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Below is a family biography included in The History of Warrick County, Indiana published by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. in 1885.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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ROBERT S. BROWN (deceased), named after his father, was a native of the old Commonwealth of Kentucky, his birth occurring January 30, 1847, and he is one of five children born to his father’s marriage with Lucy J. Pemberton. In 1854 the family moved to Indiana and settled in Owen Township, Warrick County, engaged in farming and stock-raising. Here our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, securing in youth the average country school education, having inculcated in him by his parents the principles of benevolence and honesty which were characteristic of him through life. For three years he was a soldier in the late war, and though young in years never flinched from danger or shirked a duty. Returning home from the war he engaged in farming, and so continued until his death February 22, 1877. Mr. Brown was a man among men, a neighborly neighbor, a devout Christian, and an honored member of society. To his marriage with Nancy E. West, which was solemnized October 25, 1866, a family of six children were born, and were named Mary A., William A., James R., Lucy Jane, Dora Ellen and Samuel L. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and still resides on the home farm.

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This family biography is one of 274 biographies included in The History of Warrick County, Indiana portion of the book: History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties Indiana published in 1885 by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Warrick County, Indiana History and Genealogy

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