers, until now (written in 1881) thousands of tons are cut annually, some fields yielding two or three crops a year, amounting to from six toeight tons per acre." in 1863 at Steamboat Valley, Washoe, Nevada.³
  
  
• Marriage*: Peleg married Elizabeth Gill on 18 January 1863, Washoe County, Nevada.^4,5
• Census*: Peleg appeared on the census of 1870 at Truckee Meadows, Washoe County, Nevada, as age 33, Farmer, Real estate $7000, personal assets $2000, b. R.I., with Elizabeth, 34, Keeping house, b. Indiana, Albert, 5, Julia, 4, Laura, 2, children born Nevada. Ellen Brennen, 23, Domestic, Ireland. A. Field, 34, Farmer, NY. Chung, 36, Chinese, Cook, b. China. C. Peckham, 39, Farm Laborer, Ireland. Geo. Warren, 34, Farm Laborer, Ireland. Jno. Bigler, 34, Farm Laborer, Ireland. W. Williams, 38, Farm Laborer, Ireland. N. Farmington, 30, Farm Laborer, R.I. The next dwelling house is listed with a new dwelling house number, but the same family number, implying that it was another building on the same property. J. N. Gallend, 38, Hotel, N.Y. J. S. Thatcher, 30, Teamster, N.Y. N. S. Cole, 50, Cook, N.Y. E. Nacy, Farm Laborer, Ark.⁴
• Newspaper Item: According to the 28 September 1872 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada,
  A notice ran for several weeks publicizing the Washoe County UNION REPUBLICAN TICKET. It listed those running for State Senator, Assemblymen, Sheriff, County Clerk, etc, and Peleg was listed as running for County Commissioner, Long Term.⁶
  
• Political Office*: As of 5 November 1872 Peleg was elected to office for Washoe County, Nevada as County Commissioner.⁷
• Census: Peleg appeared on the census of 1875 at Washoe County, Nevada, as Head, 38, Farmer, with E. Brown, 39, b. Indiana, A.G. Brown, 10 and Laura Brown, 7, both born in Nevada. B.C. Clow, male, 53, Farmer, b. New York, with J.C. Clow, female, 44, b. Vermont, Westley Clow, m. 27, b. New York, Laborer; Amos Clow, 21, Laborer, b. Wisconsin; Joseph Clow, 44, Laborer, b. New York; Sam. Comfort, 18, Laborer, Wisconsin; Sarah Mencis, 25, Housekeeper, b. New York; L. Vaulam, 21, female, School Teacher, Wisconsin; John Wright, 40, Farmer, b. Ireland with Emma Wright, 36, b. Scotland; M. Wright, female, 10; S. Wright, female, 8; E. Wright, female, 6; F. Wright, female, 4, William, 3; James 1 mo. all Wright children born in Nevada.⁸
• Newspaper Item: According to the 17 January 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada,
  INCORPORATION: Articles of incorporation of the Truckee and Steamboat Irrigation Canal Company have been filed in the Clerk's office. Object: To construct and maintain a water ditch or canal to convey water frm the Truckee River, above Verdi, to Steamboat Springs. Trustees: Peleg Brown, Peter Dalton, B.B. Norton, A. M. Lamb, J.L. Downs, James Burke. This is a great undertaking, will require an immense sum of money, and when constructed will irrigate thousands of acres of land which can be reached by water in no other way. We hope the project will be carried out.
  
• Newspaper Item*: According to the May 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada,
  Another Big Ditch: The Truckee and Steamboat Springs Canal Co. intend to commence work. Their scheme is to build a ditch from the State line to Steamboat Springs, carrying the waters of the Truckee along the base of the mountains, and be the means of irrigating thousands of acres of good land, now worthless for want of water. The ditch will be 10,500 rods in length, and the estimated cost of construction, $40,000. It will take just a year to do the work. Messrs. Peleg Brown, Pete Dalton, Jas. Burke, E. Crane, J.L. Downs, B.B. Norton, and others are the projectors.⁹
  
• Newspaper Item: According to the 15 May 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada,
  "Contract Let: The Truckee and Steamboat Springs Canal Company yesterday awarded the contract for their ditch to Quong Yee Wo & Co., of San Francisco, for $36,000, work to commence immediately. The other bids read as follows: L. Richardson and sons, $44,444; S.F. Hoole, $41,000; A.C. White, $44,000; Ah. JHack, $36,000; J.W. Johnson, $40,000; Ah Joe, $39,000; Ah Sam, $38,500; Chung Kee, $37,600; H.L. W. Knox, $37,000; J.K. Everett, $36,800; C. Pardins, $46,200." This award caused considerable consternation. The Workingmen Club of Reno members vowed to resist by force the working of Chinamen on the Canal. I have not researched this further but it would be very interesting to pursue.¹⁰
  
• Newspaper Mention: According to the 21 May 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada,
  CHANCE FOR INVESTMENT: The Truckee and Steamboat Springs Irrigation Canal Company offer for sale a limited number of shares of the capital stock. For further particulars, inquire of Peleg Brown, Brown's Station.¹¹
  
• Newspaper Mention: According to the 31 May 1878 edition of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada,
  JURORS: Hoole and Peleg Brown are the only Renoites who got caught on the U.S. Jury at Carson yesterday. The case is the Cherry Creek mail robbers, and it will take about a week to try it.¹²
  
• Death*: Peleg died on 9 September 1878, Truckee Meadows, Washoe County, Nevada, at age 42.¹³
• Obituary*: Reno Evening Gazette 9 September 1878 Obituary: Death of Peleg Brown: Reno was startled this morning by the news of the death of Peleg Brown. The said report was soon found to be only too true. Mr. Brown was in town yesterday and promised to attend to-day a meeting of the Steamboat Irrigation and Canal Ditch Company, in which he was largely interested. He had been in poor health for a long time, his disease bing [sic] consumption, and only last week returned from a visit to California, whither he had gone in search of health. On his return to his ranch- which is about ten miles from town on the Virginia road- he seemed to be as well as usual. At 11 o'clcok, however, he was seized with a difficulty in breathing, but neither he nor this family thought any thing serious was about to happen. Later, however, he grew worse and Mrs. Brown insisted on dispatching messengers for physicians. Mr. Brown soon realized his situation and calling his wife and children to his bedside bad them a love farewell. He breathed his last at 4 o'clock this morning. Dr. Bergman, who arrived about an hour after death had taken place, says that Mr. Brown probably died from a combination of Lung and heart disease. Deceased was one of the best citizens of Washoe county, and his taking off is the principal topic of conversation among the people to-day. He was a good friend to the interests of this region and was always active in public enterprises. For four years he served the county faithfully in the capacity of Commissioner, and since his term of office expired, a year ago last January, the county affairs have never been in so prosperous and satisfactory a condition. Mr. Brown was one of the first settlers of this valley, arriving her in 1859 and has since then resided principally upon the farm where he ended his life today. He was about forty-three years of age. He leaves behind a wife and four children. Mr. Brown died in good circumstances, leaving an estate valued at between $30,000 and $40,000. The time for the funeral has not yet been decided upon.
  
  File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kathy Grace gendiva@charter.net June 16, 2004, 9:29 pm.¹³
• Burial*: Peleg was buried in September 1878, Old Hillside Cemetery, Lot 177, University Terrace and Nevada Street, Reno, Washoe, Nevada, Age 42 yrs., 1 mo., 25 dys.¹⁴
• Newspaper Mention*: According to the 16 April 1891 edition of the Weekly Gazette Stockman,
  "ARBOR DAY AT BROWN'S STATION. Pleasant Exercises Successfully Carried Out. Arbor Day was observed by the good people of Brown's District by the setting out of 260 trees in the school yard. Ten of them were dedicated, with appropriate remarks, to persons who are or have been associated with the school. One of them, in memory of Peleg Brown -- deceased -- who donated the grounds for the schoolhouse in 1873 and who also was one of the first three trustees in the district...." Also mentioned in the article are John Wright, W.D. Harden, and G.B. Clow.
  

• Last Edited: 29 Jan 2006

Vivian Brown¹

• Father: Albert G. Brown¹ b. 1865, d. 6 Nov 1934
• Mother: Emma P. Ross¹ b. Nov 1871, d. bt 1946 - 1953

• Birth*: Vivian was born in 1903, Washoe, Nevada.²
• She was the daughter of Albert G. Brown and Emma P. Ross.¹

• Last Edited: 28 Jan 2006

William Smith Brown¹

• Father: Joshua Coggeshall Brown Jr.¹ b. 19 Feb 1866, d. 19 Jun 1944
• Mother: Frances E. Roden¹ b. Nov 1862, d. 1921

• SSN*: His Social Security Number was (an unknown value) at 557-18-8692.
• Birth*: William was born on 31 January 1899, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island.¹
• He was the son of Joshua Coggeshall Brown Jr. and Frances E. Roden.¹
• Marriage*: William married Macie Vera Gridley, daughter of David Hanson Gridley, in 1922, California.²
• Marriage*: William married Edith Katherine Harrison after 1967.
• Burial: William was buried in March 1972, Paskenta Cemetery, Paskenta, Tehama, California, To reach the Paskenta Cemetery, take the Corning Road driving west out of Corning, Tehama County, California. Drive approximately 13 miles to the small town of Flournoy where the Corning Road ends just as you cross the bridge. Continue going west on the Paskenta Road for approximately 6 more miles. The cemetery is located on the right side of the road and can be seen from the road. It is approximately 2 miles on west to the small town of Paskenta. The Paskenta Cemetery was established in 1871.³
• Death*: William died in March 1972, Flournoy, Tehama, California, at age 73.^1,4
• Obituary*: Daily News 24 March 1972 Obituary: Corning: William Smith Brown, 72, a retired U.S. Forest Service fire control officer and Tehama County resident for 65 years, died Wednesday morning in Chico Community Hospital. He had been hospitalized for 12 days. A native of Newport, Rhode Island, he was born Jan 31, 1900. For more than 35 years, he was employed by the Forest Service, then retired in 1961. In recent years, he resided on Osborn Road in the Flournoy area. He is survived by his wife, Edith; two sons, Andy J. Brown of Moss Beach, and William H. Brown of Covelo; two stepsons, Fred Harrison of Chico, and Robert Kloppenberg of Seattle, Wash; two daughters, Mildred De Maderios of Sunnyvale and Lois Horgan of Woodland; a sister, Mabel Miller of Sacramento; 20 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, at the Paskenta Cemetery, with the Rev. Tom Douglas of Paskenta, officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Hall Brothers' Mortuary of Corning.⁵

• Last Edited: 14 Feb 2006

Charles Brundage

• Birth*: Charles was born circa 1817.
• Marriage*: Charles married Eliza (?) between 1840 and 1850.
• Death*: Charles died between 1870 and 1880.

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2005

Robert Nietzel Buck

• Birth*: Robert was born on 29 January 1914.¹
• Marriage*: Robert married Jean Pearsall, daughter of Ferris Randolph Pearsall and Jessie Millicent Davidson, on 21 February 1938.
• Death*: Robert died on 14 April 2007, Berlin, Vermont, at age 93.
• Obituary*: New York Times 20 May 2007 Obituary: Robert N. Buck Dies at 93; Was Record-Setting Aviator
  
  By MARGALIT FOX
  Published: May 20, 2007
  
  Robert N. Buck, a distinguished pilot who in the 1930s crossed the continent at record speed, flew a light plane higher than anyone had done before and photographed ancient ruins of the Yucatán from the air for the first time — all by the age of 20 — died on April 14 in Berlin, Vt. He was 93 and had continued to fly gliders into his late 80s.
  
  Robert N. Buck in 1930 before the start of a flight to Los Angeles in an attempt to break the junior cross-country record. He was 16.
  
  Mr. Buck, a resident of North Fayston, Vt., died of complications of a fall, his son, Robert O. Buck, said last week. News of the death was not made public outside Vermont until this month.
  
  A retired chief pilot of T.W.A., Mr. Buck was also a respected aviation writer. He was a particular authority on the weather, and the bumpy place where it meets aviation. During World War II, he performed research on hazardous weather of all kinds by flying gamely into it and recording what he saw, heard and felt.
  
  His book “Weather Flying,” published in 1970 and now in its fourth edition, is considered required reading for pilots. Mr. Buck’s other books include a memoir, “North Star Over My Shoulder,” published by Simon & Schuster in 2002.
  
  Long before all this, Mr. Buck was nationally known as a flying prodigy, going aloft in one-seaters, dressed in leather helmet and goggles, without even a radio to assist him. He pored over maps, steered by the stars and telephoned his parents after every flight.
  
  In April 1930, at 16, Mr. Buck became the youngest licensed pilot in the United States. Later that year, flying from Newark to Los Angeles, he broke the junior transcontinental airspeed record. On the return trip, just for sport, he broke it again. At 17, he wrote a book about it, “Burning Up the Sky,” published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1931.
  
  By the time he was 18, Mr. Buck had set 14 junior aviation records. These included the junior altitude record for light planes, which he broke in July 1930 by ascending to 15,000 feet. (In 1936, Mr. Buck, flying with a cousin, would set a world distance record for light planes, flying nonstop from Burbank, Calif., to Columbus, Ohio — 1,986 miles — in a Lambert Monocoupe.)
  
  Red-haired and apple-cheeked, the young Mr. Buck was known in the papers as “the Schoolboy Pilot.” They chronicled his every exploit, including what he carried in his plane (a Bible and a package of sandwiches made by his mother) and his life on the ground (“he likes polo, hunting, riding and milk drinking,” The New York Telegram reported in 1931).
  
  Robert Nietzel Buck was born on Jan. 29, 1914, in Elizabethport, N.J., and reared in Westfield, N.J. At 15, fired up by the well-publicized exploits of Charles A. Lindbergh, he and a friend built a glider, which Bob took to the skies before crashing from an altitude of 50 feet. He began lessons in a real plane on his 16th birthday, after his parents made certain that the Westfield airport had no looming telegraph wires nearby.
  
  On Sept. 29, 1930, Bob Buck set out to break the junior speed record for a coast-to-coast flight, which stood at 29 hours, 40 minutes. Armed with six chocolate bars and a canteen of water, he pedaled his bicycle to the airport in Newark. He did not have a driver’s license.
  
  Climbing into his open biplane, a Pitcairn Mailwing, he took off from Newark’s cinder runway. After half a dozen stops for fuel and repairs, he landed in Los Angeles, in record time, on Oct. 4. (The historical accounts of Mr. Buck’s total time in the air vary, but it was 28 hours, give or take.) On the return trip, aided by tailwinds, he shaved the time down to 23 hours, 47 minutes.
  
  Mr. Buck’s other speed records included a round trip to Havana, which he made in 13 hours, 5 minutes, in 1931. On arriving, he was greeted by adoring crowds and presented with a 12-inch cigar, which he later gave, as instructed, to President Herbert Hoover.
  
  In late 1933 and early 1934, on assignment for the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Buck and a friend, Robert Nixon, 19, spent three months roaming the Mexican jungle by air, photographing lost Mayan cities of the Yucatán. They were the youngest aerial explorers ever, the newspapers reported.
  
  Mr. Buck joined T.W.A. (then Transcontinental and Western Air) in 1937 as a co-pilot. He became a pilot in 1940 and in 1945 was named chief pilot, an administrative job. But he chafed behind a desk and was soon back in the cockpit.
  
  During the war, Mr. Buck, working on a joint project of T.W.A. and the Army, went “looking for trouble,” as he often said afterward, piloting a B-17 into snow, hail and thunderstorms all over the globe.
  
  “I was able to put my nose in any kind of weather I wanted to fly through,” he told National Public Radio in 2002. “We’d sit around, waiting until the weather was bad and then go fly through it.” The worst weather in the world, Mr. Buck found, was in the largely open stretch between New York and Kansas City, Mo.
  
  For his research, Mr. Buck was awarded the Air Medal, one of only a few civilians to receive it, in 1946.
  
  Mr. Buck is survived by his son, Robert Orion, of Waterbury Center, Vt. (A retired pilot for Delta Air Lines, the younger Mr. Buck was named, after some marital negotiation, for his father’s love of celestial navigation. His father’s first choice had been Betelgeuse, a star in Orion.) Also surviving are a daughter, Ferris Buck, of North Fayston; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
  
  Mr. Buck’s wife, the former Jean Pearsall, died in 2004. They were married, not without incident, in 1938. On the appointed day, as the bride-to-be and assembled guests waited in New Jersey, Mr. Buck found himself stuck in Kansas City, a passenger on a plane grounded by fog.
  
  The wedding took place two days later. The groom took the train.

• Last Edited: 20 May 2007

Chester F. Burdick

• Marriage*: Chester married Julia Anna Pearsall, daughter of Phineas Carman Pearsall and Catherine Ann Morgan.

• Last Edited: 27 Jul 2005

Charity Bush¹

• Birth*: Charity was born on 27 March 1729, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.¹
• Married Name: As of circa 1757,her married name was Mead.¹
• Marriage*: Charity married Nathaniel Mead circa 1757, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹
• Probate Record*: Charity was listed in probate records on 6 June 1816 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, as follows: An Inventory of the estate of Charity Mead
  
  An undivided right in 164 acres of land at $50 p acre & 626 (?) acres land at $67.50 p acre........9135.43/100
  
  Nathaniel Heusted, Isaac How: Appraisers under oath.
  
  The foregoing Inventory of the estate of Charity Mead late of Greenwich dec'd was exhibited at a Court of Probate held at Stamford in and for Stamford district June 6th 1816. Ebenezer Davenport Esq'r. Judge present and accepted on the oath of the Admin'r. and ordered to be recordrd.
  
  Attest JWood Clk.²

• Last Edited: 5 Apr 2006

Chauncey Butler¹

• Birth*: Chauncey was born in 1863.¹
• Marriage*: Chauncey married Eva M. (?) in 1888.
• Death*: Chauncey died after 1930.¹

• Last Edited: 25 Sep 2005

Clifford A. Butler¹

• Father: Chauncey Butler² b. 1863, d. a 1930
• Mother: Eva M. (?)³ b. Jun 1864, d. 1924

• Birth*: Clifford was born in May 1892, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut.
• He was the son of Chauncey Butler and Eva M. (?).^2,3
• Marriage*: Clifford married Ethel M. Clapp, daughter of John B. Clapp and Mary E. Finch, between 1913 and 1914.¹
• Census*: Clifford appeared on the census of 19 April 1930 at 372 Golden Hill Road, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, as Head, Owner, Radio, age 37, married at age 21, Hatter, Hat shop. Wife Ethel M., age 34, married at age 17. Son Donald, age 7, and Chauncey, Father, age 67, Wd, married at age 24.²

• Last Edited: 2 Oct 2005