Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Brown, J. Merrick
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


J. MERRICK BROWN passenger agent, P.O. Bristol, was born in 
Bristol, April 1, 1827, and is a son of John T. and Susanna 
(Fouzer) Brown, natives of Bucks county.  His father was a 
prominent man and served as deputy sheriff of this county at 
one time.  He was agent for the Camden and Amboy railroad 
and steamboat line.  He died in 1849, aged fifty years.  He 
had nine children, of whom J. Merrick was the third.  He was 
reared in Bristol, receiving his education in the public 
schools.  He has been agent for the Camden & Amboy and 
Pennsylvania railroad company since 1847, and is one of the 
oldest agents in the company's employ.  He learned 
telegraphy, and was manager of the Western Union Telegraph 
company here from 1861 to 1882.  He is also express agent 
and served all this while as passenger agent.  In 1849 he 
married Sarah Stocks.  They are the parents of four 
children:  Clara, wife of G. W. Waite, train-master on the 
Pennsylvania railroad; Anna A., died January 22, 1886; 
Mattie S. and Lizzie G.  Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of 
the M. E. church, and he has been superintendent of the 
Sabbath school for twenty-four years.  He is a member of the 
Masonic fraternity and the I. O. O. F.  In politics he is a 
republican.