Sherman W. and Sarah (Park) Brown

One SAR application said Sherman was born 1-6-1864, died 12-20-1942, married Sarah Hoyt Park 10-8-1865-10-19-19489, married 3-9-1885.

When son Charles Rufus Brown registered, he said he was born July 29, 1889 at Sterling, Colorado.

Sherman cash-claimed a quarter in 18, 8N 48W in 1891.

Possibly the Sherman W. Brown in 1900 Caledonia County, Vermont, born Jan 1864 in New Hampshire, Sarah Oct 1865, Vermont, Rose A. Mar 1886 New Hampshire, Mary A. Aug 1887 Vermont, Charles R. July 1889 Colorado, Rachel A. Mar 1893 , Flora E. June 1895, Clarence H. Dec 1897, the last three born in Vermont. 

In 1910 Lincoln, Nebraska, a carpenter, 46, born in New Hampshire, married 25 years to Sarah, 44, Vermont, Mary A. 22 Vermont, Charles R. 20 Colorado, Rachal 17 Vermont, Flora E. 14, Vermont, Clarance H. 12 Vermont, and Horace 3, Nebraska.

In 1920 Sherman is back in Grafton County, New Hampshire, 54, divorced, a school janitor with 62-year-old Ella F. p\Perkins, single, and her son Robert J.21 a servant - with five boarders.

In 1930 he's in Collier County, Florida, widowed, a carpenter, one of seven boarders in a house.  He's in Los Angeles in 1940, living alone, a caretaker for a Moose Hall, and died in Los Angeles in Dec 20, 1942. -

Charles Rufus registered in Lincoln, wife and one child, a telephone switchman.

In 1920 Lancaster County, Nebraska, he's a switchboard installer, 30, with Vera 28 and Clinton 3.

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BUT in the Fleming cemetery

Brown,  Minnie Bell                                                             1872 - 1966
        Born:                   17 May 1972 in Schyler County, Missouri
        Died:                   4 Jul 1966 in Sterling, Logan Co., Colorado
        Parents:                Greenberry and Rachel Crabtree Mitchell
        Husband:                William Sherman Brown
        Married:                24 Aug 1856 in Lousia, Iowa
Children:       Alfred, Emery, Ella Wood, Ada Wood, Jennie, Chancy, Lionel
        Brothers:               Albert, George
        Sisters:                Phebe, Florence
        Lot:                    BK 7, north of West 6th Street

 
Brown,  William Sherman                                                          1865 - 1947
        Born:                   26 Jan 1865 in Iowa
        Died:                   30 Dec 1947
        Parents:                William M. and Sarah Harris Brown
        Wife:                   Minnie Bell Mitchell
        Married:                24 Aug 1856 in Lousia, Iowa
Children        Alfred, Emery, Ella Wood, Ada Wood, Jennie, Chancy, Lionel
        Brothers:               Curtis, Julious, Gilbert, James
        Sisters:                Lurie Robb, Mary, Dora
        Lot:                    BK 7, north of West 6th Street
 

So the land claim could be either one of these.