Hon. William D. Brown

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Husband Hon. William D. Brown ¹

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           Born: 6 Sep 1823 - Sugar Grove, Warren Co, PA
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         Father: Hon. David Brown (1777-1824/1825) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jannett Broadfoot (1781-1841) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. William D. Brown

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After availing himself of such educational advantages as the public and private schools of Sugar Grove and the Warren Academy afforded, he studied law in the office of Johnson & Brown, and was admitted to practice December 8, 1847. In 1849 he was elected justice of the peace for the borough of Warren, but after a short time resigned. In the fall of 1850 he was elected district attorney for the county, and held the office for three years. In 1862 he served as commissioner for Warren county, to superintend the drafting of men for military service. He represented the county in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during the years 1863-64-65, and in the fall of 1880 was elected president judge of the thirty-seventh judicial dis­trict (composed of Warren and Forest counties), for the term expiring January 1, 1891. Judge Brown was a life-long resident of this his native county, his youthful days having been passed in Sugar Grove, and the remainder, after his admission to the bar, in the town of Warren. From 1851 to the time of his election as president judge he was actively and quite successfully engaged in the practice of his profession, and gained an enviable reputation as a jurist.

1 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg l.

2 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 443.

3 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 421, Bios xl, Bios l.

4 Editor, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 455.

5 Gilbert Adams Hays, Samuel Hays (Sewickley, PA: Self-published(?), 1928), Pg 22.