Lorenzo Brown was born on February 2, 1823, in Ponifret, New York. His father joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1835 and in 1837 Joseph Smith briefly stayed with the Brown family. Lorenzo was baptized in 1838, and the following year moved with his family to Nauvoo, Illinois. While in Illinois Brown was a farmer, worked as a barge laborer, helped build the Nauvoo Temple, and served in the Nauvoo Legion. In 1846 he traveled to Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and finally to Utah with the 1848 Brigham Young Company. He worked as an army carpenter at Camp Floyd and as a lead miner before being called to settle the St. George stake in 1862. From 1875 to 1876 Brown served on a mission to Great Britain, arriving home in time to see the dedication of the St. George Temple in January 1877. Brown moved to Arizona in 1883 and died in Apache County on January 28, 1902.
From the description of Diary and autobiography of Lorenzo Brown, 1856-1899. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 697632688
