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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.
