----Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 05/02/1895

Brown, J. J. (1802 - 24 APR 1895)

J. J. BROWN died at his home in the Town of Grant, Wed., April 24, 1895, at the age of 93, after an illness of 17 weeks, caused by a stroke of
paralysis. Mr. Brown was born in Baden, Germany in 1802. He came to the U.S. in 1846, and located in Milwaukee, where he resided 6 yrs, then moved to Stevens Point, WI, and lived there 13 years, after which he moved to Clark County and settled in Pleasant Ridge, where he has resided for 31 years.

He leaves a wife, 4 sons, 2 daughters. The funeral services were held at the Pleasant Ridge Church, Saturday afternoon, and the remains were interred
in the Neillsville Cemetery.