Bios: JOHN H. BROWNLEE, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      JOHN H. BROWNLEE,
  
  [p. 868] for many years a well-known resident and prosperous farmer of
  Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, was born in Mahoning
  County, Ohio, November 17, 1845, and is a son of John and Dorcas
  (Gamble) Brownlee.
  
  Mr. Brownlee was reared in Coitsville Township, of his native county,
  and received his intellectual training in the public schools. He took to
  agricultural pursuits, and early in life moved to Pulaski Township,
  where he became the owner of a fine farm of eighty acres, all under a
  high state of cultivation and well improved. A man of estimable
  qualities, he won a high place in the regard of his fellow-citizens.
  
  On January 13,1876, Mr. Brownlee was united in marriage with Miss
  Merthyne S. Gealy, who was born in Lawrence County Pennsylvania, on
  November 26, 1849, and received a superior educational training in the
  public schools of Pulaski Township, and in Westminster College at New
  Wilmington. She is a daughter of William and Sarah (Harris) Gealy, and a
  granddaughter of William Gealy, Sr., who was born in Ireland, and became
  one of the pioneer settlers of North Beaver Township, Lawrence County,
  Pennsylvania. William Gealy Jr., was born in North Beaver Township,
  Lawrence County, and his wife in Mahoning County, Ohio. Of the children
  born to them, the following survive: Merthyne S. (Brownlee); John H., of
  Little Beaver Township; Esther, a teacher in the schools of Sharon, Pa.;
  Phoebe, wife of S. H. Ferree, of Coraopolis, Pa.; Barney T., of Little
  Beaver Township; George M. of Zanesville, Ohio; and Sarah E., wife of
  David McClenahan, of Pulaski township. Prior to her marriage, Mrs.
  Brownlee was an instructor in the public schools of Pulaski Township,
  and met with much success in that vocation. In her married life, she has
  proved a loving wife and true helpmeet, and believing "every cloud has a
  silver lining," has borne the sorrows of life with Christian fortitude,
  and looked beyond to the brighter things. Religiously, she is a member
  of the Presbyterian Church of New Bedford. Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee are
  parents of four children, namely: Harvey G., of Pulaski Township, a
  locomotive engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad; Roy G., of Pulaski
  Township; Sarah D., who lives at home; and Merthyne H., deceased.
  Politically, Mr. Brownlee has always been a Democrat.
  
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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: 17 Jan 2002