Samuel Jerome Brown was born on March 7, 1845, in Long Hollow, Roberts County, South Dakota, and died on August 29, 1925, in Browns Valley, Minnesota. He was called the "Paul Revere" of the northwestern frontier because of his intrepid exploit of April 19, 1866. He was known as a scholar and admired for his noble, kindhearted character. His pluck in the face of adversity upheld the renown of an illustrious ancestry. "Love for country and fellow men burns just as brightly now, as then."