18歳の時に、心ある人々が彼女をニューヨークのクラバラックの学校に送り、そこで彼女は読み書きを覚え、キリストを信じた。1805年に、ペンキ職人だったTimothy H. Brownと結婚し、コネチカット州のウィンザー、エリントン、マサチューセッツ州マンソン、イリノイ州マーシャルに移り住んだ。
賛美歌のほとんどはマサチューセッツ州マンソンで書かれた。貧困と試練の人生を通過した彼女は、献身的な母親、妻、そしてクリスチャンであった。息子のSamuel R. Brownはアメリカ人初の日本への宣教師となり、二人の孫もその後を継いだ。
参考資料: Brown (Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth、『The Story of the Hymns and Tunes』、New York: American Tract Society, 1906)、pp. 229-30 Hatfield (Edwin F. Hatfield、『The Poets of the Church』、New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1884)、pp. 98-101 Hughes (Charles William Hughes、『American Hymns Old and New: Notes on the Hymns and Biographies of the Authors and Composers』、New York: Columbia University Press, 1980)、pp. 327-28 Julian (John Julian、『Dictionary of Hymnology, second edition』、London: J. Murray, 1907)、p. 185 Nutter (Charles S. Nutter & Wilbur F. Tillett、『The Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church』、New York: Methodist Book Concern, 1911)、p. 395 Robinson (Charles Seymour Robinson、『Annotations upon Popular Hymns』、New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1893)、p. 50 Smith (Nicholas Smith、『Songs from the Hearts of Women』、Chicago, Illinois: A. C. McClurg, 1903)、pp. 37-40
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