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Written by his daughter Florence Brown Mills
probably using Hattie Jensen's writing
Moroni Brown was the son of Captain Brown Jr. and Martha Stephens Brown. He was born. near Kingston, Adams County, Illinois on September 25, 1840. His mother died when he was born and he was reared by his Father's two maiden sisters. Polly and Nancy Brown. When his father's family came to Utah in 1848-49, Moroni was brought with tbem. They lived with Captain Brown's family until Moroni married Eveline Conover and had established a home of his own, then Aunt Polly and Aunt Nancy lived with them. Moroni was of a religious mind and, no doubt was active in the Lessor Priesthood activities although in those early days no record of any consequence was preserved along this line. In his early manhood, Moroni taught school and engaged in farming and had a fruit tree nursery.
He married Eveline Conover March 6, 1863 in the Endowment house.. They had eight children, five sons and three daughters. One daughter died in infancy. Moroni performed four missions for the Church of Jesus Christ cf Latter-day Saints: the first being to England where he was President of the Manchester Conference. Cn this mission be introduced Ben Rich into the Missionary work being his conference President. A warm friendship was formed between them that lasted while they lived. In Moroni's seventy-fourth year he was called as a special counselor to President Ben E. Rich of the Eastern States mission which was the most outstanding and enjoyable experience of his life.
On March 22, 1875, Moroni marred in polygamy Frances Mariah Porter, a school teacher of repute in Cgden Utah by whom he had severn children three sons and four daughters. A11 lived to adulthood and married. When men in the Church who had polygamous wives were imprisoned in the penitentary, Moroni Brown served six months as a prisoner and paid a fine. His Church activities were varied and many.
He was Superintendent of the First Ward Sunday Schools for twenty five years and was Senior President of the 76 Quorum of Seventies at the time of his death which occurred on August 14, 1916.
His outstanding characteristics were firmness, loyalty and a strong determination to do his duty as he saw fit.
In Moroni's early days doctors were almost unknown' quantity, and people were obliged to resort to almanac remedies and old women's herbs concoctions and superstitions, neighbors helped each other.
Moroni Brown, who was above the average in self-obtained education and imitative was in constant demand when a tooth needed to be pulled and pulled it was. He has some forceps with which he did his best to the terror of the patient. when smallpox raged, he vaccinated everyone free of cost, taking the serum from one arm tc another patient. He did his Doctoring gratis. His only desire was to be helpful. He circumstances been favorable in those early days. I am sure he would have been a Doctor of medicine of the very best.
Sources:
Brown Book of Remembrance written by Hattie Critchlow Jensen and Loella Brown Tanner prior to 1948.
Re-written possibly by Florence Brown Miller.
Copyright 2001 www.OrsonPrattBrown.org
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