Jacob William (Braun) Brown (1851 - 1921)

Born 13 Aug 1851 in Heuholz, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Husband of Hannah Jane (Stickley) Kendall — married 18 Nov 1875 (to before 1880) in Brandon, Jackson County, Iowa

Husband of Welthea Mae Mary (Ralston) Thomsen — married 26 Aug 1888 in Maquoketa, Iowa

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1921 at age 70 in Cambridge, Isanti, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Son of Johann "Friedrich" Michael Joseph Braun and Johanna Catharina Metzger

Birth name: Michael Friedrich Gottfried Jakob Braun

Step-parents: Samuel Clark and Mary Alden

Children with Stickley:

1. Leander Monroe (1876-1942) - m. Minnie Melinda Miller

Children with Ralston:

1. Freeman Earl - m. Mamie Luella Roush / m. Vera Eleonora Becklin
2. Grace Frederica - m. Eugene Byron Farnsworth
3. George Frederick - m. Ella Mae Taylor
4. Alva Lee - m. Della Durbin
5. Howard Milton - m. Mildred Josephine Lindgren
6. Edna - never married
7. Raymond - m. Nora A. Mitchell
8. Norman - m. Ila Lucinda Howell
9. Harlan Stewart - m. Mabel Gertrude Alden
10. Leila Leona - m. Edward Kalouse

From Find A Grave:

J. W. Brown Dies at North Cambridge, Minn.

Jacob William Brown was born August 13, 1851, at Wittenburg, Germany, where he was baptized in the protestant faith. He came to this country when he was about 3 years of age, with his father, who settled in Jones county, near Monticello. He became an orphan shortly after, having lost his mother in Germany, and his father shortly after the arrival in Iowa, and he was taken into the home of a neighbor, Samuel Clark, who cared for him.

When he became of age he took a homestead in Rooks County, Kansas, near Plainville, and on August 26, 1888, married Miss May Ralston at Maquoketa, Iowa, and this union was blessed with ten children who survive. He went to Isanti county, purchasing a large farm in North Cambridge, and where the family has since resided.

He was gifted with fair health until he became afflicted with cancer, some two years ago, which medical aid could not relieve. He was at the time of his death 70 years, 4 months and 7 days of age.

His nearest relatives are his wife and ten children, who are: Freeman Earl, Howard, Edna, Norman, Harlan and Lela Leona, all of North Cambridge; Mrs. Grace Frederica Farnsworth, Haywood, Wis.; George Frederick, Alva Lee and Raymond of Baldwin, Iowa.

The body arrived in Maquoketa Friday afternoon and services were held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Buchner chapel, Rev. E. A. Lang officiating. Burial took place in Mt. Hope cemetery. -- Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, Friday, December 30, 1921

Sources

• Germany, Select Births and Baptisms
• Find A Grave: Memorial #29666753