Genealogy Data Page 850 (Notes Pages)

Genealogy Data Page 850 (Notes Pages)

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Brownlee, Ann (b. 1820, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Hopewell, Washington, Pennsylvania

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Brownlee, James Hamilton (b. 1822, d. 1894)

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Hopewell, Washington, Pennsylvania

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Brownlee, John Templeton (b. 1824, d. BET 1880 AND 1900)

Note: REV. JOHN T. BROWNLEE, D. D., a popular clergyman of Hopewell township, is descended from a race of hardy Scotch men, and traces his ancestry to one Archibald Brownlee, who was born and reared in the Valley of Clyde, and there married to a Miss Hamilton, Who bore him children as follows: James, William, John, Archibald, Thomas, Jane (Mrs. John Allison) and Hugh (who was drowned when he family were crossing the ocean). Archibald Brownlee immigrated with his family to America about 1765, first locating in Lancaster county, Penn., where they remained some time, and in 1775 purchased a farm in Canton township, Washington county, which became their permanent home.

Rev. John T. Brownlee was born April 24, 1821, in Independence township, this county, and received his earlier education at the subscription schools of the neighborhood. At the age of fifteen he entered Washington College, graduating in the year 1844, with the degree of B. A., and afterward receiving the degree of M. A. In 1845 he entered the theological seminary at Canonsburg, remaining four years, and then graduated. In 1849 he was licensed to preach, and after two years of missionary labor in the West and East was called to the Mt. Hope U. P. Church, where he has since remained. On May 3, 1853, he was united in marriage with Martha J., daughter of Benjamin B. Ashton, of Cambridge, N. Y., and their children are Mary E. (Mrs. W. C. McClellan), Sarah F., Jeanette L., Joseph (living in Omaha, Neb.), T. B. H., Jessie A., Charles A., Lydia J. (wife of Rev. William R. Wilson), Annie T. and John M. Politically, Mr. Brownlee was formerly a Whig, and since the organization of the party, has been a Republican.