R.V. BROWN

"GOODSPEED'S HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI,
Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888."

R.V. Brown, Jr., farmer, of Ste. Genevieve County, and son of Judge R.V. Brown, of Perry County, was born December 17, 1861, and was educated in the common schools. He worked on the farm of his father until his marriage, which occurred April 30, 1884, to Miss Louisa B. Coffman, of Ste. Genevieve County, and with the usual energy of the Brown family began business for himself on a farm. He now has 168 acres of good farming land, and is a dealer of fine stock, owning a fine Kentucky bred jack, Black Knight, and a fine horse. He is one of the leading and enterprising farmers of the county, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born two children: Ada and Carrie. Mrs. Brown was born in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., October 18, 1862, and is the daughter of Joseph and Emily (Madison) Coffman. Joseph Coffman was the son of Col. Joseph Coffman, one of the earliest settlers of Ste. Genevieve County. Joseph and Emily Coffman located on a farm after their marriage, and there raised a family of six children, Louisa B. being the fourth. He died in 1875, and his wife in December, 1886.

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