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W. N. BROWN, farmer; P. O. Delisle. Another life resident of Darke Co.; is a son of Caleb, and grandson of Phillip Brown; Phillip was a native of Tennessee, and married into a family by the name of Schleigar, and was one of the first settlers of this neighborhood; Caleb was then a boy; after he grew up he married Mary, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Neal) Miller, residents of Union Co., Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Brown resided on an 80- acre tract in Sec. 36; he was a leading and useful citizen; his house, which was a hewn-log structure, was considered above the average, and was used for several years for church services; he and his wife both lived to be nearly 90 years of age; Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Brown resided on an 80-acre tract in the same section adjoining his father’s; his death occurred in 1876, he being 70 years of age; his widow, now about 70, lives with her son at the old homestead. The subject of this sketch was born in 1839, on the farm where he now resides and has resided all his life; he now has about 200 acres in Sec. 36, including both the tracts owned by his father and grandfather; thus the memories and labors of two generations past cluster around this homestead. Mr. Brown was married in 1863, to Sarah Judy, daughter of David Judy; her death occurred in 1873; they had two children, one living, Frank. Mr. Brown’s marriage with Miss Elnora Bell Byers, was celebrated Dec. 6, 1879.