Biographies B
Samuel Brown
Samuel Brown was born January 4, 1856, in Muhlenberg County, and is the fourth of six children, born to Samuel and Susan M. (McDonald) Brown, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively, and of Irish descent. Subject's father was a son of Nathaniel Brown, was born and reared in Virginia; was a soldier in the war of 1812, was a teacher and farmer and came to Muhlenberg County about 1830, and settled near Greenville, where he lived all his life.
Our subject was reared on the farm and attended the common schools, when not engaged in the duties incident to farm life; he was but fives years of age when his mother died and seven at the death of his father; he lived with an uncle until eighteen, when he worked by the month for one year. He then went to school for nearly two years, after which he engaged in the timber business.
In 1877 he engaged as salesman with E.S. McManan at Central City, for three years; then engaged for two years in the hotel business; was for a short time at Kuttawa, on the Cumberland; then came to Central City, where he is now engaged in running the Commercial Hotel; in his business enterprises he has been very successful.
He has lived in Muhlenberg County all his life with the exception of three years, one in Missouri and two in McLean County. He was married July 10, 1883, to Catherine Williams, of Muhlenberg County, daughter of John M. and Sarah A. (Anthoney) Williams, a native of Muhlenberg County, and of Irish origin. One child blesses this union - Florence. Mr. Brown is a member of the K. of H.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 899.
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