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Sevilla Edgerton, daughter of Edwin and Mary (Lewis) Edgerton.

born:	1821; China, Genesee Co., NY. (GI)
died:	March 10, 1895; Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., WI. (Co. VR 2:43)
buried:	La Belle Cemetery; Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., WI. (GI)

married:

1840.

Joseph Manning Brown, son of Jabez and Eunice (Chaffee) Brown.

born:	January 7, 1817; Nelson, Madison Co., NY. (Co. VR 2:215)
died:	January 15, 1899; Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., WI. (Co. VR 2:215:1210)
buried:	La Belle Cemetery; Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., WI. (GI)

Children:

Doralski W., b. ~1847; Nelson, Madison Co., NY.
Florence, b. November 1849; Summit, Waukesha Co., WI.

The following biography of Joseph M. Brown, is excerpted from History of Waukesha County (Chicago, Illinois: Western Historical Company; 1880):

“JOSEPH M. BROWN, produce dealer; was born in the town of Nelson, Madison Co., N. Y., Jan. 7, 1816 [sic], and is the son of Jabez and Eunice Brown. When 16 years old, he began the carpenter’s and joiner’s trade, and worked at it there till 1849, when he came to Oconomowoc in September of that year and continued his trade for nine years; he began the butcher trade in 1860, and was interested in that business till 1877, when he went into the commission and produce business. Mr. Brown has been a member of the City Council for two years. He was married in 1840 to Miss Sevilla, a daughter of Edwin Edgerton, a native of Madison Co., N. Y.; they have two daughters: Dorleskie W., the widow of the late David Wilsey; deceased; she has two children, Joseph and Jessie Wilsey; Florence, now a teacher of this county.”