Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887
Nelson Co.

WILLIAM R. BROWN, a prominent farmer of Nelson County, is a native
Kentuckian, born on North Elkhorn Creek, in Woodford County in 1835.  His
father, Jonathon Brown, was born in Fayette County, January 23, 1803, and
married a Miss Elizabeth Beauchamp; they were married in 1826; their family
consisted of seven sons and three daughters, five of whom are living, viz.:
W.R., George W., Benjamin F., Catherine (wife of E.W. Dugan), and Mary E.
(now Mrs. W.J. Crume).  Elizabeth Beauchamp was born in 1811 and is yet
living; she is a daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Beauchamp, both natives of
Maryland.  Jonathon Brown was a farmer and breeder of blooded horses.  In
the year 1850 he moved to Nelson County and located near Bloomfield, of
which place he continued to be a resident until his death, which occurred
October 2, 1885.  He was a member of the Baptist Church for over fifty
years, and died as he had lived-a devout believer in that faith.  He was a
man of great energy and force of character, always upright in his dealings,
and was esteemed and respected by all who knew him.  His father, James B.
Brown, was a native of New Jersey, came to Kentucky in an early period of
the history of the State and located in Fayette County, where he remained
for some years, but afterward moved to the State of Indiana, where he ended
his days.  William R. Brown has all his life followed the pursuits of the
farm.  His early education was such as could be obtained in the common
schools.  He has been a versatile reader and his business abilities have
matured by contact with the affairs of life; his farming operations have
proved uniformly successful, and through energy, economy and industry he is
now the proprietor of a farm of 300 acres of fine land lying in Nelson
County.  His wife, whom he married in 1858, was Miss Mary E. Tichenor.
Their family consists of two sons, Jonathon and Charles W., and two
daughters, Emma and Georgia; the last named died young.  Mrs. Brown was
born February 17, 1835; she is a daughter of Timothy and Emily (Neal)
Tichenor, the former a native of Nelson County, Ky.; the latter was a
granddaughter of Michael  Neal, whose father was born in Ireland.  Mrs.
Brown is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Brown, though not a church
member, holds to the Baptist faith.  In politics he is a Democrat.

Brown Beauchamp Dugan Crume Tichenor Neal
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Woodford-KY Fayette-KY MD NJ IN Ireland

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