"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884" CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE CLAY TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN. PAGE 930 ELIHU C. BROWN, is a native of Clay Township, Owen Co., Ind., is the sixth son of David and Sarah (Litton) Brown of North Carolina and was born March 15, 1840. So far in life he has been a farmer. His education, which was limited to the elementary studies, was acquired at the public schools of his neighborhood. March 16, 1861, he was married in Monroe County, Ind., to Sarah Hansford, by whom he has had born to him seven children--Uriah H, Ninnie Belle, Verma Dell, Luella, Oscar, Stella Blanch and Ida May. Mr. Brown owns a nice farm of eighty five acres upon which he lives but a few hundred years from the house in which he was born. In politics, he is an uncompromising Democrat, and for President of the United States his first vote was cast for S. A. Douglas. Subject is a self made man, and is one of Clay Township's very best citizens. DATA ENTRY: Debbie Jennings