Patriot Soldiers Buried in Iowa

Nathan Brown was born in 1762 at Salem, Westchester County, New York.  Brown was part of the standing militia called “Minute Men” and most of his 5 years service was in the state of New York.  He later moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and then to Kane County, Illinois.  His last move was to Iowa Territory in 1839 where his family settled near Springville in Linn County, Iowa.  Nathan died November 28, 1842, and was buried in Springville Cemetery east of Cedar Rapids on US Highway 151.