Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-27

OF the Press, to find the bones, but his
search was fruitless Recently move
was started by A. r. Miller of the Dem
ocrat, and through granddaughter of
the deceased the grave was finally To-
Gated and the bones exhumed.
Association Organized.
Yesterday the Timothy Brown Amer
lean Revolution association was or
ganized and the society will see TO
have an appropriation made by t..a
state legislature for the erection of a
monument. There are only five revo.
lutionary soldiers buried in Iowa and
some of them already have monuments
to their memory from state appropria-
lions. A monument worth fully five
thousand dollare is wanted for Timothy
Brown.
Discovery of the Grave.
1t was only by chance that the grave
of the soldier, Brown, was found. In
an old forsaken cemetery, near Grace
Hill, where cattle have been grazing
: for twenty years, the little mound was
discovered by Mrs. Martin Heating,
the granddaughter of Timothy Brown.
A Folorn Spot.
Mrs. Heating told the committee
that she could locate the grave if the
other graves were still in evidence 1t
happened that by removing the high
grass and weeds the row of graves
was found and at the end of row of
graves Mrs. Heating pointed out the
place where the revolutionary hero
was inferred. There are probably one
hundred other persons buried in this
.orlorn spot The cemetery was once
.nown as the Todd cemetery but peo-
}le of the present generation had for
gotten the name.
Received Medal for Bravery.
The granddaughter states that he
was born in Franklin county, Ind, and
came to Iowa about the year 1S4S.
James Farrier an old settler, remem-
had a running sore from al army
ton have been consulted and it was
found that Brown enlisted in 1850 and
served three years receiving a badge
OF honor fol, his bravery. He served
under Captain Richard Cox and his
colonel was Elias Dayton. He was a
private in the Third New Jersey regi-
ment. He was engaged in the battles
of Monmouth and Springfield and at
the siege OF Yorktown. He applied for
a pension June 2, 1878, and he was liv-
ing at Franklin county, Indiana at the
time. He was Sc years old at the time
he applied and he died May 80, 1852.
He was 81 years old when he died.
Saw CORVALLIS Surrender.
To this interesting information the
granddaughter adds that she remem.-
bers hearing him tell of the surrender
of Lord CORVALLIS at Yorktown, just
where the generals stood and what
they did. He also told her stories of
marches with bleeding feet which she
family remembers.
VIII Be Honored.
Charles Aldrich has been commune
Gated with at Des Moines and sends
word that Governor Cummins is to &C
cept bronze tablet soon for the state
historical building. 1t will contain the
names of the five revolutionary soldiers
buried in this state, Timothy Brown,
Geo. Perkins, William Blair, Chas.
Sheppard and John Osborn. The tab
let is presented by the Sons of the
American Revolution and was secured
from the Tiffany house.
Officers Of Society.
The Timothy Brown American Rev
dictionary society organized here yes
terday and named the local officers to
carry out the burial ceremonies at the
Soldiers Circle in Elm Grove Gene
terry. The officers are:
President--Judge A. R. Dewey.
Vice president Mayor A. N. Al.
bertson.
4 Secretary-A. R. Miller.
Treasurer S. A. White.
Executive board-Railway commits.
sioner D. ]. Palmer, A. H. Wallace, M.
p. Miller.