Browne, Samuel J
clergyman, philanthropist, was born March 19, 1788, in England. He became a minister of the United Brethren, but parted with them on the question of secret societies, and joined the presbytery of Cincinnati about 1868. He accumulated a large fortune by the rise of real estate in that city, and bequeathed $150,- 000 for the establishment of a university to bear his name, also land whereon to erect the building, and an endowment for professorships. He left other sums for the building of a church and for the establishment of a free school in Cincinnati. He died Sept. 10, 1872, in Harrison Junction, Ohio.