George Brown b.1800

BROWN, WARMOTH

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 1/20/2017 at 21:52:00

GEORGE BROWN, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Rickardsville; he was born Oct. 9, 1800 in the county of Durham, England; in 1828, he came to Pennsylvania; in 1833 he came to Dubuque Co,. where he has since lived, and is one of the first settlers of the county, and raised the first apples in the State; he attended the first religious meeting held in Dubuque, which was in 1834, in a room over a saloon kept by a Frenchman named Nado; he owned about 186 acres of land, and has been engaged considerably in lead mining. He married Miss Mary Warmoth in 1827; she was born in 1806; died in February 1866; they had three children (two living): Joseph and Parker; Nicholas enlisted in 1862, 21st I.V.I., and served to the end of the war; he died in 1875, from a disease contracted in the army.

"The History of Dubuque County" http://members.tripod.com/~Doreen_3/DBBIOAB.htm