Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Brownfield, Francis Marion December 17, 1854 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 148
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Francis Marion Brownfield, a descendant of one of the 
old pioneer families of Fayette county, is a son of Elmer 
Brownfield and Mary Jane Douglas Brownfield, and was born in 
South Union township, Fayette county, Penna, December 17, 
1854.
    Charles Brownfield, great-great-grandfather, was born in 
Scotland and came to Winchester, Virginia, but soon after 
joined the pioneer stream emigration to the fertile lands of 
the Ohio Valley.  In 1760 he arrived in what is now South 
Union township, where he located on three hundred acres of 
land.  Warrant number 3456, dated June 14, 1769, was issued 
to him for this tract.  In 1783 Charles Brownfield sold this 
farm to his son, Benjamin Brownfield, and removed to the 
"Dark and Bloody" hunting grounds of Kentucky.
    Benjamin Brownfield, great grandfather, was one of 
Fayette county's centenarians.  He inherited the homestead 
farm on which he was born March 28, 1780, and died October 
7, 1880.  Colonel Brownfield, March, 1804, married Miss Ruth 
Sutton, born December 7, 1783.  He was a farmer and stock 
raiser, and a very successful businessman.  His real estate 
consisted of several hundred acres in Missouri, four hundred 
acres in Ohio and one thousand acres of coal land in Fayette 
county.  His mind was active up to the hour of his death.
    Elmer Brownfield, father, was born on the farm, June 27, 
1826.  He was educated in the subscription schools and 
afterwards engaged in farming. March 7, 1854, he married 
Miss Mary Jane Douglas, daughter of James Douglas.  He was a 
democrat, as was his father before him, and was a faithful 
member of the Baptist church at Uniontown.
    Francis Marion Brownfield was educated in the common 
schools.  Leaving school, he turned his attention to 
farming.  January 10, 1878, he married Miss Nancy H Thomas, 
born June 15, 1851.  She is a daughter of Thomas Thomas of 
South Union township.  They have two children: George W 
Brownfield, born November 21, 1878, and Bessie Ellen 
Brownfield, born August 26, 1881.
    Mr Brownfield is a conservative democrat.  He owns the 
home farm, which is well cultivated and very productive, and 
is underlaid with coal.  He is an unassuming but intelligent 
and prosperous farmer.  He is a member of the Patriotic 
Order of Sons of America, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows 
fraternities.  

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