History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 750, Kerton Township
Charles D. Brown, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Isabel
tp., this county, in 1848, married Lottie Severns, a daughter of the
late Daniel Severns, in 1866, and has had 6 children, - Daniel, Ida,
Charles, Lottie, William and John. Mr. B. has 240 acres of good land,
has been Collector of Kerton tp., School Director, etc., but has never
sought office. In politics he is a Democrat. Residence on sec. 10. P.
O., Marbletown.
