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From History of Whitingham
by Leonard Brown, F.E. Housh, Brattleboro VT, 1886
Page 159
Amos Brown, so long the most conspicuous figure in the town of Whitingham, both in its political and business circles, married Sally Tarbell, and came to this town and settled on his old farm, so long known as the Esquire Amos Brown farm (now owned by Charles H. Waste), near the beginning of the present century. His family, that lived to jaturity, consisted of three sons and two daughters. Elliot, the oldest son, was a very prominent man while he remained in this town. He was a scholar; studied medicine, and practiced his profession here with satisfactory success for several years, was deeply interested in the public affairs of the town, energetic and persevering in whatever he undertook, was town clerk for years, postmaster two years, and was a noted party leader in the centre village, in the political and business strifes of his time. He left this town, went to Shaftsbury, in the county of Bennington, practiced his profession there a few years, then went to Wisconsin, where we suppose he still lives.
Aldis, and Amos A., the other two brothers, remained in Whitingham. Aldis has long been one of the solid and thrifty farmers; has owned and lived on the same farm for more than half a century. He was for a long time a leading member, and a deacon of the Baptist church; a man of well-defined and independent principles. Although not a politician or seeker of public favor, he was by no means indifferent to the political interests of the state, or of the country. He has two woves, and a large and interesting family of children, most of whom have left their native town, and are now extensively engaged in business in different sections of the country.
Amos A. lived with his father on the old homestead till 1849, when they left there and went to Jacksonville, built a house and lived there the remainder of their lives. Amos A. was more of a public man than Aldis; was deputy Sheriff in this county for a number of years, and often held offices of trust in this town; was an active business man in matters pertaining to the interest of the town, till his health failed and prevented his doing any kind of business. He lived with, and took care of his father and mother in their last years, and died at his home of a lingering disease, January 2, 1869, at the age of 52.
One of the sisters in this family married F.G. Davis, of this town, and spent her whole life in Whitingham. She died in Dec. 1849, at the age of 40. The other sister married a Doctor Corkins, who practiced medicine a few years in the county of Bennington, then they went to Wisconsin, where she died at the age of 44.
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