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 History of Luzerne County, Pa., by H.C. Bradsby, 1893

CHARLES C. BROWN, retired farmer, P.O. Nescopeck, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, May 10, 1831, a son of Abram and Catherine (Hildt) Braun.  In 1845, when fourteen years of age, he came to America, locating in Hazleton,this county.  He worked for a time in the breaker, and was afterward employed in a brewery and later as a farm hand, in Dorrance township.  In 1852 he purchased a farm in Dorrance, a part of which he cleared and improved, residing there twelve years.  He then spent a short time in Iowa, then nine years in Wilkes-Barre, seven of which he was in the mercantile business, the other two in a dairy.  He then spent one year at Wapwallopen,and for six years worked the John C. Nicely farm at Mocanaqua.  In 1886 he purchased a farm in Nescopeck, and since 1891 has resided in Nescopeck village.  In 1854 he married Catherine (Ehmann) Amarin, of Wurtemberg,Germany, and has seven children:  Jackson F., Alvin, Alice (Mrs. Thomas Lawalt), Agnes, FRANCES (MRS. IRA BOYD), Hannah and Maggie.  He is a member of the Lutheran Church, and of the P. of K.; in politics he is a Democrat.

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