Biographical Memoirs of
Wells County,
Indiana, 1903. p. 593.
MRS. SARAH E. BROWN.
Prominent among the highly respected families of
Wells County,
Indiana, is that of Mrs. Sarah E. Brown. She is a daughter of John and Sarah (Dickerhoof)
Werking, who early came from
Ohio, and settled in Rock
Creek township, where they afterwards resided until their deaths. Mrs. Brown was born on the homestead, where she still resides, July 16, 1858, her father having entered and settled on this tract of land in an early day, it then comprising eighty acres, unimproved. They were the parents of five children, of whom three still survive, namely: Mary E., who is the wife of Scott
Bricker, of Bluffton;
Emanuel, and Mrs. Brown. The latter was united in marriage, December 23, 1877, in
Wells County, with David F. Brown. Mr. Brown was born in
Pennsylvania, where his father, David Brown, was also born and where he died when David F. was a small child. Immediately after this bereavement the widow moved her family to
Indiana and settled in Rock
Creek township,
Wells County, on a small farm, where David F. was reared to manhood. He was well educated and became one of the leading politicians of
Wells County, and at one time was a candidate for sheriff on the Democratic ticket.
After marriage David F. Brown and wife went to housekeeping on her father's farm, on which they lived about three years and then rented the
Deam farm, one-half mile east of Bluffton, where they lived fifteen years, then moved on the farm on which Mrs. Brown now resides. There Mr. Brown died April 11, 1899. David F. and Sarah E. Brown were the parents of three children, namely: John H., born June 25, 1878, who is an exemplary young man, well educated and is managing the farm for his mother; George F., born August 28, 1880, is married to Bertha Allen, and Jennie C., who was born January 10, 1883, has a good common school education and still makes her home with her mother. Mrs. Sarah E. Brown is a lady of refinement and gentility and stands high in the best circles of
Wells County.