Carroll County, Indiana - 1916 History
ROSS BROWN
Few of the younger farmers living in Democrat township, Carroll county,
Indiana, are better known or more highly respected in this township than Ross
Brown, who lives on route No. 1 out of Cutler, Indiana, and who is a native of
Democrat township, having been born on the farm where he now lives.
Mr. Brown was born on March 12, 1881. His parents were George S. and Anna L.
(Barrett) Brown, the former of whom was born in Burlington township on August 8,
1845, and who died on September 18, 1901, and the latter of whom was born on May
7, 1856, and who is still living. The late George S. Brown was first married to
Lucinda Randalls, who bore him one child, Lottie Brown. By his second marriage
to Anna L. Barrett, three children were born, two of whom are now living, Edna
B., and Ross, the subject of this sketch. The former is the wife of W. E.
Shaffer, of Democrat township. Mrs. George S. Brown, after the death of her
husband, was married to Charles Sheets; they now live in Madison township. The
late George S. Brown was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and, in
fact, was active in all worthy public movements in the community where he spent
most of his life.
Ross Brown was reared on the farm and educated in the district schools of the
township where he now lives. He lived at home with his parents until he was
twenty-one years old and was married, Decmeber 3, 1903, to Bertha Lynch, a
native of Deer Creek township, Carroll county, Indiana, and a graduate of the
common schools. Mrs. Brown spent two years in the high school. She was born on
February 6, 1882, the daughter of Isaac and Frances (Conley) Lynch. The former
was born in Deer Creek township on December 28, 1840, and died on September 24,
1913. The latter was born on February 18, 1845, and is sti11 living. They had
eleven children, seven of whom are as follow: Flora married George Wear and they
now live in Elkhart, Indiana; William married Bertha Thomas, and lives in Terre
Haute, Indiana; Ida married William Myers, and lives in CarrolL county; Albert
is unmarried; Dortha is the wife of Bert Shanklin, of Frankfort, Indiana; Bertha
is the wife of Mr. Brown; Bernice is unmarried.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Brown have had five children, four of whom are now living,
Francis, Harold, Ruth and Robert. Francis was born on December 11, 1904; Harold,
February 22, 1907; Ruth, March 24, 1910, and Robert, October 13, 1912.
Fraternally, Mr. Brown is a member of Wild Cat Lodge No. 311, Free and
Accepted Masons. He is also a member of Cutler Lodge No. 571, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. In the Odd Fellows lodge he is a past noble grand and a member
of the grand lodge of Indiana. Politically, he is identified with the Republican
party. He is quiet, unassuming and a man of cordial and friendly manners and an
honorable citizen in the community where he resides and where he has spent all
his life.
History Of Carroll County Indiana, Its People, Industries and Instititions by John C O'Dell -
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the
Old Families - Illustrated (1916 - B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. - Indianapolis, Indiana)
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