Matthew M. Brown, b. 1833, Warren Co., MO >1852 OR>1881 MT-Bio
A biography of Matthew M. Brown is included in "Progressive Men of the State of Montana". Parents: Manthano and Rebecca (McGaw) Brown, natives of MA and TN.
In 1856, Forest Grove, Oregon, Matthew married Miss Mary E. Reid, born 1840 in Lincoln county, Missouri, coming with her parents to Oregon in 1850.Brown children: Zina, Maggie (Mrs. John L. Greenwood), Minnie S., Cassie M., Finch R.Five of their children died: Marion M., age 27, deputy sheriff died from accidental gun shot, 1886, Billings, MT; Oscar Lincoln died age 33, Park City, MT; Orin Harvey died when kicked by a horse, 1865, Forest Grove, Oregon; Harry M., age 4, died 1877, Fossill, Oregon; Georgiana, age 16 mos., died at Forest Grove, Oregon, 1863.
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