Alexander Brown, Jr.

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Cemetery:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/Fluvanna.htm
Brown, Alexander S. b. ?. d. May 13, 1849. Age 47. s/o Alexander Brown I.
w/ Lucy Hoard.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HOARD/2003-06/1055903432
Article taken from "The Early History of Fluvanna Chautauqua County,
N.Y. with numerous biographical and family sketches by Betty Sherwin" .
Alexander Brown, Jr. and Lucy Hoard I his wife, and two children, came to
Fluvanna between Dec. 25, 1825 and October 1827. He built a shingled house
opposite Minor Shaw near the lake shore in 1828. Mr. Brown also built a
tannery near the western part of where the "Johnson Ice House" stood. It
was operated by him for a number of years. At that time tanbark cost $1.50
per cord and was ground under a large stone. As all tanneries at that time
used this method for grinding bark, a description would be of interest.
These stories were circular, about eight inches thick and about seven feet
across. This was set on edge with a horizontal shaft attached to a
revolving center post; a horse was hitched to this shaft and the stone was
rolled in a circle on the bark placed on the floor. Some times water power
was used for this purpose. In 1845 or 1850 steam came into use for
propelling machinery for the larger tanneries. This small tannery was a
convenience to the early settlers, as nearly all farmers at that early
period had leather made for their family boots and shoes, and also for other
purposes.

Mr. Brown conducted this tannery until about 1846. Mr. Brown died May
l3,1849. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were the parents of ten children. Lorenzo
and Harry came with their parents; Samuel, Almon, Abagail, Alexander,
George, Jane and Sarah, were born in Fluvanna. Lorenzo, unmarried, for
many years, lived in the house now the home of James L. Brown (a nephew).
Samuel Brown married Abagail Gates; Abagail married Isaac Sherman; both of
these families lived in Fluvanna until their death. Sarah Brown lived with
Mrs. Sherman until her death in 1917. Almon Brown lives at Chautauqua;
George and Jane went west to Kansas. Alexander Brown enlisted and served
during the Civil War. At the close of the war he returned and married
Sarah Hudson, March 1866. They were the parents of five children.
Hudson, married Eva Rhodes, lives in Harmony; Minnie married George Fargo,
also lives in Harmony; James, married Grace Stephenson. He is a prominent
citizen of Fluvanna. He owns and operates a saw mill and cider mill. He
was elected school trustee at different times, was elected Highway
Superintendent for the Town of Ellicott 1919, and is prominent in other
activities. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the parents of five children.

After Alexander Brown and Sarah Hudson were married, he bought the house
which stood across from the old homestead of the Bentleys and moved it down
to his farm, corner of the Strunk road where it now is. This house was
built on land owned by Walter Simmons and was moved to the corner opposite
the Bentley house sometime about 1832. Warner Shaw and his mother lived
there until after he was married in 1836. Mrs. Shaw then lived alone until
the farm was sold to Mr. Bentley in 1846. Mr. Bentley sold the corner
where the house stood to George Chase soon after they purchased the farm in
1849.

Alexander married Lucy Hoard. Lucy (daughter of Samuel Hoard and Lucy Gates) was born about 1801 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA; died on 17 Apr 1890 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

1. Lorenzo W. Brown was born on 28 Dec 1823 in New York, USA.
2. Henry Rathburn Brown was born on 25 Dec 1825 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA; died on 23 May 1896 in Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio, USA.
3. Samuel H. Brown was born on 16 Oct 1827 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
4. Abigail S. Brown was born on 14 Jun 1829 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died in Dec 1918 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
5. Jane Brown was born on 8 Oct 1832 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died in 1903.
6. Alexander Sherman Brown, 3rd was born on 5 Feb 1835 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 2 May 1922 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
7. Almon Marion Brown was born on 7 May 1836 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 21 Apr 1934 in Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
8. Ann Brown was born on 7 May 1836 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died in 1927; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
9. Malvina Brown was born on 1 Nov 1838 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
10. Sarah Brown was born on 13 Apr 1840 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
11. George Washington Brown was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 28 Aug 1926 in ; was buried in Burdett, Pawnee Co, Kansas, USA (Browns Grove Cemetery).
12. Sarah M. Brown was born on 21 Sep 1844 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died in 1919; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
13. Francis M. Brown was born on 11 Apr 1848 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.

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Is this him?
http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924064123015/cu31924064123015_djvu.txt
FIRST SETTLERS. The largest number of the early settlers of the town of Stephentown were from the New England colonies. Many came from Rhode Island, settling upon the land of the manor of Bensselaerwj'Ck, adjoining the Massachusetts line. Among the first of the New England emigrants to make their homes on this part of the great manor were Joshua, Caleb and Benjamin Gardner, three brothers ; Asa Douglas, Elnathan Sweet, Nathaniel Rose, Joseph Carpenter, Alexander Brown and Joseph Rogers. Most of these settled here about the year 1766. William Douglas, a grand- son of Asa Douglas, is said to have been the first child bom in this part of the manor. The Hon. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois was a de- scendant of this Douglas family.

Alexander married Abigail (Unknown). Abigail was born about 1765; died on 22 Mar 1838 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]