Brown, Morris (Maurice) B.

Born: 1824-XX-XX Illinois

Died: 1903-02-25 Chicago, Illinois

Morris (Maurice) B. Brown was a physician, Whig, and, later, a Republican. In June 1849, he married Sarah Ann May, with whom he eventually had at least five children. In 1850, he lived in Carmi, Illinois, where he worked as a physician, and owned $600 in real estate. He was politically active locally, but not especially successful. In 1852, the Whigs of White County, Illinois, appointed him their secretary. In the local elections of 1858, he ran as a Republican for a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives but lost to his Democratic opponent. By 1860, he owned $10,000 in real estate and $1,000 in personal property.

History of White County Illinois (Chicago: Inter-State, 1883), 340; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, White County, 7 June 1849, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), White County, IL, 267; Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 2 July 1852, 2:2; Louis L. Emmerson, ed., Blue Book of the State of Illinois, 1919-1920 (Springfield: Illinois State Journal, 1919), 541; Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 3 November 1858, 2:2; The Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 17 November 1858, 2:4; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), White County, IL, 218; Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, Cook County, 25 February 1903, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Gravestone, Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, IL.