U. H. Brown

U. H. Brown, born at Baltimore, Md., in 1822, is a son of Vachel and Sarah (O'Hagan) Brown, natives of Baltimore and Richmond, Va., respectively. Both died in Carroll county, Md., where for years they resided. The Browns were originally from England and the O'Hagans from Ireland, coming out in colonial days. H. H. was married in Maryland, in 1844, to Miss Ellen Brangle. In 1857 moved with his wife and five children to Knox county, Ill., and in 1866 into Goshen township, Stark county, Ill. To them twelve children have been born, seven of whom are living, one of whom served in Company F, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as related in military chapters. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lafayette. Mr. Brown, to whom many references are made in the history of the township and village, is a member of the I. O. O. E. and of the Galva Encampment.