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Below is a family biography included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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CONARD B. BROWN, a highly respected farmer of Odessa township, Buffalo county, Nebr., is a native of Morgan county, Ind., born in 1857. He is the son of Jefferson Hezekiah and Lucy (Wellman) Brown, natives of Kentucky. The former, in early life, settled in Morgan county, Ind., and there followed farming. In 1862 he enlisted in the One Hundred Fifty-first Indiana volunteers, was taken to the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., and there died. Mr. Brown was connected with the Christian church for years and although quiet, he was an earnest christian man. He was married to Miss Lucy Wellman in 1850. She also was a member of the Christian church. To them were born two children, viz. — Conard B., and Ella (Mrs. Greeson) now living in Morgan county, Ind. Conard B. Brown, the subject of this biographical notice, migrated from Indiana in 1883, settling on section 4, township 8, range 17, in Odessa township, Buffalo county, Nebr., upon which he now resides. Mr. Brown was married to Miss Lurena Bourn, a native of Morgan county, Ind., in 1881, and to this union have been born three children, viz. — Daisy, born August 30, 1883, and died September 10, 1884; Clara May, born July 17, 1885, and Carl E., born May 18, 1887. In politics, Mr. Brown is a republican, and for three successive terms has served as township clerk. Mr. Brown well deserves the reputation which he bears for uprightness and geniality.
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This family biography is one of the numerous biographies included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company.
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