As seen below, Elijah would have been keeping the nearby Clement House from approximately 1847 to 1849, based on Ellis' information. His brother Benjamin then took it over for a period followed by many others.
"The Clement House since known as the Shipley Hotel was erected by Enoch Wilson Clement in 1839. John Harvey Jr. did the stone work. Mr. Clement kept it five years at the expiration of which time it was sold to Col Benjamin Brownfield whose son, ELIJAH BROWNFIELD, kept it as a tavern two years. It then went into the following hands successively: Benjamin Brownfield Jr.; Archibald Skiles; John Worthington; John Wallace; Matthias Frey. Aaron Wyatt then bought the property and after keeping hotel one year sold it in 1858 to Samuel Shipley, who sold it to his son Julius Shipley, after which it was rented to Exra Burke, Redding Bunting, and
Lindsay Messmore. The property is at present in the possession of A C Brant and is by him used as a dwelling house."
From---History of Fayette County,
by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882, p. 449
Brownsville Borough and Township, Fayette County, Penna
Also buried in this same cemetery is Mary P. Brownfield. Her marker states that she was the wife of E. S. Brownfield. It is not known if this might refer to Elijah Brownfield. Research on-going.
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As seen below, Elijah would have been keeping the nearby Clement House from approximately 1847 to 1849, based on Ellis' information. His brother Benjamin then took it over for a period followed by many others.
"The Clement House since known as the Shipley Hotel was erected by Enoch Wilson Clement in 1839. John Harvey Jr. did the stone work. Mr. Clement kept it five years at the expiration of which time it was sold to Col Benjamin Brownfield whose son, ELIJAH BROWNFIELD, kept it as a tavern two years. It then went into the following hands successively: Benjamin Brownfield Jr.; Archibald Skiles; John Worthington; John Wallace; Matthias Frey. Aaron Wyatt then bought the property and after keeping hotel one year sold it in 1858 to Samuel Shipley, who sold it to his son Julius Shipley, after which it was rented to Exra Burke, Redding Bunting, and
Lindsay Messmore. The property is at present in the possession of A C Brant and is by him used as a dwelling house."
From---History of Fayette County,
by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L H Everts and Company, 1882, p. 449
Brownsville Borough and Township, Fayette County, Penna
Also buried in this same cemetery is Mary P. Brownfield. Her marker states that she was the wife of E. S. Brownfield. It is not known if this might refer to Elijah Brownfield. Research on-going.
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Family Members
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Naomi Brownfield
1804–1878
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Isaac Brownfield
1806–1819
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Alfred Brownfield
1808–1819
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Jehu Sutton Brownfield
1810–1892
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Orpha Brownfield
1813–1819
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Charles Brownfield
1815–1875
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Harvy Harry Brownfield
1817–1819
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Jacob Brownfield
1819–1905
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Elmore Brownfield
1826–1866
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Benjamin Brownfield
1828–1893
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Calvin Brownfield
1828–1829
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