BROWN, MAJOR EDWARD P., born Feb. 8, 1840, was son of Dea. E. A. and Charlotte W. (Peck) Brown. He prepared for college at the Rehoboth High School, Thetford Academy, Vt., and the University Grammar School of Providence, R.l. Entered Brown University in 1859; enlisted Aug. 31, 1862, with commission of 2d Lieut. in Co. I, 4th R.I. regiment; later promoted to lst l.Lieut., to Captain, and to rank of Major by brevet, for gaHant conduct in battle. Returned in 1865, finished his course at Brown, graduating in 1867; graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1869; began the practice of law at North Attleborough, Mass., and removed to Boston in 1870; for three years was chosen member of the General Court from Boston; conducted the noted case of Gen. B. F. Butler, then Governor of Massachusetts, vs. the managers of the Tewksbury alms-house, and won the verdict of aquittal on the charges made by the Governor. He became a well-known lawyer in Boston, and later practiced law in New York.
Major Brown married first Miss Emma I. Clapp, of Boston, in 1866, by whom he had three children, Edith, Ethel and Harold. Mrs. Brown died in 1888. He married for his second wife, April 1892, Elizabeth E. Hough of New York, who survives him. He died July 26, 1909, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, N.Y., where a fine monument marks his resting-place.
Source: A History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts: Its History for 275 Years, 1643-1918 ... page 334.
Major Brown married first Miss Emma I. Clapp, of Boston, in 1866, by whom he had three children, Edith, Ethel and Harold. Mrs. Brown died in 1888. He married for his second wife, April 1892, Elizabeth E. Hough of New York, who survives him. He died July 26, 1909, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, N.Y., where a fine monument marks his resting-place.
Source: A History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts: Its History for 275 Years, 1643-1918 ... page 334.
BROWN, MAJOR EDWARD P., born Feb. 8, 1840, was son of Dea. E. A. and Charlotte W. (Peck) Brown. He prepared for college at the Rehoboth High School, Thetford Academy, Vt., and the University Grammar School of Providence, R.l. Entered Brown University in 1859; enlisted Aug. 31, 1862, with commission of 2d Lieut. in Co. I, 4th R.I. regiment; later promoted to lst l.Lieut., to Captain, and to rank of Major by brevet, for gaHant conduct in battle. Returned in 1865, finished his course at Brown, graduating in 1867; graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1869; began the practice of law at North Attleborough, Mass., and removed to Boston in 1870; for three years was chosen member of the General Court from Boston; conducted the noted case of Gen. B. F. Butler, then Governor of Massachusetts, vs. the managers of the Tewksbury alms-house, and won the verdict of aquittal on the charges made by the Governor. He became a well-known lawyer in Boston, and later practiced law in New York.
Major Brown married first Miss Emma I. Clapp, of Boston, in 1866, by whom he had three children, Edith, Ethel and Harold. Mrs. Brown died in 1888. He married for his second wife, April 1892, Elizabeth E. Hough of New York, who survives him. He died July 26, 1909, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, N.Y., where a fine monument marks his resting-place.
Source: A History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts: Its History for 275 Years, 1643-1918 ... page 334.
Major Brown married first Miss Emma I. Clapp, of Boston, in 1866, by whom he had three children, Edith, Ethel and Harold. Mrs. Brown died in 1888. He married for his second wife, April 1892, Elizabeth E. Hough of New York, who survives him. He died July 26, 1909, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, N.Y., where a fine monument marks his resting-place.
Source: A History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts: Its History for 275 Years, 1643-1918 ... page 334.
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