John Brown and Jane Porter

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Husband John Brown ¹

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           Born: 1794 - northern Ireland 1
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           Died: Aug 1847 1
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       Marriage: 1 Apr 1824 1

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Wife Jane Porter ¹

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           Born: Abt 1798
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           Died: 1865 - ? Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Porter (Abt 1763-1850) 1
         Mother: Mary [Unk] (      -Bef 1850) 1

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Children

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1 M Benjamin Franklin Brown ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 19 Apr 1824 or 1825 - Huntingdon Co, PA 3 4
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           Died: May 1900 - Huntingdon Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Martha Jane Stewart (      -Aft 1913) 3 4

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2 M Samuel T. Brown ^{1 3}

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3 M John D. Brown ²

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            AKA: John A. Brown 3
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           Died: 1878 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 5
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4 M Robert B. Brown ^{2 3}

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5 M William P. Brown ^{1 3}

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           Died: 1855 - California 2
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6 M James A. Brown ^{2 3}

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           Died:  - Philadelphia, PA
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7 F Mary Ellen Brown ²

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           Died: 1858 2
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         Spouse: Christopher Capp (      -      ) 2

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8 F Jennie Brown ^{3 6}

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         Spouse: John Randolph Simpson (1841-      ) 3 6 7

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General Notes: Husband - John Brown

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He was of Scotch-Irish descent, he emigrating from Ireland to America. He was a strict Presbyterian in religion, being for many years superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday school, and all of his sons becoming elders in the church.

When about twenty-three years of age he emigrated to America, becoming a school-teacher at Lewistown and McVeytown, Pennsylvania. He married and after teaching in Mifflin County until 1835, he became a citizen of Henderson township, Huntingdon County, living near the Union school-house. He died from injuries received from falling in his barn; he left a family of eight children.

1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 281.

2 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 282.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 704.

4 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 546.

5 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 282.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 52.

7 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 99, 440.