William Stewart BROWN, (Nancy Patton Gowdy⁶, John Gowdy⁵, William Gowdy⁴, John Gowdy³, William Goudy², Unknown Goudy¹) born 28 Feb 1852, died 1 Sep 1925 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. He was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Wichita, Kansas on 3 Sep 1925. William married Sarah Ann GLOVER on 9 May 1878 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois. She was born 20 Jul 1861 in Biggsville, Henderson County, Illinois, the daughter of William Mason GLOVER and Adeline CONNOR. Sarah died 10 Mar 1952 in Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas. Sarah was also buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Wichita, Kansas.

1. Harry LeRoy BROWN born 26 Aug 1879, died 25 Feb 1951.
2. William Thomas BROWN born 6 Mar 1882, died 13 Apr 1954.
3. Jesse Agnes BROWN born 12 Aug 1884 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co, Kansas. She died 15 Jun 1965 in Eureka, Greenwood Co, KS and is buried in the Eureka Cemetery, Eureka, KS. She married Thomas Riley GILBERT 13 Sep 1903 in Newkirk, Kay Co, OK. Tom died 1 Jan 1957 and is also buried in the Eureka Cemetery.
4. Grace BROWN born 22 May 1886, died 30 Oct 1974 .
5. Benjamin Lewis BROWN born 23 Jun 1888, died 11 Jun 1956.
6. Elmer Clyde BROWN born 18 Jan 1891 in Sedgwick Co, KS, died 11 Dec 1956 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS. Elmer married Gertrude Mc CULLOUGH 10 Feb 1916 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS.
7. Eunice Adeline BROWN born 26 Jul 1895, died Mar 1983.
8. Perry Lloyd BROWN born 18 Aug 1898 in Sedgwick Co, KS, died 18 Aug 1899.
9. Marguerite Ruth BROWN born 23 Sep 1900, died about 1979.
10. Olive Irene BROWN born 19 Aug 1902 in Sedgwick Co, KS, died 29 Aug 1905.

According to Andrew L. Brown in his 1904 history of the Brown family, “At an early age Mr. Brown learned the blacksmith trade and worked 4 years for his cousin in the “Wier Plow Factory” at Monmouth, IL. After his marriage, he purchased a farm near Wichita in Sedgwick Co, Kansas where he lived for about 18 years and raised most of his family, later moving to Wichita where he purchased business property in 1900 which he owned at his death. About the year 1900, he purchased land in Oklahoma in the county of Kay, which later became valuable as oil land. This land he also owned at his death. He also invented several valuable farm tools which he sold all over Kansas and Oklahoma. Sarah Ann Glover, wife of William Stewart Brown, was born in Warren Co, Illinois where she lived to womanhood. After her marriage to Mr. Brown, her parents, with the younger children, moved to Kansas and settled near Hutchinson, where they lived the remainder of their lives and where they are buried. Her father, William Glover, was a veteran of the Civil War, IL Vol. Inf. and served in Tennessee and was stationed for some time at Fort Donaldson.”

Andrew Brown’s notes for Sarah state “she raised a family of 8 children and buried 2 who died in infancy. She came from a Scotch-Irish family of pioneers and was a member of the Presbyterian Church and Eastern Star.”

This family was found in the following census records:

William S. BROWN filed a Homestead Application on the Cherokee Strip in northern Oklahoma dated 26 Jan 1899. The Homestead Final Certificate #7567 was dated 24 Jan 1906.