Lodrick Brown

Lodrick Brown is buried at the Perkins Cemetery in Erie County, Ohio. Mr. Brown was born on September 8, 1800 and he died on May 21, 1882. The United States Coast Guard's website pertaining to Lighthouses states that Lodavick Brown served as the Keeper of the Marblehead Lighthouse from 1849 to 1853.

A quick search on WorldConnect indicates that Lodavick Brown was the son in law of William Kelly, the builder of the Marblehead Lighthouse. Lodrick/Lodavick Brown was married to William's daughter Margaret. Cemetery records state that Mrs. Margaret Brown's death date was March 11, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Brown's daughter Eunice Brown Dewitt worked tirelessly on the home front during World War One. She knit over one hundred pairs of socks for the soldiers overseas.

The Marblehead Lighthouse, so closely connected to the Kelly and Brown families, still stands today as a beacon on the Great Lakes. Thousands of tourists visit the Lighthouse every year.

Elijah Brown, Civil War Veteran

Elijah Brown was one of the several Sandusky residents who enlisted in the Massachusetts 55th regiment in 1863. You can read about the African American men who wanted to enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War in the Sandusky Daily Commercial Register of June 6, 186, which was reprinted online. Most of the men from Sandusky who enlisted in the Massachusetts 55th Infantry served in Company I.

According to Elijah Brown's death certificate, available via Family Search Labs, he was born on December 13, 1844 to Bazil and Mary (Wilson) Brown. He lived at 916 Hancock Street in Sandusky, and his occupation was firefighter. Elijah Brown died on April 3, 1915, and was buried in Section 5 of Oakland Cemetery. A brief article about Sandusky's "Freedom Fighters" is found at the Sandusky History website.