BROWN, Andrew H.

BROWN, HYDE, STREETER, MAYNES, UPTEGRAFT, KANE, GOODRICH, MAYNARD, EDDY, MASON, MARSH, SYLVESTER, COLLISTER

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Date: 1/19/2003 at 20:11:07

ANDREW H. BROWN. 

Andrew H. Brown, a retired farmer and highly respected citizen of Delmar, Iowa, was born on the 6th of September, 1829, in Chemung county, New York, four miles from the city of Elmira, and is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Hyde) Brown, who were also natives of that state. In 1855 the father brought his family to Iowa, traveling by train to Galena, Illinois, and from there to Jackson county, this state, by wagon. After spending one winter in Perry township, he removed to Clinton county, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of wild land in Bloomfield township, now owned by Anton McCoy, which he broke and improved, and to its cultivation devoted his attention for some years. He died July 14, 1874, aged sixty-eight years, his wife, March 7, 1882, aged seventy-three, and both were buried in the Maquoketa cemetery. Of the thirteen children born to them, only five are now living: Andrew H., our subject; David, a farmer of Mitchell, South Dakota; George, a farmer of Arkansas; Amelia, wife of E. Streeter, of Momence, Illinois; and Emma, wife of Emmett Maynes of Clinton.

The subject of this sketch acquired his education in the district schools of Chemung county, New York, and while there was engaged in the lumber business and also engaged in farming and in 1855 came with his parents to Iowa. He remained with his father until after the Civil war broke out, when he joined the boys in blue, enlisting July 29, 1861, for three years, in Company Am Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Dripps. With his regiment he took part in the battles of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, and Jackson, Mississippi, the siege of Vicksburg, the battles of Lookout Mountain, and the various minor engagements. While on a foraging expedition in Arkansas, he was injured, and was in the Overton hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, and from there was taken to a hospital in St. Louis. His term of enlistment having expired, he was honorably discharged at East Point, Georgia, September 24, 1864, and returned home. He lived with his father until the latter’s death, and continued on the homestead for some time thereafter. Sudsequently he spent two years in Maquoketa, and then came to Delmar, where he has since resided, owning a nice home at that place.

In 1857 Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Uptegraft, a native of Indiana, who died August 15, 1872, at the age of thirty-four years, and was buried in Maquoketa. The children born of this union were Mary, wife of John Kane, a resident of this county; Benjamin, a resident of Maquoketa; Julia, wife of Jamed Goodrich, of Chicago; Albert, a resident of Delmar; and Alice, twin sister of Alber and wife of Fred Maynard, of Wisconsin.

Mr. Brown was again married September 30, 1874, his second union being with Miss Harriet A. Eddy, a native of Wisconsin and a daughter of Thomas and Castary (Mason) Eddy. The father, who was a native of Ireland, died August 10, 1886, at the age of seventy-one years, and the mother, who was a native of New York departed this life May 6, 1881, at the age of fifty-six. Their children were William, a resident of Wisconsin; Harriet, wife of our subject; Eliza and Wilson, both residents of Wisconsin; Richard. Of Michigan; Sarah and Mary, of Wisconsin. By his second marriage Mr. Brown has three children: Edward, who resides in Delmar. Oscie married Vona Marsh, a daughter of D. C. and Amanda (Sylvester) Marsh, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Pennsylvania, and are now living in Chicago. Oscie makes his home with our subject in Delmar. Castary is the wife of Charles Collister, of Bloomfield township, this county.

Politically Mr. Brown is a stanch Republican, and has taken quite an active interest in local politics. He served as constable from 1865 to 1901, with the exception of two years spent in Maquoketa, and also filled the office of marshal for fifteen years. His official duties were always most capably and satisfactorily discharged, and in times of peace, as well as in those of war, he has always been found ready to perform any duty devolving upon him as a citizen.
Source: The 1901 Biographical Record of Clinton Co., Iowa, Illustrated published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901.