Richard Raymond Brown ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Cherry Valley, IL on 30 June 1870. ²

1870 US Census
Page 30, Dwelling 211, Family 222
Cherry Valley, Winnebago County, Illinois
Dick Brown...5..IL
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Cherry Valley, IL on 1 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 20D, District 217, Dwelling 120, Family 124, Roll 261
Cherry Valley, Winnebago County, Illinois
Richard R. Brown..Son..15..IL..Laborer
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 25 Jun 1865, then his age should have been 14 instead of 15.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Cherry Valley, IL on 13 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
District 120, Sheet 7B, Dwelling 139, Family 139
Cherry Valley, Winnebago County, Illinois
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 7 years
R. R. Brown..Head..June 1865..34..IL..Stock Buyer
(Living with wife, daughter, and brother-in-law.)
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• His obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper in May 1944 in Quincy, IL.

Richard Raymond Brown, 78, of 2049 Cherry Street, died in his home Tuesday night at 6:45 o'clock. He was born in Cherry Valley, Ill, June 25, 1865, a son of John and Hannah Marie Packard Brown, and had lived in Quincy since 1924. He was a member of the Methodist church and was married to Lillian J. Poppham, October 20, 1893, in Beloit, Wis. Surviving are the widow; a daughter, Mrs. Marvel McLaughlin of Quincy; a brother, John Brown of Cherry Valley; a grand-daughter, Mrs. Carl Strothoff of Quincy, and a great-grandson, Carlyle Strothoff, of Quincy.

(Source: unknown; probably the local Quincy newspaper)
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Richard married Lillian J. Poppham, daughter of William H. Poppham and Brown, on 20 October 1893 in , Rock County, WI.¹ (Lillian J. Poppham was born in November 1872 in Iowa ¹ and died on 16 September 1944 in Quincy, IL ⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Cherry Valley, IL on 13 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
District 120, Sheet 7B, Dwelling 139, Family 139
Cherry Valley, Winnebago County, Illinois
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 7 years
R. R. Brown..Head..June 1865..34..IL..Stock Buyer
Lilian Brown..Wife..Nov 1872..27..IA..1/1
Marvel Brown..Dau..Oct 1895..4..IL
Bert Popham..BroL..May 1875..25..IA
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Richard R. Brown
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Oct 1893
Event Place: , Rock, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: John Brown
Mother's Name: Maria Packard
Spouse's Name: Lillian J. Pophorn
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Father's Name: William H. Pophorn
Spouse's Mother's Name: Brown

Citing this Record
"Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRF6-4RY : 16 March 2018), John Brown in entry for Richard R. Brown and Lillian J. Pophorn, 20 Oct 1893; citing , Rock, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,535.
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