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Brown, Jeremiah – Brown, John Jackson

Brown, Jeremiah

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1776, in Pennsylvania. He served in the legislature of that state, and as a member of one or two state conventions. He was the first associate judge elected by the people, and was a representative in congress, from Pennsylvania, from 1841 to 1845. He died March 2, 1848, in Lancaster, Pa.

Brown, Jesse Hunter

journalist, author, was born Aug. 31, 1861, in Hiram, Ohio. He received his education at Hiram college. He has been the editor of several publications, and is the author of Norman McDonald; A Woman's Doing; Roderick Wayne; The Ironclad Pledge; and Runaway.

Brown, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1809 to 1810.

Brown, John

congressman, was born in Mifflin county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1821 to 1825.

Brown, John

congressman, was born Jan. 27, 1736, in Providence, R. I. He was one of the men who captured the Gaspee in Providence river, in 1772. He took an active part in the revolution, and was an ardent friend of the constitution.

He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1799 to 1801. He died Sept. 20, 1803.

Brown, John

soldier, was born Oct. 19, 1744, in Sandisfield, Mass. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the revolutionary war. He was killed in battle Oct. 19, 1780, near the Mohawk river.

Brown, John

clergyman, college president, was born June 15, 1763, in Ireland. In 1779 he joined the revolutionary army as a volunteer and fought under General Sumter. In 1809 he was elected professor of logic and moral philosophy in the university of South Carolina. In 1811 he became president of the university of Georgia. He died Dec. 11, 1842, in Fort Gaines, Ga.

Brown, John Alexander

banker, was born May 21, 1788. He was elected a director of the old United States bank under the presidency of Nicholas Biddle.

He acquired a large fortune, and gave more than $500,000 to benevolent objects.

The Presbyterian hospital of Philadelphia received a donation of $300,000. He died Dec. 31, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Brown, John Brewer

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born May 13, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected to the state house of delegates in 1870; was elected to the state senate in 1887 and served three terms. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat to fill a vacancy.

Brown, John Bundy

banker, state senator, was born May 31, 1805, in Maine.

He was president of the Portland Savings bank. The board of trade made Mr. Brown its first president; and he was president of Maine General hospital. He was prominent in the organization of the republican party in Maine, and was elected to the Maine senate in 1856 and a presidential elector in 1860. He died Jan. 10, 1881, in Portland, Maine.

Brown, John Hamilton

inventor, was born July 28, 1837, in Liberty, Maine.

In 1875 he conceived the idea of the segmental tube wire-wound gun, and since 1886 he has given his entire time to the perfecting of the wire gun, which has been generally introduced in America and Europe.

Brown, John Jackson

educator, journalist, was born Feb. 7, 1820, in Amenia, N. Y. In 1865 he accepted the chair of natural science in the Falley seminary at Fulton, N. Y.; in 1870 was elected to the chair of chemistry and industrial mechanics in Cornell university; for five years was editor of the Humphrey Journal of Photography; and for eleven years editor of the scientific department of the Northern Christian Advocate. He died Aug. 15, 1891, in Syracuse, N. Y.