Husband Jefferson L. Brown 1 2
Born: 25 Jun 1834 - Fort Brewerton, Onondaga Co, NY 1 2
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Father: Rasselas Wilcox Brown (1809-1887) 3 4 5
Mother: Mary Porter Brownell (1815-Aft 1890) 4 6
Marriage: 1855 2
Wife Amanda H. Merriam 2 7
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Father: Noah Merriam ( - ) 7
Mother: Mary Ann [Unk] ( - ) 7
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1 F [Unk] Brown
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Spouse: Emmet G. Latta ( - ) 7
2 F Emma G. Brown 2 7
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3 M Frank Rasselas Brown 2 7
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General Notes: Husband - Jefferson L. Brown
He was born at Fort Brewerton, Onondaga County, New York, and came with his parents into McKean (later Elk) County, Pennsylvania, in March, 1838. His early life was spent on his father's farm, in Jones township. He was educated at the public schools near his home, and at the Smethport academy. At eighteen years of age he commenced the work of his profession-surveying-which he followed more or less for most of his life, and was engaged in several engineering enterprises. In the summer of 1855 Mr. Brown purchased the Elk County Advocate establishment, and published the paper about one year. Not finding the business either suited to his nature or profitable, he disposed of the plant in July, 1856, and returned to the work of his profession. In the autumn of 1860 he moved to Onondaga County, New York, and engaged in the pursuit of farming. He taught school at Cicero in the winter of 1860-61, and at Centreville in the winter of 1861-62. After selling his interest in the farm, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Regiment, New York Infantry, and served until the close of the Civil war. He took part in the movements of the Army of the Potomac, which began March 31, 1865, and closed with the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, April 9, the same year; and had the pleasure of seeing Genls. Grant and Lee riding in a carriage (of old Virginia style) together, on their way to Burkeville, Virginia, after the surrender. At the close of the war Mr. Brown returned to Elk County, Pennsylvania, where he then resided, having his home at Wilcox. In the autumn of 1868 he went into the employ of the Wilcox Tanning Company, and after April, 1870, had charge of, and an interest in, the large mercantile business of the tanning and lumber company, for ten years. In the political campaign of 1880 Mr. Brown was nominated a candidate for member of the assembly by the Democratic convention of Elk county, and, after a hotly-contested struggle, in which the disaffected Democrats united with the Republican and Greenback parties in a combination against him, he was elected by a good majority. He was re-elected in 1882, and served through the extra session of 1883. After retiring from the political field, Mr. Brown engaged in lumbering, and later in the banking business. He was a member of the Rasselas Lumber Company (whose plant was located on the old homestead), and at the head of a banking house in Wilcox, bearing his name.
He was master of Wilcox Lodge, No. 571, F. & A. M., of which he was a charter member. He was one of the elders of the Presbyterian Church at Wilcox, a member of the Hiram Warner Post, G. A. R., and of the Wilcox Division of the Sons of Temperance. [HMEF, 749]