Brief Life History of Robert H.
When Robert H. Brown was born on 11 May 1832, in Greenville Township, Floyd, Indiana, United States, his father, James Polly Brown, was 29 and his mother, Eunice Reasor, was 24. He married Eunice Pectol on 31 March 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Rockville, Washington, Utah, United States in 1867 and Mount Carmel, Kane, Utah, United States in 1872. In 1849, at the age of 17, his occupation is listed as road builder at age 17 in Sanpete, Utah, United States. He died on 14 March 1877, in Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Orderville Cemetery, Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- Robt H Brown, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert H Brown - birth: 11 May 1832;
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert H Brown - Military Service: from 1849 to 1850; Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
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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I was born Springdale, Kane Co., Utah, U.S.A. in the year 1871 A.D. And when about three years old, my parents removed to Mt. Carmel, Kane Co. where they remained about a year, and then removed a shor …
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