"RAWLINS LOWNDES BROWN , commonly known LOWNDES BROWN , was a native of Charleston , South Carolina , the only child of Joseph Brown , of Georgetown , who married in November , 1784 , Harriet , the fourth child of Judge Rawlins Lowndes , President of the Province in 1778–79 , and Mary ( Cartwright ) Lowndes . His father died before he entered College . After graduation , he wished to become a planter , but his mother opposed the plan; so that when in 1812 he desired to join the army , she felt debarred from objecting . In March , 1812, he was appointed First Lieutenant of Artillery ; was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1817; and resigned from the service in September, 1819 . On December 23 , 1819 , he was married by the Rt . Rev. John Henry Hobart to Margaretta, daughter of John R. and Eliza ((McEvers ) Livingston , of Redhook , and New York City . By this marriage he had one child , a daughter , who married Baron Solwyns , of the Belgian diplomatic service , but left no issue."
"Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History Vol. VI"
Charles McEver was his mother-in-law's father. Rawlins Lowndes Brown's mother Harriet Lowndes Brown is also buried in the McEver vault.
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"Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History Vol. VI"
Charles McEver was his mother-in-law's father. Rawlins Lowndes Brown's mother Harriet Lowndes Brown is also buried in the McEver vault.
Contributor: sif (48099553)
"RAWLINS LOWNDES BROWN , commonly known LOWNDES BROWN , was a native of Charleston , South Carolina , the only child of Joseph Brown , of Georgetown , who married in November , 1784 , Harriet , the fourth child of Judge Rawlins Lowndes , President of the Province in 1778–79 , and Mary ( Cartwright ) Lowndes . His father died before he entered College . After graduation , he wished to become a planter , but his mother opposed the plan; so that when in 1812 he desired to join the army , she felt debarred from objecting . In March , 1812, he was appointed First Lieutenant of Artillery ; was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1817; and resigned from the service in September, 1819 . On December 23 , 1819 , he was married by the Rt . Rev. John Henry Hobart to Margaretta, daughter of John R. and Eliza ((McEvers ) Livingston , of Redhook , and New York City . By this marriage he had one child , a daughter , who married Baron Solwyns , of the Belgian diplomatic service , but left no issue."
"Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History Vol. VI"
Charles McEver was his mother-in-law's father. Rawlins Lowndes Brown's mother Harriet Lowndes Brown is also buried in the McEver vault.
Contributor: sif (48099553)
"Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History Vol. VI"
Charles McEver was his mother-in-law's father. Rawlins Lowndes Brown's mother Harriet Lowndes Brown is also buried in the McEver vault.
Contributor: sif (48099553)
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