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Clifford Henry "C.H." Brown was possibly introduced to the Brethren thru his wife Bertha M. Owen, who was born in Neodesha, Wilson, [[Kansas]] where there was an exclusive brethren meeting in a home. See [[Neodesha Meeting Room, KS]]. He was in fellowship with the [[Des Moines Meeting Room, IA|Des Moines Meeting Room]] (TW) from at least 1911 until 1961 when they moved to [[California]] where they would remain for the duration of their lives.

C.H. was born in 1884 in a home on Main St. & Brown St. in Runnells, Polk, [[Iowa]] to John Wilber Brown (b. 1859 - d. 1906 Vandalia, Jasper, IA) and Rua Elizabeth Means Brown (b. 1862 - d. 1905 Vandalia, IA). His parents are buried in the Runnell cemetery. In 1910, he was serving on the faculty at [https://east.dmschools.org/ East High School] in Des Moines. He was offered a teaching position at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinnell_College Grinnell College] but he declined in favor of entry into full-time work for the Lord, which he did for over sixty years.

In June of 1910, C.H. married Bertha M. Owen. Bertha was born in 1885 in Neodesha, Wilson, [[Kansas]], the daughter of William Thomas Owen (b. 1861 Diffies, Montgomery, [[North Carolina|N.C.]]) who died when Bertha was two, in 1887, in Neodesha. Bertha's mother was Harriet "Hattie" Brigham Owen (b. 1861 IL). Her father was a son of Kaiser M. Owen (b. 1825 N.C. - d. 1909 Los Angeles, CA) & Mary Williams Owen (d. 1889 Neodesha, KS). It may be noted that the Brigham family was living in Neodesha, KS by 1875.

C.H. and Bertha adopted Daniel Wiebe by 1920, he was born in [[Kansas]] in 1917, and died in San Diego, [[California]] in 1989. His name was eventually changed to Daniel Wiebe Brown, and he served in the U.S. Army during WWII. His wife's name was Jan M. Brown, and in the 1970's, he was working as a medical technician in San Diego for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Permanente Kaiser Permanents Med Care ProgramPermanente Medical Group], which is today one of the largest non-profit healthcare plans in the world.

On January 26, 1958, the occasion of Henry Short's 23rd birthday, C.H. led Henry to Christ, and discipled him until November of 1961 when Henry married Agnes Roossinck, and C.H. relocated to [[California]]. Agnes relates that nobody could spell or pronounce her old last name, so Henry helped her name became more Short.