William M. Brown and Rosanna Love

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Husband William M. Brown ¹

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           Born: 12 Dec 1840 - Mill Creek Twp, Erie Co, PA 1
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         Father: Samuel M. Brown (1807-1863) 2
         Mother: Eve Stough (1811-Aft 1884) 2

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       Marriage: 23 Nov 1864 1

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Wife Rosanna Love ³

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         Father: Samuel Love (1798-1865) 4
         Mother: Rebecca J. Reed (1805-Aft 1884) 5

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - William M. Brown

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He received his education in Erie County, Pennsylvania, and followed agricultural pursuits till Aug., 1862, when he enlisted in Co. I, 145th Reg. P. V. I. serving at the front till July 2, 1863, when he was wounded in the right thigh at the battle of Gettysburg, and from its effects was unfitted for duty till some time the following fall. On Feb. 1, 1864, he received a commission in the Veteran Reserve Corps, and was ordered to Columbus, Ohio, where he was placed in military command of the U. S. Seminary Hospital; here he remained until the fall, when he returned home, and married. He was then ordered to Washington, D. C., on recruiting service, where he remained nearly 2 months; from thence to Elmira, New York, where he was assigned to duty in a prison camp. Here he and his wife remained till after the close of the war. In June, 1866, he was discharged from the U. S. service, and he retired to his farm in Mill Creek Township, and followed farming up to the spring of 1880, when he received a position as Superintendent of the Almshouse.

1 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 118.

2 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 117.

3 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 118, 125.

4 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), BS 125.

5 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), BS 121.