"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE

MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
GREGG TOWNSHIP
PAGE 342

JAMES HENRY BROWN was born in this township September 15, 1842, and is a son
of Oliver H. and Betsey (Carter) Brown, natives of Kentucky, whose parents moved to
Indiana in the early time, and located in Morgan County, where the parents of our subject
were married.  James Henry is the eldest of this family, and assisted his father on the
homestead farm. September16, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-third Indiana
Volunteer Regiment, served three years, and in February, 1864, became a veteran. He
took part in the battles of Wild Cat, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, the historic
"Sherman's march," and during his service was promoted from Corporal to Captain of his
company, as which he left the army. After his return, he pursued farming for some years,
and in February, 1871, engaged in mercantile business at Hall, which enterprise he has
successfully continued. While at home on furlough, April 17, 1864, he married Miss
Emeline, daughter of Michael Pruitt, to which union have been born six children - LeRoy
N. (deceased), Oraola, Josephine (deceased), Ina Bell, Daisy D. and Ralph Edwin. In
1866, Mr. Brown was elected Township Trustee, and has been Postmaster at Hall since
1876. He is a stanch Republican and a Master Mason, and he and wife are members of the
Christian Church.

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