Brownlee, Esther H (b. ABT 1842, d. ?)

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

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Independence, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Mission, Brown, Kansas

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

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Franklin, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Suez, Mercer, Illinois

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

Census: Date: 1920
Place: El Campo, Wharton, Texas

Census: Date: 1930
Place: El Campo, Wharton, Texas

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Ohio

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Washington, Morrow, Ohio

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Washington, Morrow, Ohio

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Grasshopper, Atchison, Kansas

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Suez, Mercer, Illinois

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Township 13 N 3 W, Mercer, Illinois

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Suez, Mercer, Illinois

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Spring Grove, Warren, Illinois

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Granada, Nemaha, Kansas

Census: Date: 1860
Place: West Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1870
Place: West Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Hopewell, Washington, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Township 13 N R 2 W, Mercer, Illinois

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Township 13 N 3 W, Mercer, Illinois

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Ohio Grove, Mercer, Illinois

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Ohio Grove, Mercer, Illinois

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Justice Precinct 8, Wharton, Texas

Census: Date: 1920
Place: El Campo, Wharton, Texas

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

Census: Date: 1850
Place: District 44, Ohio, Virginia

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Tully, Marion, Ohio

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Tully, Marion, Ohio

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Washington, Morrow, Ohio

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Cold Spring, Shelby, Illinois

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Cold Spring, Shelby, Illinois

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Benton, Polk, Missouri

Note: James Brownlee was born January 4, 1745, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, and after coming to America learned the trade of a millwright, which be followed for several years in eastern Pennsylvania, they settled on a farm in Canton township, Washington county, where the remainder of his life was passed. In early manhood he was united in marriage with Jane Leman, a member of a pioneer family of Washington county, who had emigrated from Ireland. The following children were born to their union: John, born October 15, 1777; Archibald, born February 28, 1779; James, born September 27, 1780; Hugh, born July 23, 1782; Elizabeth (Mrs. David Brownlee), born May 17, 1784; William, born January 13, 178B; Thomas, born December 1, 1787; Samuel born August 9, 1789; Joseph, born August 8, 1791; Jane (wife of Kenneth McCoy), born April 20, 1793; and David, born April 8, 1797.

The home of Mr. Brownlee was situated two miles west of Washington borough. He was a member of and ruling elder in the Seceder church at North Buffalo. In politics he was a Whig. He died in 1822, and was buried in the North Buffalo cemetery.

James Brownlee emigrated to this country from Scotland, and settled east of the mountains in Pennsylvania. He was a millwright by trade, and came to this county with several others. After staying through the winter they returned to the East, concluding that they were too far beyond the bounds of civilization. He returned a year or two later, and purchased land near Sugar Hill of Hugh Wiley on the 2d of January, 1792. He married Jane, a daughter of John Leman, and settled on the farm, where they raised a large family of children, many of whom settled in the township and county. The old homestead has been in the family many years, and occupied until recently by the heirs of Samuel Brownlee.