Bios: JAMES P. BROWN: Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

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  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens
  Lawrence County Pennsylvania
  Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo, N.Y., 1897
  
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    JAMES P. BROWN,
    
    [p. 366] an affluent and influential farmer of Pulaski, Lawrence Co., Pa.,
  was born in the above township, June 25, 1826. His father, James Brown, came
  from Mercer County, and his mother, who was Elizabeth Malone before her
  marriage, came from the eastern part of the State. The Brown family are
  Pennsylvanians from away back. John Brown, the grandfather, came from east of
  the mountains toward the close of the last century, and preempted 500 acres of
  land, which he found as nature left it, a wilderness of forest; in the first
  year he cleared a part of this tract, and dressed the soil for the reception
  of the seed for the new crop. Thereafter from year to year he employed his
  spare time in felling the forest trees, and performing such other labor as
  was necessary to put his farm in first-class condition. He was a man of some
  importance in his time, and served in the War of the Revolution, possessing a
  captain's commission at its close. He became the head of a family, and his
  wife brought into the world: Joseph; Jehu; James; William; and John. The
  family held liberal views on religious subjects.
    
    James Brown, the father of James P., the present representative of that
  name, enlisted in the War of 1812, when his school-days were scarcely over
  and served until the war was over as a private. When he had received his
  honorable discharge, he labored for a while in Ohio and then bought the farm
  in Pulaski township that is now the property of his son. At that time the
  land was a part of Mercer County. By thrift and good management, he laid by
  property, and gave to his surroundings an air of prosperity that led him to
  be accounted one of the best agriculturists in the community. He wedded
  Elizabeth Malone, and their only child was James P., whose name figures as
  the heading of this article. Politically, our subject's father was a
  Democrat. He obeyed the summons of death before he reached middle life, at
  the age of thirty- five, in 1826.
    
    James P. Brown was given an ordinary schooling in the district school, and
  after serving a full apprenticeship at the carpenter's and joiner's trade,
  worked at his trade in Ohio, and then came to Lawrence County, where he had
  considerable employment as a builder; he was considered a skillful workman,
  and ranked among the best artisans in wood in Western Pennsylvania. He is an
  uncompromising, loyal Republican, and has been a school director, although he
  has not aimed at office-holding. In 1851 were celebrated the nuptials of James
  P. Brown and Lorena W. Corning, daughter of S. L. Corning of Hartford, Conn.
  She was born in Brookfield, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and has borne Mr. Brown a
  family of five sons: Carson C.; Frank N.; Wells A.; Dawson A.; and James
  Alpheus. The eldest son, Carson C., wedded Margaret Judy of Pulaski, and they
  have two childrenJ. Burton and Charles A. Frank N., the second son, was a
  promising young lawyer of New Castle, who died in 1893 at thirty-five years
  of age, after a successful practice of four years succeeding his admission to
  the bar. Wells A. married Lottie Browlee of New Bradford, Pa., and they have
  two children livingStewart and Ronald. Dawson A. was united in the bonds of
  matrimony with Daisy Shields of New Bradford. James Alpheus, the youngest
  son, chose Grace Johns for his wife, and lives in Pulaski; one son, James
  Russell, has blessed their marriage.
    
    In religious belief, Mr. Brown holds liberal views, and Mrs. Brown is a
  member of the Disciples Church of Pulaski. Mr. Brown is one of the foremost
  farmers of Pulaski township, and has an unlimited amount of farm lore, which
  is the result of his long experience. He is a good, substantial citizen,
  interested in the welfare and growth of the county, and merits the
  recognition that is accorded by the best citizens to his worth.