Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

Thousands of short American lives — soldiers, inventors, preachers, governors, novelists — each given a paragraph: born where, did what, and why anyone remembered.

HomeB › Brown, Isaac Van Arsdale

Brown, Isaac Van Arsdale

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 4, 1784, in Somerset county, N. J. Among his publications are "Life of Robert Finley, D. D.; The Unity of the Human Race; and also a Historical Vindication of the Abrogation of the Plan of Union by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. He was one of the founders of the American Colonization society, and worked for its advancement, and was one of the original members of the American Bible society. He died April 19, 1861, in Trenton, N. J.

← Brown, Henry CorbesBrown, James (Lawyer jurist United States) →