Lewis Crandell Brown

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[This information is from Vol. IV, pp. 1685-1687 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in the Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]

(IV) Richard Covell, son of Colonel Albert and Millissa D. (Covell) Brown, was born on the old Hoosick homestead of the Brown family, April 22, 1839. He purchased a farm in Cattaraugus county, New York, on which he lived for several years, and in 1885 returned to Hoosick and purchased the old homestead, consisting of one hundred and eighty-five acres, where he resides at the present time. Mr. Brown, his wife, during her lifetime, and seven of their children are members of the Baptist church in Hoosick, in which he filled the office of trustee for eighteen consecutive years. He is a Democrat in politics, highly respected for his sterling qualities. He married, May 16, 1865, Mary Crandall, born April 5, 1845, died January 6, 1901, daughter of Lewis and Amanda (Gleason) Crandall.

Children:

1. Clarence C., born October, 1866; resides in state of Washington, real estate dealer; water power; married Jennie Dorn, of Sloansville, New York; has a son Dorn Brown; he is a Blue Lodge Mason.
2. Lewis C., born April 2, 1868; resident of the city of New York; principal owner of the New York Tin Roof Painting Company; ran for state senator, congress, etc., on the Prohibition ticket; member of Baptist church; a Shrine Mason.
3. George E., born March 7, 1870: resident of Jacksonville, Florida, engaged in building and real estate; married Lela Grogan; children: Dorothy, Mildred and Richard.
4. Frank M., born April 19, 1872; a resident of Greensboro, North Carolina; married Alice Harris and has a daughter, Elizabeth, born in 1910.
5. Ellen A., married Dr. M. W. Stearns, of Schenectady; daughter, Mary Ellen, born in 1909.
6. Albert, born February 19, 1877; married Minnie Burton and has a son Burton, born 1905, lives in Lansingburg; laundryman.
7. Marcus H., born 1879; a resident of the state of Oregon, real estate dealer and property owner.
8. Arthur R., born 1884; engaged in business with brother, Marcus H., in Oregon.
9. De Witt, born September 18, 1885; married Emma Sweet in 1910.