Birthplace: Brownville, Jefferson, NY, Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States
Death: Died December 6, 1892
Lysander H. BrownLysander H. Brown was born 20 Dec 1808 at Brownville, Jefferson Co, NY , son of Henry Brown. Henry Brown came to the Black River wilderness in May 1799 at the age of 14. His family and that of the late Major General Jacob Brown, emigrated together from near the city of Philadelphia, Bucks Co., PA. They journeyed principally by water, and landed on the banks of the Black River at the locality of th present village of Brownville. Both families traced their origins to the same English ancestry and were Quakers. After graduating from Union Academy in 1834, Lysander took charge of a high school in Champion. In 1838 he gave up his school and took up residence in Watertown, where he began the study of law. In Nov. 1842 he married Mary Ann Symonds, daughter of Israel Symonds, of Watertown; she died 5 December 1875. In Nov. 1844 he was elected a representative of the county in the State Assembly.
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