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William C. Brown Cemetery ~ William C. Brown ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Brown, William C.
LAST NAME: Brown FIRST NAME: William MIDDLE NAME: C. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 30 Nov 1824 DIED: 10 May 1909 BURIED:  (William C. Brown Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Hamilton Co., Ohio
DEATH PLACE: Dallas, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father John Brown
Maiden name of mother Mary Chambers
MARRIAGE - Martha Jane Townsend 2 Aug 1848 in Polk Co., Oregon.
1880 OR CENSUS - Wm C. Brown, age 55, occupation merchant, b. Ohio, is enumerated with Martha J., age 53, b. Missouri, along with Hannah Townsend, identified as mother-in-law [of Wm], age 70, b. Tennessee. Also enumerated with the family is Amy Nelson, age 20, housekeeper, b. Iowa.

BIOGRAPHICAL:
"History of Immigration, 1847"
Brown, W. C.
Born in Ohio in 1824, and came to Oregon and settled near where Albany now stands, but moved the following year to Dallas. Carried a chain in the first survey of Albany, also of Dallas. Built the first brick building of old Dallas. Erected the second building intended for business purposes in old Dallas, and the first in the present town. Was engaged in the merchantile business nearly thirty years, and at present owns a half interest in a hardware store in Dallas. Mr. Brown in the owner of two thousand acres of land in Polk County. He served in the Legistature in 1874. Married Miss Martha Townsend in 1848, and has five children - John G., Joseph L. Alonzo, Henry, and Ann, all of whom are married.
Source - Lang, Herbert O. HISTORY of the WILLAMETTE VALLEY, Himes & Lang, 1885, pg 666 

PHOTOGRAPH - The picture of William is shown courtesy of David Kromer.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
W. C. Brown
Nov. 30, 1824
May 10, 1909
Pioneer 1847
SOURCES: 
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Kromer Collection
Historically Speaking, Vol. III, pg 37-44
Lang, pg 666
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Dallas, ED 105, pg 472A)
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