STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1902, page 1, column 6

GERMAN B. BROWN, 10 Dec 1830 - 05 Aug 1878

   Germ Brown, senior editor of the REPUBLICAN, died at his home in 
Angola at 6:50 p.m., Monday, Aug. 5, aged 47 years, 7 months and 26 
days.  He was born in Londonderry, Vermont, in 1830, and when seven 
years of age came with his parents to Orland.  In 1846 he graduated 
from the Collegiate Institute at Ontario, LaGrange county, taught 
by Rufus Patch.  When the war of the Rebellion broke out he 
enlisted with the three months' volunteers as a private in the 1st 
Michigan and was at the battle of Bull Run.  In August, 1862, he 
enlisted as a private in Co. B., 100th Indiana, and remained in the 
service until the close of the war.  In 1874, he, in company with 
Frank Macartney, purchased the REPUBLICAN and retained his 
connection with the paper until death.  He loved his paper, his 
home and the church.
(This obituary was printed in an article titled "24 Years Ago.")

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION;

   German B. Brown, 10 Dec 1830 - 05 Aug 1878, married E. Josephine 
(Goldsmith) Brown, 1843 - 24 Dec 1908, daughter of Harvey H. and 
Phebe Ann Goldsmith.  German and his wife are buried at Circle Hill 
Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, with an infant son who 
died in Nov. 1878.
   On 04 May 1884, Josephine married Omar I. Clark, 25 Jul 1832 - 
11 Sep 1895, who is buried at Clark Cemetery, Steuben County, 
Indiana. 

   German's parents were Emery Brown, 30 Aug 1799 - 05 Oct 1870, 
and Lydia Brown, 10 Feb 1814 - 13 Jan 1875.  They are buried at 
Memorial Grove, Steuben County, Indiana.
   A brother, Orrin Brown, 01 Sep 1833 - 16 Sep 1898, married Emily 
(Fuller) Brown Jennings, 1845 - 1931.  They are buried at Greenlawn 
Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, pages 217, 220, 224, 226, 229, 233, 348.