Obituary

   Charllton S. Brown was born in England and came to the United States with his parents when four years of age, and located in New York where they remained for two years.  They moved to  Indiana and in 1855 removed to Iowa.  In August 1862 he went to Indiana on a visit and enlisted in  Company H. Eighty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry and with his command participated in the battle of Missionary Ridge and the Atlanta Campaign.  After the fight at Lovejoy Station, his regiment was sent to follow Hood, and was engaged at Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee.  He was mustered out in July of 1865.  He married Miss Sarah Kirkby on October 26, 1868 who was a native of England.  They had three children; Reuben H.; Mary B.; and Charles W.

   He came to Kansas in 1872 and located one mile south of Halstead, engaging in farming and the butcher busiiness.  In 1875 he came to town and opened a hardware store, but sold out in about a year, and went into the hotel business.  In 1879 he went to Nickerson and engaged in hardward, but not being satisfied with the location, came back to Halstead in 1882 and engaged in present busisness and had a good trade and nice home of eleven acres joinng the town of Halstead.