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Seth Brown
Seth Brown, second child of Asher and Esther (Jones) Brown, was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1830. His grandfather, Asher Brown settled in Warren County, where our subject's father was born in 1806, and is still living there, and has followed agricultural pursuits through life. Our subject's mother was born in 1808 and is still living. They are the parents of three sons and two daughters. Seth was married in his native county, obtained a liberal education, and spent one winter at Earlham College, near Richmond, Ind. He was married in the spring of 1855, to Martha A., daughter of Harmon and Mary (Henley) Hill, of Richmond. They have three daughters — Emma E., wife of Clark E. Lewis, of Saline County, Ill.; Annie M., teacher, and Naomi H., attending school at Richmond. Mr. Brown moved to Richmond in the fall of 1856, and engaged in the dry-goods business with Strattan & Coffin till the fall of 1857, when he returned to Ohio and followed farming till 1868. He then engaged in farming in Wayne County, Ind., till 1872, when he settled in Richmond, in order to give his children a good education, and followed the carpenter's trade till 1877. He then removed to their farm east of Richmond, where he still resides. This farm was first entered by Benjamin Hill, Sr., in 1806, and Harmon Hill, his son, settled on it in 1831. He was born in 1811, and married in 1829, to Mary Henley, who was born in 1813, and died in 1881. Mr. Hill died in 1877. They had five children, the eldest child being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2. Page 768.