Brief Life History of John W.
When John W. Brown was born on 21 November 1849, in Council Point, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Samuel Webster Brown, was 48 and his mother, Lydia Maria Lathrop, was 34. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died in September 1865, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 15, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- John Brown in household of Saml Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
- John W Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Brown, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (5)
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, Untied States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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Samuel Webster Brown 1801& Lydia Maria Lathrop 1815
Samuel Webster Brown & Lydia Maria Lathrop 1801-1882 1815-1852 by his great-granddaughter, Irene Brown Martineau He was not a tall man. He was of a very fair complexion. …
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