Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Brown, Edward C. 1846 - ************************************************ 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, 1:51 pm Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909) Brown, Edward C. Resides at Thermopolis, Wyo.; born October 26, 1846, Marion, Mich,; father, Joseph, and mother, Rosetta Warburton, were born in England. Married his wife, Catherine S., April 24, 1869; children: Willard J., Matilda B., Earl W., R. Emmett, Edward C, Charles E., Ernest A. Enlisted March 25, 1865, Marion, Mich., Company C, Third Michigan Volunteer Infantry; transferred to Company E, Third Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps; made Corporal September 1, 1865; Sergeant, January 1, 1866; overcome by heat at Victoria, Texas, September 13, 1865; discharged March 24, 1866, at Galveston, Texas. Settled in Waterman Township, O'Brien County, February, 1870, later living at Primghar and Sheldon. Member McKenzie Post No. 72, G. A. R., at Sheldon; A. F. & A. M.; Royal Arch Masons, and Commandery. Postmaster at Sheldon, and state Railroad Commissioner, serving three years. 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/brown67nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb