BIOGRAPHY: Daniel T. Brown, M.D.; Hamptonburg, Orange co., New York

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Portrait and Biographical Record of Rockland and Orange Counties New York
Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens of the Counties.
Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United
States.
New York and Chicago; Chapman Publishing Co., 1895

DANIEL T. BROWN, M. D., for many years one of the leading and enterprising
farmers of Orange County, is now living on a fine estate in the town of
Hamptonburg. He was born in Dutchess County, this state, February 26, 1820,
and is the son of Benjamin Brown, whose birth occurred on Long Island,
November 30, 1780. The latter was of Welsh descent, and when ready to
establish a home of his own married Miss Hannah L. Field.

The parental family included eight children, namely: Mary T. and Cromlin,
deceased; Henry F., living in Montgomery; Francis H., deceased; Daniel T., of
this sketch; Sarah J., the wife of John W. Moberly, residing in Ulster County;
Mrs. Palmer, also a resident of that county; and Hannah H., the wife of Edward
W. Walker, of Goshen, Ind.

The subject of this sketch was born in the village of Fishkill, and was two
years of age at the time his parents came to Orange County. They located in
what is now the town of Hamptonburg, where the father purchased a tract of two
hundred and thirteen acres, on which he made his home until his decease, May
24, 1854. His wife survived him until September 23, 1869, when she, too,
passed away. The property which the father purchased is now the home of our
subject. Here he grew to mature years and here has lived ever since.

Mr. Brown and Miss Lucretia S. Weed were united in marriage February 26, 1851.
The five children born to them were, respectively: Lewis T., a resident of
Duluth, Minn.; Hannah H., deceased; Linus W., who resides in New Orleans,
where he is City Surveyor; Mary H., deceased; and U. S. Grant, at home with
his father. Thewife and mother died February 6, 1875, and three years later
Mr. Brown chose for his second companion Mrs. Phebe S. (Brown) Smith, the
widow of Harvey H. Smith.

When eighteen years of age, our subject entered the University of New York,
from which he was graduated in 1841. He then became a student in the
University Medical College of New York City, from which he received his
diploma two years later. When thoroughly fitted for the practice of his
profession, he returned to the home farm and has resided here ever since. He
carries on general farming and dairying, and has met with success in every
venture. For the past twenty years he has held the honored office of Justice
of the Peace, and is well and favorably known to the residents of this
locality. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, with which he
has been associated as Trustee for many years. The Doctor is prominent in
local affairs and never lets an opportunity pass for casting a vote in favor
of Democratic candidates.