Obadiah Bruen Brown
Obadiah Bruen Brown (July 20, 1779 – May 2, 1852) was a
Early life
Obadiah Bruen Brown was born in
Ministry
Brown was invited to
Brown served as Chaplain of the House (1807–1809 and 1814–1815) and as Chaplain of the Senate (1809–1810).
At the encouragement of President James Monroe, Brown was among a group of Baptist leaders who created the Columbian College, which decades later became the George Washington University. On February 8, 1821, the college was formally chartered by Congress. The college property was in Obadiah Brown's name on the deed. He was the President of the college's board of trustees.[2]
Personal life
Brown married Elizabeth Jackson Reilly.[3] Their four children include Mary Elizabeth Brown, Dr. William Van Horne Brown and Thomas B. Brown.[4][2]
Brown died on May 2, 1852. For years, Washingtonians still thought of the sanctuary he had built for the second meetinghouse of the First Baptist Church as "Brown's Church"; when the congregation moved, it was renovated to become
References
- ^ a b "Obadiah B. Brown: A Neglected, Forgotten Baptist Hero", by Rev. John C. Hillhouse, Jr. 1993
- ^ a b Obadiah Bruen Brown Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University.
- ^ The Cuthberts: Barons of Castle Hill, and Their Descendants in the South, by Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch, p. 48
- ^ The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family, by Albert Gallatin Wheeler, p. 258
- ^ "Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D.C. (Reno Hill) - Lot 692" (PDF). oakhillcemeterydc.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-08-15.