OBITUARY Henry, son of Bartholomew and Martha Thueber Brown was born in Maple Grove, Quebec, Canada, February 8, 1857, died at his farm near Bridgeport, Morrill County, Nebraska, August 15, 1929, at the age of 72 years, six months and seven days. Mr. Brown was a graduate of the High School and academy of Maple Grove. He also was a graduate of the Bible school of that city. When about 15 years of age, he came to Waterloo, Iowa. [ 1872 ] In 1879 he moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and grew to manhood in the vicinty of those two cities. [ age 22 ] On June 2, 1882, he married Miss Lotitia Yound of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. To this union seven children, two daughters and five sons, were born, Mae, the eldest daughter, preceeded him in death. Mr. Brown was brought up in the Church of England or the Episcopal church. However in 1883, at Rockwell City, Iowa, he united with the M. E. church, of which he remained a faithful and consistent member until his death. Mr. Brown came to Nebraska in 1888 and preempted land near Wood River. In April, 1913, he came to Bridgeport, where he had since resided. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo,_Iowa (county seat of Black Hawk County) https://www.openstreetmap.org/?map=11/42.4924/-92.3462#map=11/42.4924/-92.3462 (Waterloo) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa (Linn County) https://www.openstreetmap.org/?map=12/41.9768/-91.6691#map=12/41.9768/-91.6691 (Cedar Rapids) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_City,_Iowa (inside Calhoun County) https://www.openstreetmap.org/?map=14/42.3914/-94.6298#map=14/42.3914/-94.6298 (Rockwell City) http://iagenweb.org/calhoun/records/pictures/rockwell_city/rockwellcty.php (photos of M. E. church) https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Linn_County,_Iowa_Genealogy https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Black_Hawk_County,_Iowa_Genealogy https://crpubliclibrary.newspaperarchive.com/ https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Iowa_Newspapers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_River%2C_Nebraska https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Hall_County,_Nebraska_Genealogy (seat: Grand Island) ?: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/40.8198/-98.5998 https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=707357.0 (Looking for Grand Trunk Railroad Passenger List) https://www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/comments/16e4qx9/newspapers_west_to_east_series_iowa/ http://seiowa.advantage-preservation.com https://ottumwapl.advantage-preservation.com/ https://www.readex.com/products/americas-historical-newspapers ------------------------------------------------------------------ The English 180 years in rural Quebec - Megantic County, by Gwen Rawlings Canadian Genealogist, vol. 3, no. 2, 1981, pages 81-82 https://ogs.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/custom/canadian_genealogist/CG3-2.PDF ... The Grand Trunk Railway began in the 1850s running from Quebec City, through St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to Portland, Maine. Hundreds from Megantic packed up and resettled in Northern Vermont and New Hampshire, following their neighbors in a stady trickle from the 1850s to the 1930s. Of theearlier migrants, most took up dairy farming and logging. Many worked in the sawmills of New England in summer and ventured as far afield as Tennessee for winter work. Later, groups of young men went to work in the granite of Vermont which took their toll in accidents and industrial disease. The cemetert at Websterville, Vermont, now speaks for them. The westward expansion of the railway to Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1867 was the answer for many Megantic families. The first large group to leave for the west was a family party of more than 100 Henderson, Ralston, McCutcheon, Robinsons, Wrights, Vernors and Walkers, including the 78-year-old widowed mother of the Henderson clan. (10) The group first settled in the Davenport, Iowa area, purchasing large section of the land in Pilot Townhip. The group moved on to Cherokee County in 1888. Other groups soon followed to Iowa, Wisconsin, the Dakotaa and Minnesota. (11) ... ------------------------------------------------------------------