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Anna Lucinda BROWN (Private). Parents: Peter BROWN and Alma MCKINNIS.

Arthur BROWN⁽²⁰⁾

He was married to Iva BLANEY.

Beatrice Ann BROWN (Private). Parents: David Estel BROWN and Marie SINGER.

Catherine BROWN was born on 13 Jun 1808.⁽¹⁹⁾ She died on 12 Feb 1877 in Shawnee Twp., Fountain Co., IN.⁽¹⁷⁾ Parents: Peter BROWN and Susannah KERN.

Catherine BROWN. Parents: Michael , Sr. BRAUN and Margerette Catarina SHAMBACK.

Catherine BROWN was born in 1826. Parents: Wendell BROWN and Nancy SHAMBAUGH.

Catherine Ann BROWN was born on 5 Oct 1832 in Washington Co., IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: John BROWN and Catherine MATER.

Christena BROWN was born on 13 May 1840 in Fountain Co., IN.⁽²⁷⁴⁾ She died on 11 Apr 1901 in Fountain Co., IN.⁽²⁷⁵⁾ Parents: Jacob BROWN and Susannah H. BEEKER.

She was married to Jonathan C. LABAW on 14 Nov 1858. Children were: Mary Ann LABAW.

Cora BROWN was born on 29 Dec 1869 in Otterbein, IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: David Henry BROWN and Anna BEEKER.

She was married to William Henry KINGERY on 27 Jun 1889 in Otterbein, IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ Children were: Orville Everette KINGERY, Infant KINGERY, Doris O'Honor KINGERY, Ardis Ruth KINGERY.

Daniel BROWN was born in 1820. Parents: Wendell BROWN and Nancy SHAMBAUGH.

David BROWN Rev. was born on 1 Mar 1813 in PA.⁽¹⁹⁾ He died on 29 Mar 1876.⁽¹⁹⁾ "David Brown, son of Peter Brown, married Elizabeth Evinger, who like her husband, was a christian from childhood. David Brown became a minister in his early days, never traveled any circuit but as a local preacher, and more than any three local preachers on the Wabash. His wife was a great help to him in the gospel work. He has been gathered with the fathers several years.
His children, like father and mother, were early workers for the master Jesus.
Mahala B. Hadley was the first female missionary that crossed the ocean in behalf of the U.B. church. She made two journeys to Africa and return, traveled extensive lecturing and organizing women's mission societies in America, now resides in the state of Washington."

(Above was from "Early Days on the Wabash River, Indiana," by Rev. Adam Shambaugh. Provided by Sandra Parcher who received the little book from Juanita Hoobler Cress.) Parents: Peter BROWN and Susannah KERN.

Children were: Levi D. BROWN, ? BROWN, Mary E. BROWN, Mahala BROWN.

David BROWN. Parents: Simon BROWN Rev. and Nancy ?.

David Estel BROWN was born on 2 Sep 1896 in Benton Co., IN. He died on 26 Jun 1934 in Detroit, MI. Parents: Andrew J. BROWN and Mary Pauline TRACY.

He was married to Marie SINGER on 20 Dec 1919 in Detroit, MI.⁽¹⁹⁾ Children were: Beatrice Ann BROWN .

David Henry BROWN was born on 5 Aug 1824 in New Albany, Floyd Co., IN.⁽¹⁹⁾⁽¹⁶²⁾ He died on 19 Jan 1911 in Otterbein, IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: John BROWN and Catherine MATER.

He was married to Anna BEEKER on 2 Oct 1848. Children were: Peter BROWN, Andrew J. BROWN, Cora BROWN.

Elinora Mae BROWN

Eliza BROWN was born on 19 Mar 1836 in Tippecanoe Co., IN.⁽¹⁹⁾⁽¹⁶²⁾ Parents: John BROWN and Catherine MATER.

She was married to Joseph BONEBRAKE on 1 Jan 1852 in Fountain Co., IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ Children were: Fidella BONEBRAKE, Arbannah BONEBRAKE, Lisetta BONEBRAKE, Larkey BONEBRAKE, Oscar BONEBRAKE, John BONEBRAKE, Minnie BONEBRAKE, Elzinia BONEBRAKE.

Elizabeth BROWN was born on 26 Feb 1774.⁽¹⁹⁾ She died on 26 Mar 1841.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: Michael , Sr. BRAUN and Margerette Catarina SHAMBACK.

Elizabeth BROWN. Parents: Simon BROWN Rev. and Nancy ?.

Elizabeth BROWN. Parents: John BROWN Rev. and Elizabeth GOTSCHALL.

Elizabeth BROWN was born on 29 Mar 1811.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: Peter BROWN and Susannah KERN.

Elizabeth BROWN was born in 1828. Parents: Wendell BROWN and Nancy SHAMBAUGH.

Ella Josephine BROWN was born on 21 Nov 1853.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: William Otterbein BROWN and Eliza Ann MOORE.

She was married to John H. BANKSTON on 20 Nov 1884.⁽¹⁹⁾ Children were: Lillian Brown BANKSTON.

Eva BROWN Parents: Michael , Sr. BRAUN and Margerette Catarina SHAMBACK.

Forrest Charles BROWN was born on 23 Jul 1898 in Benton Co., IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ He died on 17 Aug 1899 in Otterbein, IN. Parents: Andrew J. BROWN and Mary Pauline TRACY.

George BROWN was born on 14 Apr 1789.⁽¹⁹⁾ He died on 13 Oct 1848.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: Michael , Sr. BRAUN and Margerette Catarina SHAMBACK.

George BROWN. Parents: John BROWN Rev. and Elizabeth GOTSCHALL.

George Washington BROWN was born on 26 Jul 1821.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: Wendell BROWN and Nancy SHAMBAUGH.

Glenwood Andrew BROWN (Private). Parents: Andrew J. BROWN and Mary Pauline TRACY.

Hazel M. BROWN was born on 17 Jun 1898 in Amity Twp., IL.⁽²⁷⁶⁾⁽²⁷⁷⁾ She died on 8 Mar 1969 in Cornell, IL.⁽²⁷⁸⁾ Buried in Cornell Cemetery, Livingston County, IL on Tuesday, March 11, 1969. One daughter, Mrs. Ray Garretson. Parents: Samuel BROWN and Rebecca PHILLIPS.

She was married to V. Ivan ORR on 3 Sep 1924 in Cornell, IL.⁽²⁷⁹⁾ Children were: Renee ORR.

Hazel Marie BROWN (Private). Parents: Andrew J. BROWN and Mary Pauline TRACY.

She was married to James H. BRADSHAW on 29 Oct 1919.⁽¹⁹⁾ Children were: James David BRADSHAW, William Harold BRADSHAW, Doris Jane BRADSHAW , Renold Andrew BRADSHAW.

Iduna Camilla BROWN was born on 29 Aug 1862.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: William Otterbein BROWN and Eliza Ann MOORE.

She was married to Walter A. WHITE on 3 Jun 1884.⁽¹⁹⁾

Jacob BROWN was born in 1811 in Cumberland Co., PA.⁽¹⁹⁾⁽²⁸⁰⁾ He died on 29 Dec 1885 in Shawnee Twp., Fountain Co., IN.⁽¹⁷⁾ Notes provided by Bob Cowan: Jacob's family lived in Lopps Prairie, Fountain County, Indiana. Elizabeth, Jacob's mother, moved the family to the Wabash in 1826 and built Brown's Chapel. Brown's Chapel later became Newcastle Church. Parents: John BROWN Rev. and Elizabeth GOTSCHALL.

He was married to Susannah H. BEEKER on 3 Nov 1833 in LaFayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN.⁽²⁴²⁾ Children were: Christena BROWN, Melinda BROWN, Noah BROWN , Mary A. BROWN.

Jacob Antrom BROWN was born on 30 Oct 1828 in Fountain Co., IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ He died on 22 Jun 1863 in Los Angeles, CA. Parents: John BROWN and Catherine MATER.

Jane BROWN Parents: Jeremiah BROWN and Susanna ?.

Jeremiah BROWN was born on 7 Aug 1823 in Floyd Co., IN.⁽¹⁶²⁾⁽¹⁹⁾ He died on 2 Jan 1892.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: John BROWN and Catherine MATER.

Children were: Andrew BROWN, Simon BROWN , John BROWN, William BROWN , Jane BROWN, Verlina BROWN .

John BROWN Rev. was born on 20 Oct 1800.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: Peter BROWN and Susannah KERN.

John BROWN was born on 4 Oct 1800 in Perry Co., PA.⁽²⁶⁵⁾ He died on 23 Dec 1884 in Hoopeston, Vermilion Co., IL. Parents: John BROWN Rev. and Elizabeth GOTSCHALL.

He was married to Catherine MATER on 13 Oct 1822 in Floyd Co., IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ Children were: Jeremiah BROWN, David Henry BROWN, Mary Ann BROWN, Susannah BROWN, Jacob Antrom BROWN, Sarah BROWN, Catherine Ann BROWN, Verlina Caroline BROWN, Eliza BROWN, Nancy Elizabeth BROWN, Mahala BROWN, Solomon BROWN.

John BROWN Rev. was born in 1772 in Tulpehoeken Twp., Cumberland Co., PA.⁽¹⁶²⁾ He died on 15 Mar 1829 in Floyd Co., IN.⁽²⁶⁵⁾ Parents: Michael , Sr. BRAUN and Margerette Catarina SHAMBACK .

Children were: George BROWN, Sarah BROWN, Elizabeth BROWN, Susan BROWN, John BROWN, Jacob BROWN, Mary BROWN, William BROWN.

John BROWN. Parents: Jeremiah BROWN and Susanna ?.

Joseph BROWN. Parents: Michael , Sr. BRAUN and Margerette Catarina SHAMBACK.

Levi D. BROWN died in Mar 1877.⁽¹⁶²⁾ Parents: David BROWN Rev. and Elizabeth EVINGER.

Mahala BROWN was born on 20 Oct 1838 in Warren Co., IN.⁽¹⁶²⁾ She died on 19 Mar 1929 in Dayton, Columbia Co., WA.⁽¹⁶²⁾ "The Missionary Monthly," United Brethren Building, Huntington, IN. Article: "Oldest Missionary Passes Away." No date.

OLDEST MISSIONARY PASSES AWAY. Mrs. Mahala Hadley Bridgeman, early missionary to Africa, died in the Brining Hospital, Dayton, Washington, on Tuesday afternoon, March 19, 1929. She was a member of the United Brethren Church, an ordained minister of the gospel and a member of the Walla Walla Conference.
Mahala Brown, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. David Brown was born in Warren County, Indiana, October 20, 1838. She attended Hartsville College (known at that time as Hartsville Univ.) where she prepared herself for Mission work in which she took a profound interest and to which she gave a lifetime of utmost devotion.
She was married June 24, 1864, to Rev. Oliver Hadley of Lafayette, IN, and for a time they lived at Frankfort, where their first child, a daughter, Mary, was born to them.
She and her husband accepted an appointment to Africa in 1866 and left their little daughter in the care of her grandparents. They set out on their long journey and reached Freetown, Africa, the following December.
History says that Mrs. Hadley "Was her husband's equal in effective evangelical labor." They labored at Shengay, building up a Sunday school, conducted prayer and class meetings, and preachings and together they rejoiced as success crowned their labors.
While there, their six week old baby daughter died. "We were alone and far from all Christian friends. There was no minister on whom we could call and no one to offer a word of comfort. Our tears fell thick and fast. Then I prayed while my husband tried to conduct the funeral service himself. God seemed near to us in our sadness, and with our own hands, we laid our baby in a grave under the trees in the Mission Compound."
The labors of Rev. D. O. Hadley terminated in Africa at the end of two and one-half years, when his rapidly declining health compelled them to leave Africa. While traveling home on the sailing ship, the captain's cabin (the only room with heat) was given up to the dying missionary and his little family which was comprised of a courageous wife and a little son. They reached their home in Indiana, April 21, 1869 and Rev. Oliver Hadley died one week later and very soon after his death their little son died also.
After Mrs. Hadley had, to some extent, recuperated from the hardships and sorrows of her first experience, she indicated her willingness to return to the work in Africa. She was reappointed by the Executive Committee and reached the Mission Station at Shengay, December 9, 1871, where she again labored faithfully until failing health compelled her to return to the home land in June, 1874. Later she traveled through Ohio and Pennsylvania in the interests of foreign mission work.
Quote from John Fetterhoff's diary, p. 205: "Saturday (Oct 1871). Sister Hadley, my wife and I went to Hagerstown and then to Shiloh, three miles from Hagerstown, to a Quarterly meeting. This meeting was attended with some good. Sunday night we met at Hagerstown. Sister Hadley spoke on the African mission. She was some embarrassed; she could not tell why."
In 1875, Mrs. Hadley was married to John Bridgeman of Amboy, Illinois. In 1885 they moved to the state of Washington, and first settled at Huntsville. A little later they moved to Columbia County and for years owned and operated a mountain ranch, where Mr. Bridgeman died twenty-six years ago (about 1903). Since that time, Mrs. Bridgeman has lived with her children near Bridgeport and with her elder daughter, Mrs. I. H. (Mary) Wilson of Dayton, Washington (Mrs. Wilson is the one-time little child who was left in the care of her grandparents while her mother and father were in the mission service in Africa.).
Her work is done; her crown is won--she is now at rest. Parents: David BROWN Rev. and Elizabeth EVINGER.

She was married to D. Oliver HADLEY Rev. on 24 Jun 1864 in LaFayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN.⁽¹⁶²⁾ Children were: Mary Elizabeth HADLEY, Ida Atlanta HADLEY, Oliver Burton HADLEY.

She was married to John BRIDGEMAN in 1875. Children were: John L. BRIDGEMAN, Margaret Susanna BRIDGEMAN.

Mahala BROWN was born on 17 Jan 1840 in Fountain Co., IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ She died on 25 May 1923.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: John BROWN and Catherine MATER.

Children were: Ella MOORE .

Margaret BROWN was born on 31 May 1775 in PA.⁽²⁸¹⁾⁽²⁸²⁾⁽²⁸³⁾⁽²⁸⁴⁾ She died on 16 Jan 1857 in Veedersburg, Fountain Co, IN.⁽²⁸⁵⁾⁽²⁸⁰⁾ "Margaret Hoobler was the daughter of Michael Brown, who emigrated from Germany to America and settled in Pennsylvania where Margaret was born. She was the aunt of Bishop William Brown, the eighth bishop of the United Brethren Church. Her husband and herself were both active members of the U.B. church in Pennsylvania. Her husband, Jacob Hoobler, dying in 1813, she reared the seven children, then moved to Ohio in 1822, and to Fountain County, Indiana, in 1826.
Margaret held the second annual U.B. conference at her home on August 30, 1831. She provided light bread from the oven, and corn dodger from her frontier baking process. The fattened animals were slaughtered and beef, pork and chicken in the "Pennsylvania Dutch" fashion was set before her ministerial guests. She perfected her savory repasts by providing a variety of vegetables, including potatoes and chicken gravy, with plenty of squirrel and venison added, to complete the gospel measure of old-fashioned United Brethren hospitality. She fully attested her hospitality by feeding those sixteen pioneer preachers for six days, and earned their lasting gratitude by providing good corn, oats and hay for all of their horses during the session of conference. In the work of cooking, table service and the other household duties, Sister Hoobler was assisted by her maiden daughter, Mary Hoobler, who at that time was twenty-seven years old, while the hostess, Margaret Hoobler, was fifty-six years of age."
She is buried in the Cold Springs Cemetery, about two miles northeast of Veedersburg. A marble tombstone about three and one-half feet high bears the inscription: "Margaret, wife of Jacob Hoobler, Died Janaury 16, 1857, aged 81 years, 7 months and 15 days. My rest is in heaven, My home is not here."

(The above was provided by Sandra Parcher, taken from the "History of the White River Conference by Rev. A. C. Wilmore, D.D.) Parents: Michael , Sr. BRAUN and Margerette Catarina SHAMBACK .

She was married to Jacob HOOBLER on 10 Jun 1794 in Lebanon Co., Jackson Twp., PA.⁽²⁸⁶⁾ Children were: Catherine HOOBLER, Sarah HOOBLER, Elizabeth HOOBLER, John HOOBLER, Mary HOOBLER, Jacob II HOOBLER, William HOOBLER, George HOOBLER, David HOOBLER, Michael HOOBLER.

Mary BROWN was born about 1814.⁽¹⁹⁾ She died on 28 Sep 1865.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: John BROWN Rev. and Elizabeth GOTSCHALL.

Mary BROWN was born in 1831. Parents: Wendell BROWN and Nancy SHAMBAUGH.

Mary A. BROWN was born on 16 Nov 1853.⁽¹⁷⁾ Parents: Jacob BROWN and Susannah H. BEEKER.

Mary Ann BROWN was born on 6 Jan 1826 in Floyd Co., IN.⁽¹⁹⁾ She died on 1 Feb 1899.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: John BROWN and Catherine MATER.

Children were: Silas Perry HOUTS.

Mary E. BROWN. Parents: David BROWN Rev. and Elizabeth EVINGER.

Mary Elizabeth BROWN was born on 11 Feb 1852.⁽¹⁹⁾ She died on 14 Nov 1854.⁽¹⁹⁾ Parents: William Otterbein BROWN and Eliza Ann MOORE.

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