Brown Guilford Darwin

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In the 1860 census for town of Wygandt, Beaver Township, Iroquois County, IL, Guilford, age 27, married to Jane, aged 23. He was a farmer who had personal property worth $500. and farm land worth $200.00. Listed also were Charles F., age 4 yrs., and John D., age 1yr.

In 1870, he is listed as living in Papineau, Iroquois county, IL and again in the 1890 Tax Record census for Papaneau Township, Iroquois County, IL, as were his son or brother, John; and Sarah Brown, his second wife.


Name Type Section Sect Township Range Meridian Acres Price Total Date Month Date Day Date Year Reside Volume Page Blank SocStat ID Corr-Tag
BROWN GUILFORD D RR SWSE 22 29N 12W 2 4000 800 32000 November 30 1870 000 793 365 4814210

In the Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory is listed (sometime after 1915) the following:

Brown, Mrs. Sarah (Williams) Ch. Myrtle, Edwin, Fredona, Earl; "Oak Bank Farm", St. Anne Rte 3
Papineau, Sec. 22 O40a (1858.)


Guilford became mentally ill during his marriage to Sarah and had to be taken by arrest to the Insane Asylum. He was declared mentally imcompetant on July 15th, 1888 at the court in Watseka, Iroquois County, IL. The Writ was signed by Clerk of the county court, B. F. Price.

On July 16, 1888, Sarah E. Brown, wife of Guilford, petitioned the court to appoint a conservator for him. Arthur W. Frogge was appointed conservator for him.

On April of 1889, a copy of verdict of jury to send Guilford to a hospital was issued:

Of the April terms of Iroquois County Court, A. D. 1889
In the matter of an Inquisition

As to the Insanity of Guilford D. Brown:

On the first day of May, 1889 in proceedings had in said Court in the above entitled "An Act to revise the law in relation to the commitment and detention of Lunatics." and Act amendatory thereof approved June 13, 1887, the Jury rendered the following verdict:

We, the undersigned, Jurors, in the case of Guilford D. Brown alleged to be insane, having heard the evidence in the case. are satisfied that said Guilford D. Brown is insane, and a fit person to be sent to a State Hospital for the Insane; that he is a resident of the State of Illinois and County of Iroquois, that his age is 57 years; and that his disease is of about 1 month of ? duration; that the cause is unknown.

that the disease is not with him heriditary; that he is not subject to Epilepsy, and that he does not manifest homicidal or suicidal tendencies, that he is free from vermin, and is not affected by any contagious or infectious disease, and is not an idiot; that he is not a pauper, and that said Guilford D. Brown was in person actually present during said Inquistition, with full liberty to be heard in defense.

And we further find the said Guilford D. Brown has property which he is unfit to properly manage or control, and which is in danger of waste and depreciation, and that the appointment of a Conservator for said Guilford D. Brown is necessary.

Signed: D. L. Jewett, M. D.
L. A. Benjamin
R. M. Hooles
O. W. Watson
S. Wade
Seven others unable to read names.

May of 1889, a warrent for the arrest of Guilford E. Brown was issued by the county clerk of Iroquois County, IL B. F. Price, to have him conveyed to Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane.

On Oct. 14, 1889, Sarah Brown, wife of Guilford, wrote to the Hon. County Judge of Watseka, IL. to have Arthur W. Frogge appointed conservator of the her husband's property. However, he was never qualified and was never appointed.

In October 1899, Guilford presented to the court that in July 1888, he was judged insane. That Arthur W. Frogge was appointed conservator for him but the appointment was never made because Frogge did not qualify for such and no appointment was ever made.

He petitioned that further, he was at the time of being adjudged insane, committed to the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane, that about the 10th day of June, 1897, the authorities of the said Hospital refused longer to keep him in custody and he was transferred to the county Farm of the said county of Iroquois, where he remained until August, 1897, when he was discharged.

The petitioner shows unto this court that for the past two years he has been perfectly restored to his reason, and is entirely rational in all and every respect, that since that time he has done business for himself and one of his sons in farming and handling, managing and selling stock of various kinds, and that he now requests a hearing to be officially declared to be restored to his reason.

Your petitioner represents that he is the owner of some land in said county, which he desires to dispose of in order to give proper and sufficient title. He asks that the proceedings may be had and prays that upon a hearing thereof he may be adjudged to be fully restored to reason , and have the care, management and control of the said property.

Signed: Guildford D. Brown,

2nd day of October, 1899.

The Brown cemetery was on the Hoekstra farm and in 1965, Mr. Hoekstra paid someone with a bulldozer to plow it under including the tombstones so he could farm the land!

Guilford married Sipes Jane E. on 12 Apr 1855 in Kankakee County, Il. Jane was born on 06 Apr 1838 in IL; died on 24 Aug 1878 in Papineau, Iroquois County, Il; was buried on 26 Aug 1878 in Brown Hil/Oak Ridgel Cemetery, Papineau, Iroquois County, Il. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guilford married Williams Sarah on 17 Mar 1881 in Iroquois County, Il. Sarah was born on 11 Jan 1858 in Near Sheldon, Iroquois County, IL; died on 06 Aug 1935 in Papineau, Iroquois County, IL; was buried in St. Anne Cemetery, St. Anne, Iroquois Co. Il. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christened:
INFANT

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Lived in Washington, DC.

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DEATH: Death notice in Times Democrat, Friday, 9 Sept 1904.

DEATH: MANGLED BY CARS
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DEATH: The Sole Support of a Widowed Mother is Killed

DEATH: Sunday morning the mangled body of Lonnie Brown was found on the C. & E. I. tracks between Papineau and St. Anne. The body was completely cut in two at the waist. A southbound train brought the remains to Papineau where it was viewed by a number of people, none of whom seemed able to identify it.

DEATH: Finally a boy by the name of Brown, who lives northeast of Papineau, viewed the remains and looking at the shoes and socks of the unfortunate victim, pronounced it the body of his brother who had ridden a freight train from Watseka, that being the only train he could get, to the place where he fell off and was run over. The young man had been working at Piper City and left there Saturday with $70. which he had drawn on his wages. About $68. was found on the body.

DEATH: Lonie was the eldest son and only support of a widowed mother who lives on a small farm near Papineau. His death is a hard blow to his mother and a shock to his many friends, as he was an industrious, sober young man and well liked by all.

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He drove his car into the Kankakee Rive, driving to fast and perhaps had been drinking and died by drowning.

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Ed lived in Donavan. He had a hardware and implement business.

Edward married Bachand Laura on 14 Mar 1911 in Watseka, Iroquoise County, IL. Laura was born on 24 May 1891 in St. Anne, Kankakee Co., IL; died on 19 Apr 1969 in Watseka, Iroquois County, IL; was buried in St Anne Cemetery, St. Anne, Kankakee County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donald married Brown Ida LucindaMurfreesboro, Rutherford County, TN. Ida was born on 28 Nov 1923 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, TN; died in 2000; was buried in Fletcher's Cemetery, Crescent City, Iroquois County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]