By: Neil E. Mellen Biographical sketches of Eli Huston Brown (1841–1911) agree that Eli’s father was John McClarty Brown but disagree on the identity of John McClarty Brown’s parents. The sketch in W. H. Perrin’s Kentucky: A History of the State says: Eli H. Brown . . . is a …
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Ties That Bind: A Kentucky Family’s Westward Migration and Their Friendship with Abraham Lincoln
By: Christopher L. Starr I have yet to meet a genealogist that did not have at least one amazing story to share about the unexpected path that their research took. As my own research progressed, this native New Englander was very surprised by the western turn made by my family. …