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Brinton Paine Brown Sr. | Bought first property in Brownsville area - Lots 22 and 23, Concession 9 Map |
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B. P. Brown Sr. | Bought property in Brownsville area - Lot 22, Concession 10 Map |
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B. P. Brown Sr. | Soon after his arrival he being ordained Methodist Minister since 1830 started to hold meeting in his own log house and this spread to the neighbours' homes, the Smiths, Jones and Best Settlement. |
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Mrs. Abram Mathews (summer) Mr. Hewitt (winter) |
The first school teacher was Mrs. Abram Mathews and the school was a log cabin, donated by Brinton Paine Brown Sr. |
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B. P. Brown Sr. | Induced some friends of good Christian Faith to move to this community and together started the first Religious meetings in the district |
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B. P. Brown Sr. and James Dennis | Started a Temperance Society which they had a very big influence in the vote of 1902, Ontario |
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School | A frame school house is built |
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Church | Arrangements were made with the Bayham Circuit for Rev. E. Bailey to come once a month. |
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B. P. Brown Sr. | Had the first OPEN CYLINDER THRESHER, owned by Peter Moyer of Mt. Elgin. Brown bought his own Open Cylinder Thresher afterwards. |
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Brinton Paine Brown Jr. | Licensed to preach by the New Connexion Methodist Church |
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Brigham | Of Delmer, Ontario. (Brigham's Corners) donated property on the North West corner of the 10th concession, Lot 15 to be a BURIAL PLACE. The first person to be buried there was William Dean, son of John Dean. He was drowned in the Mill Race of his father's Saw Mill - known as the Fred Baxter farm (1965) 9th Concession. Tillsonburg circuit. |
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B. P. Brown Sr. | Brown bought a new type of Separator to thresh his own and neighbours' grain. |
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General Store / Post Office | Edward Foster Brown (son of B. P. Sr.), runs General Store, and is Post Master. First Post Office installed in the store from the results of the election of Sir Francis Links, who visited the Browns for solicitation of votes. First church was built in the community - Wesleyan Methodist. About this time Was asked if elected, to see that the village got a Post Office, as it was too far to go to Tillsonburg for mail. He fulfilled his promise in 1854. |
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Church | First church was built in the community - Wesleyan Methodist. About this time the New Connexion Methodists built a Church. This church was on the Tillsonburg circuit. |
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A. D. Glover | Hotel Keeper. |
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McSherry Plows | On the corner of Main and Wood Sts. there was a Blacksmith by the name of McSherry who manufactured a plow which won awards at the provincial exhibitions (Sutherland's Gazettere, 1860). Later taken to Ingersoll, Ontario. |
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Wagon and Woodworking | On Wood St., half way to Ralph St., was a wagon and woodworking shop operated by John Furzman (Sutherland's Gazetteer). |
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Henry Helmka | First Saw Mill in the village, located on Lot 20, corner of Ralph and Glover Sts.. |
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Henry Helmka | Purchased land at the south end of village near the Railway and built a new Saw Mill. This later manufactured cheese boxes. Sold to George Edgingotn, John Scott, Wm. Green and in 1952 ceased to operate. Building was torn down and land purchased by Deller Tile. |
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Henry Helmka | Purchased more land near railway, and started Brick and Tile business. In 1895 he sold to John Karr. 1923 Karr sold to A. Deller from Vienna Ontario, who had operated a tile yard there. It is still in Deller name (1968). |
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Railway | In 1872 the Canadian Southern Railway built a railroad to the south of the village. This line runs from Buffalo to Detroit. Later it became the New York Central and is now used by the Chessapeake and Ohio Co. Map |
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Brownsville Band | Picture in Hall. |
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Home Circle | The first Entertainment Hall was on Lot 35, started by the Home Circle Group. Later it was moved to Lot 47 Wood St.. In 1906 this group along with the Order of Forresters, purchased the White Church (Methodist) at Delmer and moved it to the corner of Hinck and Queen Sts.. This was remodelled twice and is still much in use. |
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Cemetery Board | First Cemetery Board. |