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Brown Achilles Victor Manuel[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1806 - 1860  (54 years)


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  • Name Brown Achilles Victor Manuel 
    Birth 1806  Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Mar 1860  St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Probably on the Brown farm family cemetery. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Archilles married first, Lucretia Ann Miller on 13 Feb. 1827 and married second, Angeline R. Davis on 27 June 1854. He went by the name of Calais according to "The Home Folks Book of the Darius Myer's Family", by Violet M. Beck.

      Archilles moved his family to Papineau , Iroquois County, Illinois in the mid 1840s-50s, where his brother, Erasmus had also moved.

      He is listed in the 1840 census living in Shawnee, Fountain County, Indiana, next door to his brother, Erasmus Brown and George Loghry.

      In 1850 census for Iroquois County, IL, age 44 and having a wife, Lucy, age 42 yr., and a son, Guilford, age 17 yrs. He was a farmer and had no personal property or real estate.

      His brother, Erasmus D. Brown, is shown as a land owner of 160 acres. He possible came after Erasmus was settled in the area.

      Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID#

      1850 BROWN ACHILLES V. Iroquois County IL 147 21st District Federal Population Schedule IL 1850 Federal Census Index ILS7a647921

      1850 BROWN ACHILLES V. Iroquois County IL 147 21st District Federal Population Schedule IL 1850 Federal Census Index ILS7a647922

      From a newspaper report is the following. I don't know if it is the same Achilles M. Brown or not. The person murdered was George W. Routt of Obling, Crawford County, IL.

      The People vs A. M. Brown, Third Day, Deposition of Samuel Wright, 3 Sept 1873, Office of the Clerk of the Court, Crawford County, Robinson, Illinois. Shot in his office by Achilles M. Brown, accused of philandering with Mr. Brown's wife. Shot in the chest and as he lay on the floor, shot in the ear with the bullet exiting his other ear. Mr. Brown was acquitted.

      He also went by the names of Achilles V or AV.
    Person ID I52921  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2024 

    Father Brown Samuel Right (Wright),   b. 26 Sep 1775, Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1817, Near Cherry Valley, Otsego County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Annable Eunice Mary,   b. 01 Apr 1780, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1874, Torrey, Yates Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 13 Feb 1803  Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Family ID F24157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Miller Lucy Ann,   b. Abt 1808, Of Milo, Yates County, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jun 1854, St. Anne, Iroquois Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 46 years) 
    Marriage 13 Feb 1827  Milo, Yates Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    • Achelles V. Brown and Lucy Ann Miller were married 13 Feb. 1827 by H. Townsend, Esq. in Milo, Yates Co.
      (Reported in newspaper on 20 Feb. 1827.)

      Achelles V. Brown and Lucy Ann Miller were married 13 Feb. 1827 by H. Townsend, Esq. in Milo, Yates Co.
      (Reported in newspaper on 20 Feb. 1827.)
    Children 
     1. Brown  [natural]
     2. Brown Girl,   b. Abt 1831, Milo, Yates Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Brown Guilford Darwin,   b. Abt 1833, Prob. Milo, Yates County, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1915, Papineau, Iroquois County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     4. Brown John,   b. Abt 1835, Prob. Milo, Yates County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Brown Boy,   b. Abt 1837  [natural]
     6. Brown Girl,   b. Abt 1838  [natural]
    Family ID F24137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 SIPES Rachel A.,   b. 16 May 1826   d. Jan 1901 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jun 1856  Kankakee County, Il Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Children 
     1. BROWN Alma Eunice,   b. 27 Jun 1854   d. 28 Jun 1942, Iroquois Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F24168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1397] Merged from BrianFreeman on 01-Jan-13 at 22:11.

    2. [S1443] 1840 Federal Census for Shawnee, Fountain County, IN.
      Achilles Brown
      Males under age 5: 1
      Males 5 and under 10: 2
      Males 30 and under 40: 1
      Females under 5: 1
      Females 5 and under 10: 2
      Females 20 and under 30: 1
      He lived next door to his brother, Erasmus D. Brown and George Loghry.

    3. [S1437] 1850 Federal Census for District 21, Iroquois County, IL.
      Achilles V. Brown, 44, Farmer, b. NY Value of real estate, None.
      Lucy Ann, Brown, 42, b. NY
      Guilford, 17, b. NY, Farmer
      John, 15, b. NY, Farmer

      They lived next door to his brother, Erasmus D. Brown and family.

    4. [S1264] Violet M. Beck, Home Folks Book of the Darius Myer's Family, (The Arts and Crafts Press, San Diego, CA 1968), P. 33.

    5. [S1470] U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules from 1850-1880 Record.

    6. [S1501] According to a petition for land signed by Eunice (Hannibal) Brown, Hannah Castner and Wright Brown.

    7. [S1500] Compiled by Dianne Stenzel, Genealogical Gleanings Abstrated from the Early Newspapers of Penn Yan, Yates County, New York. 1823-1833 and 1841-1855, (1991 Heritage Books Bowie, Maryland), # 205, p. 18.

    8. [S1417] Kankakee County, IL Vital Records- Marriage Records, Vol. A, p. 3.


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