Murray Brown and Lucy B. Taylor, 1903

2021-108

Murray Brown and Lucy B. Taylor, 1903

People

Black and white photograph of Murray and Lucy B. Taylor presumably in their home in Peru, MA. Murray was born in Peru on July 25th, 1843. He lived in Windsor for eight years. In 1850, his father (Uriel Brown) 'kept 100 sheep, one horse, one pair of cattle, three cows and fifteen hens.' He and his first wife, Sarah I. Pierce (who died on March 14th, 1876) had one child who died when three years old. Lucy was born in Buckland, MA on April 18th, 1838. The pair married on June 17th, 1879. Murray's mother, Martha Brown, lived with them as of September 1st, 1903. Rev. George Moody wrote that Murray's 'grandfather Brown was eighty-two when he died, and his grandmother ninety,' and that Lucy's 'grandfather is eighty, and grandmother ninety.' He also wrote that the Browns always loved the church. Their home in Peru, the Holcomb place, was one of the oldest in the area and as of 1903 contained 160 acres and was where they kept thirty-three sheep, five horses, thirteen head of cattle and thirty hens, 'and the home place cuts thirty-five tons of hay.' Brown purchased Holcomb place from Mr. Thompson in 1881 who had bought it from Marshall Jackson. According to Moody, Murray also owned the Jackson place and others in Peru, totaling to an ownership of about 500 acres. A photo of Holcomb place is featured in The South Worthington Parish by Rev. George Reed Moody (1905), page 95, plate XII, #1. His mother, Martha Brown, is featured on page 97, plate XIII, #22.

Still Image

4 x 5 in

Howes Brothers

1903-09-01

Marion Sweeney, South Worthington

2021-02-21

Box 17

Glass

Peru

Lucy B. Taylor is also pictured with Martha Brown (Murray Brown's mother) in item 2021-107.

NS (2021-02-21)

Bates/'The Heritage'

Still Image - Black and White Photograph

10.2 x 12.7 cm