Husband of Sarah Ann Lucy Brown Civil War Service Contributed By J J R Crawford Elburn Brown was one of my great-great grandfathers. I was in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and found a book titled "Crawford County Indiana Civil War Veterans" by Doris Byrd Leistner (2005). The record was a result of his wife Sarah who had applied for a pension as the wife of a veteran. It shows he served in the Indiana Legion, Co. E, Pers. Par. (Garrison Guards) and Pvt. unassigned and Co. A of the 59th Regiment of the Indiana Infantry Volunteers. He lived in Patoka Township, was a farmer and was 34 yrs old when he was drafted. He was mustered in 26 Sept 1864 in Jeffersonville. He had blue eyes, black hair, 5' 1.5" tall, complexion was fair. He was discharged 8 May 1865 in Indianapolis. Sarah A. L. Brown applied for a widows pension 24 October 1907. (written by JR Crawford)
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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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