Brief Life History of Richard Franklin
When Richard Franklin Brown was born on 24 April 1848, in Horsehead Township, Johnson, Arkansas, United States, his father, John Alexander Brown, was 26 and his mother, Louisa Wright, was 23. He married Jane Ann Rose on 20 February 1866, in Greene, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Black Dog Township, Osage, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Medina, Medina Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States in 1930. He died in 1937, in Avant, Osage, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Skiatook, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Richard Franklin Brown in household of Leo Perrier, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Richard Franklin Brown - Government record: Census record: birth: 24 April 1848; Horsehead, Johnson, Arkansas, United States
- Rich F Brown, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1850
Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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