Barney Alfred Brown

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVG-T1B

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJB-9QK
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Feb 1863, EHOUS

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Benjamin Franklin Brown was born February 22, 1823 in Rush, Genesee Coun t y, New York, the son of William Brown of Windsor, Vermont and Diantha L ov eland. His wife Lucinda Leavitt was born July 25, 1825 in Compton, Que bec , Canada, the daughter of John and Lucy Rowell Leavitt.

When Benjamin Franklin Brown was a young lad he accompanied his parent s , brothers and sisters to New York sometime in 1830, and from there th e f amily moved to Burton, Ohio, about fifteen miles from Kirtland. Ther e hi s father William purchased two hundred acres of forest land of whic h seve nty-five acres were cleared for farming. A small home was erecte d from lu mber purchased from a sawmill a mile and a half away. At this p lace the f amily passed through all the privations of pioneer life, and h ere, in thi s home, Diantha, the mother died, causing great sorrow to he r husband Wil liam and great loss to her young family now deprived of he r loving care . After this sad event, which occurred April 19, 1835, th e family scatter ed, the older sisters married and the boys sought employ ment away from th e home.

Then on October 23, 1852 William was kicked by a horse and killed. In 18 6 0, William Folson, a missionary to England, converted the family to th e C hurch of Latter-day Saints, they had not belonged to any other churc h bef ore this time, and being desirous of joining the main body of the C hurc h in Utah, Benjamin Franklin, his wife, Lucinda, her Mother Lucy Row ell L eavitt and their family, Philander (Brown), a brother, his wife Ori lla Le avitt (sister of Lucinda), and other members of the Leavitt family , and a lso his younger sister Emeline (Brown), left Florence, Nebraska t o join w ith other Latter-day Saint converts in the Salt Lake Valley. A s captain o f the Franklin Brown Company, Benjamin was put in charge of s ome 60 indiv iduals and 14 wagons when it began its journey from the outf itting post a t Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha) in late June 1860. Philand er was selecte d captain of the guard and Charles R. Savage, chaplain.

The Benjamin Franklin Brown Company arrived in Salt Lake City between Au g ust 27 and September 4, 1860. Not long after his arrival in Utah, Benja mi n Brown took up land where the Union Pacific Depot is located in Ogden , W eber County. He was the first shoemaker in Ogden, and also was a viol inis t and played for the family as they enjoyed singing and dancing as h e acc ompanied them on his violin. Benjamin helped with the constructio n of th e first railroad in that vicinity.

Just eight short years after arriving in Utah and at the young age o f 4 5 years, Benjamin died of pneumonia on December 7, 1868 in Ogden, Uta h. A fter Benjamin's death Lucinda and her children moved to Farmington , Uta h where she helped her brother Lyman Leavitt, who had lost his wife , car e for his three children as well as her own. Benjamin and Lucinda h ad si x children.

Benjamin married Lucinda Leavitt on 12 Oct 1848 in Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. Lucinda (daughter of John Leavitt and Lucy Rowell) was born on 5 Jul 1825 in Compton, Estrie, Québec, Canada; died on 23 Dec 1904 in Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States; was buried on 25 Dec 1904 in Loa, Wayne, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LLQK-X8V
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Feb 1863, EHOUS

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• FamilySearch ID: LZGZ-MQG
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 May 1895, SLAKE

William married Diantha Loveland on 18 Feb 1813 in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, United States. Diantha was born in 1788 in Newbury Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States; died on 19 Apr 1833 in Burton, Geauga, Ohio, United States; was buried in Burton, Geauga, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZGZ-M78
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Dec 1907

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• FamilySearch ID: LDXQ-9HD
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Jan 1885, LOGAN

John married Lucy Rowell on 13 Mar 1823 in Sherbrooke, Estrie, Québec, Canada. Lucy was born on 15 Aug 1803 in Hatley, Memphrémagog, Québec, Canada; died on 23 Jul 1858 in Near the Platte River, Iowa, United States; was buried in Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: M47P-JV4
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Jan 1885, LOGAN