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John F. Brown, one of the substantial tillers of the soil and a successful stockman of Cedar County, Mo., was born in Dade County, Mo., on the 7th of February, 1842, being the eighth of ten sons. He lived with his parents until nineteen years of age, and in September, 1862, enlisted in Company A, Sixth Missouri Cavalry, U. S. A., and served until August, 1865, being a participant in several important battles. He received a gunshot in the left side, and, after the close of the war, returned to Cedar County, where he has since made his home, having been a resident of his present farm of 200 acres since 1879; he is the owner of 160 acres in Barton County. He is a member of the G. A, R., and in 1872 was elected assessor of Cedar County, by the Republican party, being re-elected to the same two years later, and proved an efficient officer. In 1865 he was married to Miss L. F. Firestone, who was born in 1845, her father and mother being Virginians, born in 1812 and 1819, and died in Cedar County, Mo., in July, 1884, and May, 1884, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and are the parents of seven children: Alfred M., Alice V., Mary R., (deceased), John A. and Charles (living), and Roscoe (deceased), and Nora V. Mr. Brown is a son of Alfred and grandson of Andrew Brown. The latter was among the earliest settlers of Lincoln County, Mo., from North Carolina, and died there at the age of ninety years. Alfred Brown was born in North Carolina in 1810, and died in Platte County, Mo., in 1852, having been engaged in farming and tanning. When a young man he left Lincoln County and went to Polk County, where he married Miss Lucy Thompson, who was born in Kentucky in 1812. She died in Cedar County, Mo., on the 10th of February, 1887.