Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Brown, John A. 1836 - 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 15, 2006, 1:49 pm Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909) Brown, John A. Born April 5, 1836, at Corinth, Vt.; father, James (born May 20, 1871, Thornton, N. H.), mother, Emeline Slafter (born September 20, 1799, Norwich, Vt.). Married in 1874; children: Bertha Shipley, Allie Bingenheimer, Ernest. Enlisted August 19, 1862, Company M, Third Ohio Cavalry; First Sergeant; at Kenesaw Mountain sickness sent him to hospital and was there during most of his later service; discharged June 17, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn. Settled in the county in 1873, northeast 1/4 section 8, Floyd Township. Died September 27, 1886, and buried in Sheldon cemetery. Member Methodist Episcopal Church; A. F. & A. M.; McKenzie Post No. 72, G. A. R., Sheldon; Relief Corps at Sheldon. Additional Comments: Extracted from: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa COMPILED BY Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA 1909 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/obrien/bios/brown66nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb