Vermont Northeast Kingdom Genealogy Query - Message Board BROWN I am looking for information about the surname BROWN from Holland, Vermont and alternatively, Stanstead, Canada. The goal is to find the identity of Walter Jesse Brown, brother or half brother of Charles Wesley Brown. Both boys along with older brother H.H. (Henry Horace) Brown were sent by train @ 1869 to be adopted or placed out in Lawerence, Kansas. Walter was ‘adopted’ by Albert Shepherd and Henry was listed as a ward of James Shepherd, brother of Albert in the 1870 census for Lawrence Douglas, Kansas. per Sarah Dumas: I found Horace C. Brown listed in the Mead Hill Cemetery in Holland, VT. H. H. Brown: b. Mar. 26, 1855 d. July 3, 1925 Horace C. : b (no date) d: December 23, 1869. (according to the Civil War document and 1860 Census, he was born in 1820, ~1819 in Canada) Lucy Jane, wife of Horace C.: d. Jan. 4, 1863, age 39 yrs. 22 days Their children: Marietta L.: d. Jan. 5, 1863. Age 10 yrs, 3 months, 9 days Lowella E.: d. Jan. 5, 1863. Age 5 yrs, 6 months. Lucy Jane, dau. Of H. C. and L. J. Brown. d. Feb. 24, 1863. Age 6 months Sarah Dumas Research Librarian Orleans County Historical Society Old Stone House Museum 109 Old Stone House Rd Brownington, VT 05860 Thank you, Charlotte Davis show email address