Levi H Brown (1831 - 1897)

Born 4 Jul 1831 in Preble County, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Died 6 Sep 1897 at age 66 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Levi H Brown was born on July 4, 1831 at Preble County, Ohio to parents Mercer Brown and Nancy Thompson.^[1]

Levi's family moved to Indiana when he was a small boy. He married Mary Jane Peck in Cass County on November 5, 1857.^[2]

Pte. Levi H Brown served with the Indiana 23rd Infantry, Company D, for the entirety of the Civil war. He enlisted July 29, 1861, and was mustered out July 23, 1865.^[3][4]

Levi died September 6, 1897 at his residence, 217 Eel River Avenue, Logansport and was buried in the Mt Hope Cemetery.^[5] Mary remarried in 1901 to Samuel Snell and resided at Eel River Avenue until her death in 1914.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, 2019. “Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current”, Logansport Pharos-Tribune; Publication Date: 6/ Sep/ 1897; Publication Place: Logansport, Indiana, United States of America, [key information extracted from Newspapers], [1].

   “Name: Levi H. Brown | Gender: Male | Death Age: 66 | Birth Date: 4 Jul 1831| Birth Place: Preble county, Ohio | Residence Place: Brown homestead | Death Date: Abt 1897 |Death Place: 217 Eel River avenue | Burial Place: MT. Hope | Obituary Date: 6 Sep 1897 | Obituary Place: Logansport, Indiana, United States of America | Spouse: Peck | Child: Michaels Charles”.

2. ↑ Genealogical Roots in Newspapers, (2008). “Historical Newspapers, Logansport and other towns, Cass County Indiana, Cass bf-bz”, (Last modified: October 03, 2015), Accessed: June 7, 2020, [2].

   “BROWN, LEVI H | 1857 |PG 3 COL 4 | [NOV] 5TH TO MARY JUNE PECK | DEMOCRATIC PHAROS”.

3. ↑ Report of the Adjutant General of the state of Indiana. Indiana. Adjutant General's Office. cn; Terrell, William H. H., Publication date: 1865. Digitizing sponsor: MSN, Contributor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Retrieved from Internet Archive website: https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant04indi/page/526/mode/2up
4. ↑ Colors of the 23rd Indiana infantry. (2017, November 16). American Civil War Forums. https://civilwartalk.com/threads/colors-of-the-23rd-indiana-infantry.140445/
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 June 2020), memorial page for Levi H Brown (4 Jul 1831–6 Sep 1897), Find a Grave Memorial no. 34571035, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Mark (contributor 46832165) . NB. There is no research that suggests Levi had half-siblings so please disregard that part of the biography on the Find A Grave memorial.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 June 2020), memorial page for Mary J Peck Snell (21 Sep 1838–13 Jan 1914), Find a Grave Memorial no. 34897855, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Mark (contributor 46832165) .
7. ↑ US Genweb, Transcription: Pat Fiscel; HTML: Debby Beheler, (2007). “Cass Co., Indiana, WPA Death Record”, Index to Death Records for Cass Co., Indiana, 1882-1920 - Compiled by Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1940, [3].

   “Snell | Mary B | F | W | 75 | Jan 13 1914 | Logansport | CH-4 | 26”.

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