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From History of Douglas and Grant Counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions
Anonymous author (Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916)
Pages 612 and 613
Grant county has been a good enough place for Charles T. Brown, a farmer of Pomme de Terre township, to spend his life in and he has been wise in remaining in his native locality; many young men making a grave mistake by leaving the farm and going away to the cities. He was born in Elbow Lake township on December 19, 1872, and is a son of Henry and Velzora Brown, both natives of the state of Maine, the former a son of John Brown, who lived and died in that state. Timothy Heald, the maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came to Grant county in an early day and bought the farm on which Charles T. Brown now lives, and here his death occurred in 1901. His widow, Elizabeth Heald, died in 1902. Henry Brown, mentioned above, came to Grant county about 1868 and entered a homestead. He owned several farms and here he spent the rest of his life, dying in 1906, but his widow is still living. They had three children, namely: Charles T., the subject of this sketch; Marietta, who lives in Canada, and Joseph, of Pomme de Terre township.
Charles T. Borwn was reared on the farm and attended the district schools. He has always farmed and now owns a productive and well-kept place of one hundred and ninety-seven acres in Pomme de Terre township, the land which his Grandfather Heald owned in the early days. He has kept the place well improved and carries on general farming and stock raising.
Mr. Brown is an independent voter. He belongs to the United Lutheran church.
In 1895 Charles T. Brown was married to Annie Sanby, who was born in Wisconsin in 1878, a daughter of Ole and Annie Sanby, who came to Grant county from Wisconsin in 1884. Ole Sanby is still living. Annie Sanby died in 1909. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown six children have been born, Elaine, Amy Thelma, Mildred Glendoline, Claudie, Clifton and Lorna, all of whom are living.
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