Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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James McCloud Brown




Husband James McCloud Brown 1

           Born: 2 Mar 1846 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Brown (Abt 1804-1879) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Maria Beattie (Abt 1806-1849) 4





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General Notes: Husband - James McCloud Brown


He attended the public schools during the winter months, and was apprenticed to William Nicholson to learn the trade of carpenter. After serving his time and mastering the building business, he became a contractor and carried on a successful business for twenty-five years. In 1901 he withdrew from that line of industry and opened a store in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, for the sale of shoes, clothing, etc. He was a member of the church of his fathers, the Reformed Presbyterian or Covenanter church.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 139.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 169.

3 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 396.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 738.


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