Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Brown, William H. 1842 - ************************************************ 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, 1:53 pm Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909) Brown, William H. Resides at Primghar; born July 12, 1842, Ross County, Ohio; father, Samuel Brown (born March 10, 1811, in Virginia), mother, Margaret Clark (born 1811, Pennsylvania). Married to Anna Robinson July 16, 1874; children: Frances, Samuel L., Hugh E., Alice, Edith, Clara, Will R. Enlisted August 7, 1862, and re-enlisted December 13, 1863, Company H, Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Fourth Brigade, Second Division, Nineteenth Army Corps; under General Banks up Red River; at Mansfield, Moss Lane, Pleasant Hill; crippled in the right knee; under General Sheridan at Winchester, Opecon, Cedar Creek, and Fisher Hill; discharged July 17, 1865, Savannah, Ga. Settled in O'Brien County, homesteading southwest 1/4 section 8, Center Township, in April, 1871, living there thirty-three years and nine months, since which time he has lived in Primghar. Member A. F. & A. M. since 1868; G. A. R. Post at Sanborn. 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/brown68nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb