Investigation has shown that there was an 'Abram Brown' who settled in the “Town of Eldena” in 1849 on land belonging to the Illinois Central Railroad.

No other information is available, nor is it clear whether Abram Brown was one and the same man as in the Nursery Rhyme.

Old Abram Brown
Nursery Rhyme lyrics, origins and history

Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,
You'll never see him more;
He used to wear a long brown coat
That buttoned down before.

Old Abram Brown
Nursery Rhyme lyrics, origins and history