Austin Brown patriarch of the Lead Hill Brown Family with his 2nd wife Mary Wilson Brown
Austin Brown patriarch of the Lead Hill Brown family was born on April 23, 1835, in Ray County, Missouri, (north east of Kansas City). Austin’s grandfather William Brown (1757-1813) had fought in the revolutionary war and had received both a pension and a land grant in Virginia for his service during the war. Austin’s father, William M Brown (1800-1846) and his mother Sidney (1793-1839), were born and married in Culpeper, Virginia and had moved to Missouri before Austin was born. . Austin was one of 12 siblings born to his mother in a short 25 years of marriage. Both Austin’s mother and dad died at the early age of 46.
Austin’s early school days were spent in Bloomfield, Missouri as related by Austin in the Turnbo story of his schooling at age 12.
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Austin’s family had migrated to the area Silas Turnbo recounts the sad story told to him by Austin of his father returning to the area near Popular Bluff Missouri. he became lost while hunting and sadly died from the elements, however neighbors thought he had been killed for many weeks.
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Austin made Peel his home after the Civil War and served as the Peel Postmaster for many years. Austin was an avid hunter relating to Mr. Turnbo many great stories about the snakes, reptiles, and other animals along the East Sugarloaf Creek
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Peel Postmaster Austin Brown married three times and had seven sons and one daughter. Four of his six children remained in the Sugarloaf area. His son William, daughter Mary Ellen Brown Fee, son Baxter Chapman Brown and son William Henry Brown. Austin died on February 1, 1924, in Taney, Missouri, at the age of 88, and was buried in Marion, Arkansas.
Austin's Son Baxter Chapman & Effie (Dial) Brown with his parents Austin and Sidney Brown
Austin's Son Baxter Chapman & Effie (Dial) Brown
Austin’s son Baxter Chapman Brown was born on July 5, 1873, in Peel. He married Effie Dial on September 6, 1891, in Marion County. They had seven children in 20 years. All seven of his children Opal, Lewis, Martin, Grace, Joseph, Ester and John remained in the area. Baxter died on March 8, 1954, in Protem, Missouri, at the age of 80.
Austin's Daughter Mary Ellen Brown Fee
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Austin's Daughter Mary Ellen Brown was born on May 28, 1858, in Marion County, Arkansas, her father, Austin, was 23, and her mother, Margaret, was 15. She married John Mason Fee in 1870 in her hometown. They had one child during their marriage, Auston H Fee who was born in 1870 when his mother, Mary, was only 12. Auston died on March 5, 1901, at the age of 31 and his mother Mary Ellen Brown Fee died as a young mother on July 4,1883 at the age of 25 when her son Auston was 13.
Austin's Son William Henry Austin
Austin's Son William Henry Brown was born on September 5, 1860, his father, Austin, was 25 and his mother, Margaret Breedlove, was 17. He married Sarah J Brown in 1884. They had three children during their marriage:
1.Henry Austin Brown 1887–1923,
2.Roscoe Jackson Brown 1892–1983,
3.Albert Clay Brown 1896–1973
William Henry Brown died on June 5, 1954, in Peel, Arkansas, at the age of 93, and was buried in there.
William Henry's Son Henry Austin Brown
Henry Austin Brown was born on December 20, 1887, in Arkansas, his father, William, was 27 and his mother, Sarah, was 20. He had two brothers Rosco and Clay. He died in 1923 at the age of 36, and was buried in Marion, Arkansas.
William Henry's Son Roscoe Jackson Brown
Roscoe & Marie Pruitt Brown son Earnest and Earnest wife Imogen
Roscoe Jackson Brown was born on September 24, 1892, in Paris, Arkansas, his father, William, was 32 and his mother, Sarah, was 25. He married Mamie L Pruitt on February 22, 1920. They had one son Earnest Ray Brown during their marriage. He died on November 26, 1983, in Lead Hill, Arkansas, at the age of 91.
Rosce's Son Ernest Ray Brown 1921–1993 birth 16 APR 1921
Earnest and Imogene BrownIf you stop by the Lead Hill Dollar General just look up at the empty Cedar house above the LH Dollar General. and Remember Earnest Ray Brown born in 1921 on April 16. The land the DG store sits on and even the Liquor store across the street is on the old Earnest Brown place.
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Earnest Brown always fascinated those around him. First were the unique Dutch Belted Cattle, that he raised on land all around Lead Hill. Then the Peacocks which made all the eerie sounds if you were at the below his house at the school in the evenings. Then the sounds of hogs and hounds and mules that jumped the fence when he would coon hunt.
There were the many fascinating stories about this man that seemed to keep to himself. I sure that Duane Richey, Carl Brown or Charlie Dixon who served as pall bearers at his passing could tell you many interesting stories about this collector of unique animals and other collectibles..
He was a Merchant Marine during WW2, a Mason, and a member of the Local VFW. The Son of Roscoe and Mamie Pruett Brown. A nephew to Aubie Pruett of Puetts Grocery. With wonder we remember Earnest Brown!
William Henry's Son Albert Clay Brown
Albert Clay Brown was born on July 8, 1896, in Peel, Arkansas. One of 25 grandchildren of Sugarloaf Pioneer Austin Brown. Clay married Neva Yocham on March 10, 1918, in Marion, Arkansas. They had ten children in 22 years. He died on January 24, 1973, in Marion, Arkansas, at the age of 76, and was buried in Lead Hill, Arkansas
Mrs. Brown was very active in the Home Extension Demonstration Club. This was a meeting at her home. While the picture does no indicate which of the homes the Brown Family occupied during their time in the community, this may have been the present home of Randy Rogers Jr. That home was two story and the Brown home at one time.