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       GEORGE D. BROWN,
   
   George D. Brown[p. 534] who bears an honorable record for service in the
   Union Army during the Civil War, is a prosperous farmer of Pulaski
   Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He was born in Mahoning
   Township, Lawrence County, January 3, 1842, and is a son of Joseph and
   Mary J. (Davidson) Brown, his father being a native of Lawrence County,
   and his mother of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Joseph Brown, Sr.,
   grandfather of the subject of this sketch, originally came from
   Virginia, and was an early settler in Mahoning Township, Lawrence
   County, Pennsylvania, where he spent the latter years of his life.
   
   Joseph Brown, father of George D., spent most of his life in Lawrence
   County. He was reared in Mahoning Township and there attended the
   primitive schools of that period. During the early years of his business
   career he followed the trade of a stonemason and bricklayer, but
   subsequent to his marriage always engaged in farming. He lived in
   Mahoning Township until 1842, in which year he moved with his family to
   Pulaski Township, where he continued to reside until his death in 1867.
   He was a good substantial citizen and had a wide acquaintance and many
   friends in the county. He married Mary J. Davidson, and the following
   children of their union are living: Jane A., widow of John Clark, of
   Pulaski Township; George D., whose name heads this record; Samuel M., of
   North Beaver Township, Lawrence County; Rebecca E., widow of E. M. C.
   Stevenson of Pulaski Township; Mary E., of New Bedford; and Emma B.,
   also of New Bedford. After his removel to Pulaski Township, Joseph Brown
   was frequently called upon to serve the community in official capacity,
   which he did with marked efficiency.
   
   George D. Brown attended the public schools of his native township, and
   spent his youthful days in work upon the farm. In August, 1862, he
   enlisted for nine months' service as a member of Company D, One Hundred
   and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which formed a part
   of the Army of the Potomac. He served somewhat over his enlistment, and
   after his discharge re-enlisted as a member of Company M, Sixth Heavy
   Artillery, Pennsylvania Volunteers, in which he served until the close
   of the war. He participated in numerous important engagements of the
   war, among them the battle of Fredericksburg. He was honorably
   discharged in June, 1865, and returned to Pulaski Township, where he
   resumed farming operations. A man of energy, enterprise and exceptional
   business ability, he has succeeded beyond the average. Mr. Brown was
   united in marriage with Miss Apalina D. Fostnot, a native of Columbiana
   County, Ohio, and a daughter of Daniel Fostnot, who spent the declining
   years of his life at Alliance, Ohio, where he died. Our subject and his
   wife became parents of the following children: Harry D., of Pulaski
   Township; Birdilla B., wife of William Barrett, of Warren County,
   Pennsylvania; Jessie B., wife of William Book, of Pulaski; Mary J., wife
   of F. L. Smith, of Erie County, New York; and George, deceased.
   Politically, Mr. Brown is a Republican, and has served his township as
   school director and road supervisor. He is a member of the Post No. 100,
   G.A.R., at New Castle.
   
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   20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
   Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
   Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
   
   Updated: 5 Nov 2001