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- At Milton, Wis., June 19th, 1881, Fitch
BROWN, aged 85 years, 3 months, and 5
- days. A brief notice should be given
of one so well known in Wisconsin and elsewhere, on account of
his many friends and relatives who hold his memory in precious
regard. His father was a sea-captain and was drowned when Uncle
Fitch, as we familiarly called him, was one year of age. He lived
with his grandfather until he was nine years of age. Then he
was apprenticed to one Col. LOOMIS until he was sixteen.
After this he went to Massachusetts and remained a year or two.
From Massachusetts he moved Out West as far as Scott, N.Y., and
married Ruth BABCOCK. They had nine children, six sons
and three daughters, eight of whom are still living. When about
thirty years of age he met with a change of heart and was baptized
by Eld. John GREEN, and united with the Seventh-day Baptist
Church at Scott. It was at this time he embraced the observance
of the Sabbath, and ever after remained its staunch advocate
and observer, though quite tolerant toward those of different
faith and practice. Previous to his coming to Wisconsin, he lived
nine years in the northern part of Indiana, in Laporte county;
here he had no Sabbath privileges - almost a lone Sabbath- keeper
- but he was faithful to his convictions and was highly respected
for his fidelity to his religious beliefs. He moved to Milton
in 1844, and by industry and economy, succeeded in liquidating
debts incurred in Indiana, and in acquiring a competency. During
his life time he was blessed with two excellent wives. His first
wife died in 1852, eight years after he came to Milton. With
her he had lived thirty-five years, and there are surviving this
union eight children, thirty-nine grandchildren, and fourteen
great-grandchildren. He married his second wife in 1854, a sister
of the first; she died early last year; with her he had lived
about twenty-six years. She died triumphant in the Christian
faith; and now the husband, freed from his long sufferings, has
gone where "they neither marry nor are given in marriage,
but all are as of the sons of God." E. M. D. [Vol. 37,
No. 28, p. 8]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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