Asa Brown

1793 - 1876  (82 years)

• Name	Asa Brown  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	13 Jul 1793	Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1820	Clark, Clinton, Ohio, USA   [5]
  Residence	1830	Clark, Clinton, Ohio, USA   [6]
  Residence	2 Sep 1835	, Allen, Indiana, USA   [7]
  	Land Patent, sections 8 & 21
  Residence	1840	Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA   [8]
  Residence	10 May 1848	, Noble, Indiana, USA   [9]
  Residence	1 Apr 1849	, Noble, Indiana, USA   [10]
  Residence	1850	Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Residence	1860	Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Residence	1 Jun 1865	Austin, Mower, Minnesota, USA   [3]
  Residence	1870	Beaver, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA   [4]
  Death	1876	Lansing, Mower, Minnesota, USA   [11]
  Burial	Lansing Cemetery, Lansing, Mower, Minnesota, USA
  Person ID	I4620	Master
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Silas Brown,   b. 17 Oct 1754, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Jan 1813, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Mary Nims,   b. 23 May 1756, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA d. 13 Nov 1819, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1776
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline Baker,   b. 1805, Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, USA d. 1840, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	8 Jul 1817	Granville, Licking, Ohio, USA   [12, 13]
  Children	+ 1. Benjamin Franklin Brown,   b. 8 Feb 1827, Fredericksburg, Wayne, Ohio, USA d. 23 Nov 1898, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (Age 71 years)   2. Mary Brown,   b. 1828, , , Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Lucy Baker,   b. 21 Jun 1821, , Licking, Ohio, USA d. Jun 1909, Lansing, Mower, Minnesota, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1838	, Saint Joseph, Indiana, USA   [14]
  Children	+ 1. William James Brown,   b. 1842, , Noble, Indiana, USA d. 1888 (Age 46 years) + 2. Miles Asa Brown,   b. 31 Jan 1843, , Noble, Indiana, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Charles Bond Brown,   b. 19 Aug 1849, , Noble, Indiana, USA d. 12 Dec 1928, Le Roy, Mower, Minnesota, USA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F1356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Jul 1793 - Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA Marriage - 8 Jul 1817 - Granville, Licking, Ohio, USA Residence - 1820 - Clark, Clinton, Ohio, USA Residence - 1830 - Clark, Clinton, Ohio, USA Residence - Land Patent, sections 8 & 21 - 2 Sep 1835 - , Allen, Indiana, USA Marriage - 14 Feb 1838 - , Saint Joseph, Indiana, USA Residence - 1840 - Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA Residence - 10 May 1848 - , Noble, Indiana, USA Residence - 1 Apr 1849 - , Noble, Indiana, USA Residence - 1850 - Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA Residence - 1860 - Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA Residence - 1 Jun 1865 - Austin, Mower, Minnesota, USA Residence - 1870 - Beaver, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA Death - 1876 - Lansing, Mower, Minnesota, USA Burial - - Lansing Cemetery, Lansing, Mower, Minnesota, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Asa Brown Land Patents (2)

  
  

• Notes

  Laws of the state of Indiana, passed at the ... session of the General Assembly, by Indiana General Assembly. Type: Journal, magazine: State or province government publication; English Publisher: Indianapolis : J.P. Chapman, 1853-1982. CHAPTER CLXXV1II. Aa met to incorporate the Albion and Lisbon Turnpike Company. [APPROVED FEBRUARY 12, 1851.] SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, That Asa Brown, Leonard Myers, Jerome Sweet, William M. Clapp, and Alpheus Baker, of the county of Noble, and their successors in office duly elected as hereinafter directed, are hereby constituted and appointed a body politic and corporate, and by the name and style of the Albion and Lisbon Turnpike Company, shall be able and capable in law and equity to sue and be sued, plead and be impleadunto in any and all courts of justice whatever, to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter, change, or renew at pleasure, and shall be able and capable in law to make contracts and enforce the same, and to make and enforce the necessary by-laws, rales and regulations to enable them to carry into effect the provisions of this act and the objects contemplated by the same, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State. Asa Brown d: 1876 Asa Brown, an early hotelkeeper, was born in Vermont, and married Lucy Baker, of Ohio. After their marriage they located in Indiana, where Asa was one of the contractors on the Wabash canal. After the completion of the canal he located in Noble county, purchased a tract of land, and founded the village of Lisbon. Here he also erected a hotel which he conducted for several years. In 1861 he removed to Alexandria, Minn., built and conducted a feed and flouring mill, and remained three years. In 1864 he came to Austin, Minn., and purchased what afterward became the Lacy House. Three years later he sold out and purchased a farm in Fillmore county. After farming three years he came to LeRoy and engaged in the hotel business a year. Then he and his wife spent two years in Kentucky, afterward taking up their residence in Lansing township. Here Asa Brown died in 1876 at the age of eighty-three years. His wife died in June, 1909, at the age of eighty-seven. HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY, MN. 1911. [15]

  
  

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R/W DDB ========================================================================================================================= 33 114 114 Brown Asa 54 M Inn Keeper 10,000 V.t 34 114 114 Brown Lucy 30 F Ohio 35 114 114 Brown Miles A 7 M Ind 36 114 114 Brown William J 5 M Ind 37 114 114 Brown Charles 1 M Ind 38 114 114 Gillespie Nancy 12 F Ohio 39 114 114 Tanner John 22 M Farmer Ohio 40 115 115 Brown Francis 23 F Clerk Ohio 41 115 115 Brown Hellen 21 F Ohio 42 115 115 Billing Mary 20 F Penn http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2173514&ti=0&indiv=try [S31] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.), Year: 1860; Census Place: Allen, Noble, Indiana; Roll: M653_285; Page: 301; Image: 302. (Reliability: 3). Name: Asa Brown Birth Date: abt 1799 Birth Place: New Hampshire Residence Date: 1860 Residence Place: Allen, Noble, Indiana http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=8829128&ti=0&indiv=try [S883] Ancestry.com, Minnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.) (Reliability: 3). Residence date: 1 Jun 1865 Residence place: Austin http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=mnstatecen&h=1351180&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S231] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. ), Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593 (Reliability: 3). 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Name: Asa Brown Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Clark, Clinton, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 6 Free White Persons - Over 25: 2 Total Free White Persons: 8 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=BJc2316&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&dbid=7734&gsfn=Asa&gsln=Brown&_83004003-n_xcl=f&msfng=Silas&msfns=Brown&msmng=Mary&msmns=Nims&msbng=Silas&msbns=Brown&msbng1=Stephen&msbns1=Brown&msbng2=Aaron&msbns2=Brown&msbng3=Mary&msbns3=Brown&msbng4=Ephraim&msbns4=Brown&msbng5=William&msbns5=Brown&msbng6=Jonas%20Bond&msbns6=Brown&msbng7=Ebenezer&msbns7=Larabee&mssng=Caroline&mssns=Baker&mssng1=Lucy&mssns1=Baker&mscng=Benjamin%20Franklin&mscns=Brown&mscng1=Mary&mscns1=Brown&mscng2=William%20James&mscns2=Brown&mscng3=Miles%20Asa&mscns3=Brown&mscng4=Charles%20Bond&mscns4=Brown&msbdy=1793&msbpn__ftp=dublin,%20cheshire,%20new%20hampshire,%20usa&msbpn=4835&msrpn__ftp=,%20Noble,%20Indiana,%20USA&msrpn1__ftp=,%20Allen,%20Indiana,%20USA&msrpn2__ftp=,%20Allen,%20Indiana,%20USA&msrpn3__ftp=,%20Allen,%20Indiana,%20USA&msgdy=1817&msgpn__ftp=granville,%20licking,%20ohio,%20usa&msgpn=51746&msddy=1876&msdpn__ftp=lansing,%20mower,%20minnesota,%20usa&msdpn=46837&ssrc=pt_t119692814_p400185073763&new=1&rank=1&redir=false&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=19&h=1487824&recoff=7%208&ml_rpos=20 [S252] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1830; Census Place: Clark, Clinton, Ohio; Roll: 129; Page: 248. 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Name: Asa Brown Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Wayne, Noble, Indiana Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 3 Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5 Free White Persons - Under 20: 7 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 8 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8057&h=1250883&tid=119692814&pid=400185073763&usePUB=true&_phsrc=BJc2311&_phstart=successSource [S240] Ancestry.com, U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of L). 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After the completion of the canal he located in Noble county, purchased a tract of land, and founded the village of Lisbon. Here he also erected a hotel which he conducted for several years. In 1861 he removed to Alexandria, Minn, built and conducted a feed and flouring mill, and remained three years. In 1864 he came to Austin, Minn, and purchased what afterward became the Lacy House. Three years later he sold out and purchased a farm in Fillmore county. After farming three years he came to LeRoy and engaged in the hotel business a year. Then he and his wife spent two years in Kentucky, afterward taking up their residence in Lansing township. Here Asa Brown died in 1876 at the age of eighty-three years. His wife died in June, 1909, at the age of eighty-seven. [S303] FamilySearch, Ohio, County Marriages, 1790-1950, (FamilySearch ([http://familysearch.org http://familysearch.org]/)) (Reliability: 2). name: Asa Brown event: Marriage event date: 08 Jul 1817 event place: Granville, Licking, Ohio spouse: Cyrena Baker digital folder number: 4257844 [S304] FamilySearch, Ohio Marriages 1800-1958, (FamilySearch ([http://familysearch.org http://familysearch.org]/)) (Reliability: 2). groom's name: Asa Brown bride's name: Cyrena Baker marriage date: 08 Jul 1817 marriage place: Licking,Ohio indexing project (batch) number: M51410-1 system origin: Ohio-ODM source film number: 384300 [S239] Ancestry.com, Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.) (Reliability: 3). Name: Asa Brown Spouse Name: Lucy Baker Marriage Date: Feb 14 1838 Marriage County: St. Joseph http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=inmarr1880&h=351875&ti=0&indiv=try [S344] Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, The history of Mower County Minnesota, (H C Cooper, Chicago Illinois, 1911.) (Reliability: 2).