Smith Cemetery ~ Joshua Brown ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Brown, Joshua
LAST: Brown FIRST: Joshua MID: 
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 25 July 1812 DIED: 19 Aug 1889 BURIED:  (Smith Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Pennsylvania
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co, Oregon
NOTES: 
1850 IN CENSUS - Joshua Brown (37y, b Penn, occupation carpenter) enumerated with Mary (35y, b Maryland), Joshua (13y, b Ind), Jacob (10y, b Ind) and Charles M. (3y, b Ind)
1860 OR CENSUS - Joshua Brown, 54y, b Indiana, occupation farmer
1870 OR CENSUS - Joshua Brown, 60y, b Pennsylania, occupation farmer; enumerated with him was Marshal Scrafford (25y, b Wisc) and Lizzie Scrafford (22y, b Oregon)
PROBATE - Joshua Brown d 19 Aug 1889, Polk Co, Oregon, leaving a will; heirs are Jacob Brown (49y) of Polk Co, Oregon; Charles M. Brown (42y) of Polk Co, Oregon; heirs of eldest son Joshua L. Brown: Ella V. Brown (18y), Mary J. Brown (15y) & Jessie Brown (12y), all of White Co, Indiana
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
Joshua Brown
Died
Aug. 19, 1889
Aged 77 Ys
24 Ds
SOURCES: 
1850 IN CENSUS (Wayne Co, Franklin, FA#207)
1860 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, FA#678)
1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, FA#783)
Polk Co, Oregon, Probate File 71, Oregon State Archives
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