Lewis Henry Brown (1856 - 1946)

Born 11 Feb 1856 in Ridott, Stephenson, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Arminta B. (Cole) Brown — married 11 Feb 1880 in Winnebago, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Jul 1946 at age 90 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Lewis Henry Brown was born at Ridott, Illinois in February of 1856, a son of William Brown and Lydia (Hatch) Brown. He married Arminta B. Cole on the 11th of February, 1880, in Winnebago County, Illinois; the couple initially lived at Ridott but shortly removed to Creston, Iowa, and thence to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1921. Lewis died at Colorado Springs, Colorado, in early July of 1946.

Sources

• Birth, marriage, family, and death: Descendants of Thomas Hatch of Barnstable, Massachusetts: Some Genealogy & History of the Hatch Family, by Hatch Genealogy Society — Ruth Hatch Hale; http://www.jowest.net/Genealogy/Jo/Hatch/Hatch2.htm

• Residence (as Louis H. Brown ["H." mistranscribed as "E."]; Ridott, IL) and family (identity confirmed by parents’ names and correct locations of birth), 1870: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W8-9Z9 : 8 June 2019), Louis E Brown in entry for William Brown, 1870.

• Residence (Ridott, IL) and wife (“Minta”), 1880: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK2-Q5Q : 7 September 2017), Lewis Brown, Ridott, Stephenson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 182, sheet 230A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,253.

• Birth of son Glenwyr Pearl Brown, 1881 (Clarion Twp., IA): "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHT7-BTV : 10 March 2018), Lewis H. Brown in entry for Glenwyr Pearl Brown, 27 Mar 1881; citing ClarionTownship, Wright, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,401,736.

• Residence (Creston, IA) and family, 1900: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9LG-JB4 : accessed 27 December 2019), Lewis H Brown, Creston Township Creston city Ward 5, Union, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 13A, family 292, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,461.

• Birth of dau. Zella Vivian Brown, 1902 (Creston, IA): "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHR1-4CC : 10 March 2018), Lewis H. Brown in entry for Zella Vivian Brown, 30 Nov 1902; citing Creston, Union, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,911.

• Residence (Creston, IA) and family, 1910: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG9N-LY8 : accessed 27 December 2019), Lewis H Brown, Creston Ward 5, Union, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 147, sheet 9A, family 216, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 425; FHL microfilm 1,374,438.

• Marriage of son Artie Wayne Brown (Orange, CA), 1917 (with names of parents/bride’s parents): "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DV-8CK : 10 December 2017), L H Brown in entry for Artie Wayne Brown and Clara Mae Stallard, 31 May 1917; citing Orange, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,290,109.

• Marriage of son Lewis Herold Brown (Franklin, OH), 1918 (with names of parents/bride’s parents): "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X87Q-6XD : 26 August 2019), Lewis H. Brown in entry for Lewis H. Brown and Mary Allen, 24 Jun 1918; citing Marriage, Franklin, Ohio, United States, v 69 p 410, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.

• Residence (Creston, IA) and family, 1920: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDM2-YXF : accessed 27 December 2019), Lewis H Brown, Creston Ward 5, Union, Iowa, United States; citing ED 159, sheet 5B, line 56, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 515; FHL microfilm 1,820,515.

• Remove to CO, 1921: obituary for Arminta Brown, Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs CO, Tues. Apr. 27, 1954, p. 6; downloadable PDF, website of Pikes Peak Library District; https://more.ppld.org

• Residence (as Louis H. Brown; Colorado Springs, CO) and family, 1930 (with parents’ birthplaces): "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X74Q-3QG : accessed 27 December 2019), Louis H Brown, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 3A, line 6, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 241; FHL microfilm 2,339,976.

• Residence (Colorado Springs, CO) and family, 1940/1935: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR64-BLY : 5 November 2019), Lewis H Brown, Colorado Springs, Election Precinct 15, El Paso, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-17, sheet 3B, line 61, family 67, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 461.

• Death of son Glenn P. Brown, 1948 (showing father’s middle name): "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M1-XGCV : 1 February 2016), Lewis Henry Brown in entry for Glenn P Brown, 20 Dec 1948; citing Death, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise.