Brown Erasmus Darwin^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

1808 - 1887  (79 years)

• Name	Brown Erasmus Darwin
  Birth	07 Jul 1808	Milton, Albany County, (Saratoga) NY   [10]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Oct 1887	St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL   [1]
  Burial	Old Brown-Hanen Cemetery four miles east of Witchert in Pembroke Township on the old Brown farm.IL   [1]
  Notes	Erasmus Darwin left Stillwater, NY early as a youngster with his family. They lived in several different places, including, Ballson Spa, Albany, Auburn and Caniesteo, Steuben Co. and Dresden, Yates County, NY. He went to live briefly in Ohio, where Letty was living with the Schock family, in-laws of her brother, George. He and Letty were married about 1834 in New York. Their first two daughters were born in New York state. He and Letty moved their small family to Shawnee, Fountain county, Indiana around 1838 where his third child, Mary, was born. His son, Allen, born in 1844 was his last child born in Indiana. 'Dar' and his familiy finally moved to the state of Illinois and settled in the wilderness area known as St. Anne sometime between 1844 and 1846 where his son, Samuel was born. Dar's brother, Achilles and his wife, Lucy, also came to IL. An article written in the old book of the county history, 'Kankakee County History' is the following: "Few of the early settlers or families of Kankakee County are better represented in its second generation both among its relief and active citizens, then that established here by Erasmus Brown and Letty Loughry Brown, the former born in New York in 1808. This worthy couple to whom in early life came the desire to travel West and ally their fortunes with its undeveloped strength, left their native New York state and settled in the Wilderness of what then was St. Anne but now is Pembroke township, Kankakee County. Loneliness and deprivation were their portion for they had little of this world's goods and there were few neighbors to whom they could turn for counsel or sympathy. Nevertheless, they had grit and determination and their farm yielded of its fertility in response to their untiring labor. With the passing of years their family increased until seven children played around their hearthstone. Of these, Jane was the oldest." We know that eventually there were ten children born to this couple. Sometime around 1856, Dar and Achilles were joined by their youngest brother, Samuel Right Brown, Jr. and his wife, Sally Ann Coss but wanting to move closer to his inlaws, Sally's sisters and other cousins, Samuel moved north to Algonquin after several years in the Iroquois-Kankakee county area and later to neighboring Cary, McHenry County, IL where he made his final home. His descendants live in that area today.
  Person ID	I52894	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Brown Samuel Right (Wright),   b. 26 Sep 1775, Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH d. 15 Sep 1817, Near Cherry Valley, Otsego County, NY (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Annable Eunice Mary,   b. 01 Apr 1780, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA d. 24 Mar 1874, Torrey, Yates Co., NY (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	13 Feb 1803	Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York   [1, 11]
  Family ID	F24157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Loghry Lettice Lorena,   b. Abt 1820, Cameron, Steuben Co., NY d. 21 Dec 1893, St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1834	Oscaloosa, Mahaska County, OH   [1]
  Children	1. Brown Elizabeth M.,   b. 01 Apr 1835, Steuben, Steuben County, NY d. 02 Oct 1905, St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL (Age 70 years)  [natural]   2. Brown Jane E.,   b. Abt 1836, Cameron, Steuben Co., NY  [natural]   3. Brown Mary Ann,   b. 1838, Shawnee, Fountain Co., IN  [natural]   4. Brown Emily,   b. 1840, Shawnee, Fountain Co., IN  [natural]   5. Brown Allen,   b. 22 Sep 1844, Shawnee, Fountain Co., IN d. Bef 1850 (Age < 5 years)  [natural]   6. Brown Melinda Ellen,   b. 22 Sep 1844, Shawnee, Fountain County or Benton Co., IN d. 16 Feb 1922, St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL (Age 77 years)  [natural]   7. Brown Samuel Henry,   b. 24 Nov 1847, St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL d. 1909, St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL (Age 61 years)  [natural]   8. Brown Eunice,   b. Feb 1850, St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL  [natural]   9. Brown Rosella,   b. 02 Dec 1853, St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL d. 10 Oct 1933, Momence, Kankakee County, IL (Age 79 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F24085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1397] Merged from BrianFreeman on 01-Jan-13 at 22:11. [S1466] 1860 Federal Census for St. Anne, Kankakee County, IL. Erasmus D. 52, b. NY Farmer, real estate value, $800. Personal estate, $1,000. Letty, 48, b. NY Keeping house Allen, 16, b. IN Rasalie, 7, b. IL Samuel H. 13, b. IL [S1463] Tombstone, Brown Cemetery, Pembroke, Iroquois County,IL. Burial plot is on the old Brown farm, subsequently the Simon Hoekstra farm. It was later ordered by Hoekstra to be bulldozed up abt 1965, the grave stone buried and land put to farming use! [S1443] 1840 Federal Census for Shawnee, Fountain County, IN. Erastus (Erasmus) Brown, Male, 30 and under 40: 1 Females 10 and under 15: 2 Females 30 and under 40: 1 [S1464] 1800 Federal Census for Milton, Cayuga County,NY. Census for Samuel R. Brown: [S1437] 1850 Federal Census for District 21, Iroquois County, IL. Erasmus D. Brown, 42, b. NY Own 1/10 real estate Letty, 30 b. NY Elizabeth, 15, b. NY Mary Ann, 12, b. IN Emily, 10, b. IN Ellen, 7, b. IN Samuel, 4, b. IL Eunice, 7 mos. b. IL Elam D. Tuttle, 35, b. NY Carpenter [S1465] 1870 Federal Census for St. Anne, Kankakee County, IL. Erasmus D. 62, b. NY Farmer, Real estate, $3500. Personal estate, $1100. Letty 52, b. NY Keeping house Samuel, 22, b. IL Farmer Roalie, 16, b. Il At home John Wood, 10, b. IL (He was the son of Thomas and Sarah A. Woods who lived a couple of farms down from the Browns. I don't know the connection. Sarah was b. in Canada, according to the 1860 census. Abbie Mascilen, 17 .b. IL At home [S1441] Enumerator: John Kennedy, 1830 Federal Census for Cameron, Steuben County, NY, (Microfilm # M19-107), page 366, line 5. Shown living with his brother, Charles Volney who was the head of the household in Cameron, Steuben County, NY. [S1467] 1880 Federal Census for St. Anne, Kankakee County, IL. E. D. Brown, 73, b. NY Retired, Father b. CT, Mother, b. CT. Letty, 60, b. NY Keeping house. Father b. PA, Mother, b, NY [S1397] Merged from BrianFreeman on 01-Jan-13 at 22:11. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois Volume 2 Edited by Newton Bateman, Paul Selby "History of Kankakee County" Chicago - Mid-west Publishing Co., 1906 Page 845 [S1501] According to a petition for land signed by Eunice (Hannibal) Brown, Hannah Castner and Wright Brown.