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- Arial N. Brown was commissioned to paymaster in the 103rd Inf. Reg. on 4/24/1817 and again commissioned to Quartermaster, 103rd Inf. Reg. Ontario County,NY on 5/7/1818.
Ontario county, NY Military records.
In 1818, Ariel was one of the Overseers of Highways in the town of Milo. (History of Yates County, NY by Stafford C. Cleveland. p. 758.)
In 1818, he owned land in Benton, Ontario County worth $304. He sold it later in 1818 to Wright Brown, Sr. and left the area. Possibly going to Ashtabula, OH. His name was spelled Uriah N. Brown in the tax records.
In the Ontario Co. Deed Index, Arial sold land to Wright Brown in 1819, LIB-32, p. 272
In the Ontario Co. Deed Index, it shows he bought land from Mary Norris, in 1819, LIB- 32, p. 273.
In 1850, the Browns are living in Elmira, Chemung County, NY. Living with A. N., a farmer, (A. M) age 60, and Martha, age 52, are Oliver L. age 16; Fidelia, age 32; Catherine Woodhaven, age 22 b. VT; Oliver Lane, age 60; Patrick Conway, age 23; Daniel Cooper, age 23; Martha Brown, age 3, b. in MD; and Charles Brown, age 1 year, b. NY.
In the 1860 census, the Browns are living in Manitowoc District, Manitowoc County, WI. Arial is listed as a lumberman. No Children live with he and his wife, Martha. However, her brother, Oliver, age 70, is still living with them who had a personal estate of $600. Both Martha and her brother, Oliver were born in MA.
In 1863, Ariel was involved in a lawsuit along with William Nallow and his wife, Lisselle, Defendants with George Dutcher and John a. Le Fever, Plaintiffs. Nallow and his wife mortgage 15 acres of land on the lakeshore to guarantee payment of 500/yr. rent for Van Valkenburgh Mill. Water levels on the river were too low to float logs therefore defendants couldn't pay the rent and the land was forclosed. Other creditors of the defendants were Elizabeth Adams, Elizabeth Norris, both of Vermont; Frederick Kaker and Mathias Hug. Year 1863; # 2165; Box CF 15 FLB County of Manitowoc, WI.
1870 Federal census shows Ariel, 81, living in Cato, Manitowoc, WI with his wife, Martha, age 72 and born in MA; daughter-in -law, Sarah, age 37; Oliver Lane, 81 born in MA, a brother-in-law; and Orlo Brown, age 9 months, son of Sarah.. Sarah was the wife of Ariel's son, Oliver Lane Brown.
In the Manitowoc City Directory in 1875/1876, A. N. Brown is living at 15th north of Clark.
Oliver must have been scouting out Colorado because in 1880, both he and his wife, Sarah J. and son, Orlo, are living in South Pueblo, Puelblo county, CO.
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