James Buchanan Brawley and Maria Derrickson

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Husband James Buchanan Brawley ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Jul 1844 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 1
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           Died: May 1886 2
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         Father: Hon. J. Porter Brawley (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Isabella Hurst Brooks (      -      ) 2

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   Other Spouse: Fanny C. Ford (      -1872) 3 - 1870 3

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Wife Maria Derrickson ³

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         Father: Hon. David Derrickson (1798/1799-1884) 3 4
         Mother: Harriet Patch (      -      ) 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - James Buchanan Brawley

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He acquired his education at Meadville and in Allegheny College, from which he graduated in 1860. He accepted a clerkship in the Census Bureau, and was at Washington, D. C., till 1862; then returned to Meadville, Pennsylvania, and commenced the study of law in the office of Finney & Douglass, and was admitted to the bar in 1864. He began practice before the Crawford bar with Edward Wilson, and was associated with him for two years. In 1868 he became a partner with Judge David Derickson, on whom Allegheny College conferred the degree of LL. D. in 1884, and con-tinued to be associated with him until July, 1875, when Judge Derrickson withdrew from practice. J. B. Brawley was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Courts January 18, 1877. In 1880 he formed a co-partnership with John O. McClintock, with firm name of Brawley & McClintock. He was an adherent of the First Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member twenty-two years, and an Elder. He was a member of the General Assembly that met at Chicago, Illinois, in 1877; also of the National Democratic Convention, 1880. [HCC 1885, 716]

1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 716.

2 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 877.

3 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 717.

4 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 637.

5 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 305.