Partial Listing Brown Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
Brown, Elizabeth
Brown, Hattie died about 1857
Brown, Jacob
Brown, Joseph died in the 1880s h/o Kate Vincent
Brown, Mary d/o Joseph Brown
Brown, Mary J. 21-Jul-1840
Brown, Nancy 05-Oct-1838
Brown, Owen died about 1866
Brown, Rebecca J. 05-Feb-1858
Brown, Samuel Jr. 02-Aug-1850
Brown, Susan
Brown, William brother of Samuel
Brown, William S. 11-Apr-1863
Leonard, Sarah (Brown) died in the 1860s w/o Wallace Leonard
Shroyer, Rebecca (Brown) 16-Aug-1813 24-May-1849 sister of Samuel
Below is the original documentation by Warren L. Van Dine.
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Brown Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
This Brown cemetery burial list (Hancock Township) has been
furnished by Miss Mary H. Siegfried of Denver, Illinois for use
in the Warren L. Van Dine sponsored project for collecting lists
of the dead buried in Hancock County, Illinois cemeteries. She is
to receive full credit for it.An Introduction furnished by Miss Siegfried is attached to the list.
BURIALS
Samuel Brown ----- b. Dec. 26, 1802 d. Jan. 23, 1889
Owen Brown ------- b. Sept. 20, 1830 d. about 1866
Hattie Brown ----- d. about 1857
Children of Anna Dye Brown
Sarah Brown Leonard d. in the 1860s md. Wallace Leonard
Joseph Brown d. in the 1880s md. Kate Vincent
Nancy Brown b. Oct. 5, 1838
Mary J. Brown b. July 21, 1840
Samuel Brown, Jun. b. Aug. 2, 1850
Rebecca J. Brown b. Feb. 5, 1858
William S. Brown b. April 11, 1863
Susan Brown
Elizabeth Brown
Jacob Brown4 children died un-named.
Other relatives
Mary Brown, daughter of Joseph Brown, grand daughter of Samuel Brown
William Brown, brother of Samuel
Judy Brown, his wifeRebecca Shroyer, sister of Samuel Brown, b. Aug. 16, 1813, d. May 24, 1849
Mr. Shroyer, her husband
(The last two were buried about 3 miles southwest of the
Brown Cemetery on land belonging to Joseph Cravens, and later
moved to the Brown Cemetery)
CHILDREN NOT BURIED HERE
Reuben Brown, married Mary Donohue and moved to Young Co., Texas in
the 1870s
Eugene Brown, married Mary E. Mosely in 1885 and died Dec. 8, 1888.
Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Hancock TownshipAnna Dye Brown d. March 7, 1897 and is also buried in the
Oak Grove Cemetery.
Brown Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
(1968 Hancock County, Illinois History, P. 324)
Brown Cemetery is an old family cemetery located close to the north line of
Section 28, on the north side of the gravel road about a block east of
Brown Bridge. The first burial was that of a child of Samuel and Anna Brown,
about 1838. Brown and sixteen of his eighteen children are buried in this
cemetery; also several relatives. In 1967 there are no markers remaining and
the only evidence indicating a cemetery at this location is the old iron fence
around the graves of Mrs. Rebecca Shroyer and her husband. She was a sister of
Sam Brown.
Brown Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
This cemetery is described on page 324 of the Susqui-centennial
History of Hancock County as an old family cemetery located close to
the north line of section 28, on the north side of the gravel road
about a block east of Brown Bridge.The list of burials is given in a Historical Sketch of Samuel Brown
by J. C McCubbin in the Carthage Republican of Sept. 28, 1927.
He states that it is one of the oldest burial grounds in the county.
The spot was selected by Brown himself on his land nearly 90 years
ago and 50 years before his remains were laid to rest. It was across
the creek from Brown's homesite which was 100--150 yards southwest
of the mill.Samuel Brown, a widower with two motherless children, Owen and Hattie
came to Hancock township about 1832 and settled in Section 28 where
he built a sawmill and grist mill. In 1836 he married Anna Dye,
daughter of James Dye Sen. of McDonough Co. They had 16 more children
but only four survived infancy or early childhood. All but two are
buried in this cemetery. No stones remain but an iron fence around
the graves of Rebecca Brown Shroyer and her husband is the only
evidence of the location.
Brown Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
(Hancock County Historic Sites List drawn up by the Township Sites Chairmman
Joe Johnson and the Committee made up of John Siepel, Vesta Hollaway,
and Mildred Nelson)9-21. This bridge is the best known in the township. The Brown bridge is also the
longest of the overhead steel bridges across the La Moine River, being 312 feet.
Sam Brown had his grist mill close by in 1835, adding a saw mill in 1857.
Sam Brown and 16 of his children were buried in the Brown cemetery near the east
end of the bridge. It is told that Mr. Brown bought stones for the graves but when
he got to the creek bank could not get across so they were left for awhile and when
they were finally moved across the river they were piled against the fence and were
never erected.
