Armstead C. Brown
Armstead, Armisted, Armistead C. or A. C. Brown (January 10, 1816 – December 17, 1902) was an
Background
Brown was born in St. Charles County, Missouri, on January 10, 1816, one of the four sons and two daughters of Thomas Brown (a cabinetmaker and farmer) and Mary Elizabeth (Ribolt) Brown. In 1820, the family moved to Illinois, where the father died. His mother afterward married again, and died in 1830. Brown received a rudimentary education in his youth while working on the family farm. In 1832 he moved to Wisconsin, where he worked in lead mining, and served in the Black Hawk War as a member of the territorial militia.[2] He studied law on his own, and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar. On February 26, 1837, he married Phillippia Williams.[2]
Public life in Wisconsin
In 1844 Brown was one of the leaders in
.Off to California
In 1849 Brown crossed the
Brown took up residence in Jackson in Amador County in 1851, and became a merchant, bringing his goods by team over the mountains from the coast, and a landlord. He resumed the practice of law.
Public life in California
With the dissolution of the Whigs, Brown affiliated with the Democratic Party. He was elected to three terms as a Union Party member of the California State Assembly: 9-5-1865, 1-26-1866 and 11-3-186.[6] At the end of his third term he chose not to seek re-election[citation needed] and declined any further runs for legislative office, instead returning to his law practice in Jackson.
In 1876 Brown was elected the
Later years
Phillippia died in April 1896.[2] Brown retired from practice in 1897, having made extensive investments in local real estate, to the management of which he devoted his time well into the subsequent century.[7]
He died on December 17, 1902.[2][8]
The 15-room
References
- ^ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 34 Archived December 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f "Amador's Oldest Pioneer Dead. Judge A. C. Brown Passes to the Great Majority". cdnc.ucr.edu. Amador Ledger. December 19, 1902. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ "A. C. Brown" JoinCalifornia: Election History for the State of California joincalifornia.com
- ^ "Armstead C. Brown", in, A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern California, Including Biographies of Many of Those who have Passed Away Chicago: Standard Genealogical Publishing Co., 1901; pp. 111-113
- ^ "Superior Court" Amador Ledger February 6, 1903; p. 3, col. 4
- ^ "Amador County Museum" Amador County Historical Society website