SAMUEL H. BROWNLEE

BROWNLEE, ROBERTSON, PEASE

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

CEDAR TOWNSHIP

BROWNLEE, SAMUEL H., farmer, Sec. 28 ; P. O. Big Mound ; son of Samuel and Catharine C. Brownlee, was born Sept. 3, 1854, in Washington Co., Penn.; his father died in June, 1854; he purchased the farm upon which Samuel H. now lives, some years before his death ; mother married Hon. James B. Pease Oct. 17, 1867 ; the following December, came to Van Buren Co., Iowa, where she still lives, and where he lived till his majority ; married Sadie Robertson May 11, 1876 she was born in Lee Co. July 19. 1856; have two children—Daisy and Hattie B. Mr. Brownlee purchased the interest of his mother, brother and sister, in the homestead of 320 acres, valued at $50 per acre, one of the best farms in the township. Mr. Brownlee is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Greenbacker.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879