Alexander W. Brown and Minerva E. Mitchell

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Husband Alexander W. Brown ¹

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           Born: 4 Sep 1837 - Pleasantville, Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Brown (1789-1861) 3 4
         Mother: Mary Ann Queen (1795-1875) 4 5

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       Marriage: 11 Jul 1865 2

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Wife Minerva E. Mitchell ⁶

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            AKA: Minerva M. Mitchell 7
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         Father: Thomas Mitchell (Abt 1800-1870) 8 9
         Mother: Eliza Lamb (      -1851) 8 9

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Children

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1 M Roland Brown ²

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2 M Dr. Alex. McLeod Brown ¹⁰

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           Born: 8 May 1868 - Pleasantville, Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
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         Spouse: Helen M. Heydrick (1876-      ) 12
           Marr: 1905 11

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3 M Donald W. Brown ²

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4 F Jane Mitchell Brown ¹³

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         Spouse: Frank Haskell (1867-      ) 14
           Marr: 1896 - ? Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander W. Brown

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Drawn into the midst of the whirlpool of production and speculation, and knowing personally every man of note who ever became largely interested in the oil fields, he was never strongly influenced by the frenzy of others, but with sound Scotch judgment, possibly emphasized by his father's caution to conservativeness, he kept a clear head and conscience, not permitting himself to be carried off his balance by any of its fluctuations. Today, with fourscore years behind him, he is apparently as keen of intellect and as sprightly of step as ever. No other excitement in the world's history carried men's minds to more exalted anticipation than the discovery of oil, and certainly none shows lower depths of despondency and despair than was repeated time and again on Oil creek and its environs. Mr. Brown became associated with the Buchanan Oil Company, owned by Rouse, Mitchell & Brown, being present when the lease was secured from Mr. Buchanan, who had refused to lease to anyone until he learned that the Brown brothers were the sons of John Brown, of Pleasantville. Then he said: "Yes, I will lease to you; I was too poor to pay my way to America and your father sent me the passage money. There is nothing I'll refuse to a son of John Brown." One of Mr. Brown's early wells paid handsomely. A man called to buy a new well at Cash Up that he-Brown-had recently brought in, and demanded the price. Oil was selling at five dollars a barrel, and the well was yielding freely. Mr. Brown fixed the price at forty thousand dollars, cash in hand. Dr. Shamburg asked him to go to Titusville and close the deal, the money being fully counted out. The Doctor then asked for a suitable name for the well. Mr. Brown responded, call it "Cash Up," which was done, and the name has adhered to the community ever since. When Samuel Q. Brown opened his brokerage office in New York City in 1868 Alexander W. Brown secured options on lands which were readily sold in the Eastern market. When his brother reached out into the larger enterprises he would at times take a financial interest in them, but generally preferred that his transactions should be confined to the field where he could personally supervise them. Like his father and brothers, Mr. Brown has been public-spirited in town affairs, doing much to beautify, improve and build up the place and make it a desirable home community. He served as postmaster during the Civil war period, and as councilman in 1876 and 1879. [CAB, 479]

He and his brother Samuel Q. Brown were married at the same wedding ceremony, the brides were cousins.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 440, 473, 477, 689.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 479.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 477, 688.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 124.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 478, 689.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 473.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 476, 479.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 787.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 472.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 116, 479.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 116.

12 S. D. Irwin, The Irwin Family - Sketch of Richard Irwin of Chester County, PA, and His Descendents (Franklin, PA: The Evening News Print, 1893.), Pg 13.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 440, 479.

14 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 439, 479.