BROWNLEE, Robert

BROWNLEE

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/30/2021 at 20:55:57

Robert Brownlee

Robert Brownlee, of Battle township, Ida County, Iowa, post-office, Cushing, is one of the intelligent, enterprising and successful farmers of the county, and has resided here since 1880. Like many of the prominent and substantial men of our county Mr. Brownlee claims the north of Ireland for his native place. He was born in county Antrim, December 25, 1846, son of James and Sarah (Dunseeth) Brownlee, natives also of that county. His father is deceased, and his mother is still living in county Antrim. Robert was reared on the farm, and brought up in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, of which his parents were members. In March, 1869, Mr. Brownlee came to America and located in Jackson County, Iowa. In 1880 he came to Ida County and two years later located on wild land, where he now lives. This land, 240 acres in section 27, he has developed into a fine farm. His house is 16 x 24 feet, with an L, 16 x 18 feet, and is a story and a half. Near by is a fine grove and orchard of ten acres—the best in the township. He has a barn, 28 x 36 feet, a granary, yards, stables, feed lots, stock scales, and everything conveniently arranged for successful carrying on general farming and stock-raising. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Brownlee was married in his native land to Miss Jennie Graham, a native of county Antrim, and a daughter of George and Naney (Flack) Graham. Her father was a Lutheran and her mother is a Presbyterian. Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee have eleven children, as follows: Lizzie, wife of C. B. Daniels, of Cushing, has two children, Glen and Blanche; Sarah J., wife of John Pattison, of Battle township, has two children, Pearl and Roy; Aggie; Emma P., a successful and popular teacher of Ida county; Ida, Robert J., George A., Walter A., Nellie Irene, Harry, and Edith. Mrs. Brownlee and eldest daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Both socially and financially the family rank with the first people of the county. Mr. Brownlee is a Republican.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.532