Brown, J.S.

BROWN, WYLIE

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1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP

Page 941

BROWN, J.S.--Farmer, section 2, P.O. Sheridan Centre. Was born in New York, August 16, 1820, and was there educated and raised to manhood. He attended Gaines' Academy, Oneida Collegiate Institute and the Collegiate Institute of Brockport, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania and remained there a short time, when he emigrated to Illinois, and from there to Wisconsin. From the time he quit attending school to the year 1852 was engaged in teaching school, and in 1852 he began the study of law in Portage county, Wisconsin, under Judge Strod. Was admitted to the bar in 1853, and followed that profession for seven years, with marked degree of success. He enlisted in the fall of 1864, in the Twenty-second Wisconsin. He was appointed general superintendent of the State Hospital at Madison, Wisconsin, which office he held until the close of the war. Was mustered out at Madison, Wisconsin, in May, 1865. He returned to Portage county, of the same State, and engaged in farming and stock-raising. Then moved to his present location where he owns a farm of 80 acres, good buildings, etc. He has been justice of tthe peace for thirteen years, which office he still holds. He was married April 6, 1844, to Miss Wylie, a native of Pennsylvania. Their family consists of four children: Milz B., Marian F., Lillie E. and Julia Etta. Mr. Brown is a man who takes a warm interest in the welfare of the county.