Company I.
202nd Regiment PA Infantry
J. H. BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1830; son of Michael Brown and Mary (Folmer) Brown. He married in 1853 Miss Mary A. Hilbish, daughter of Col. Jacob and Hannah Hilbish, of Pennsylvania. They have four children - Adda L., Edward H., Emma J. and Annie M. He came to Kansas in 1877, and located on a farm two and a half miles east of Wichita, on Section 26, in Wichita Township, and owns the northeast quarter. Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1863 in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company F; was in the engagements of Oyster Point, Carlysle and Hagerstown. Was mustered out in 1863. Enlisted in 1864 in the Two Hundred and Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company I. Received a commission as First Lieutenant. In September, 1864, was promoted to Acting Adjutant of his Regiment. Was mustered out in 1865. Is Justice of the Peace in Wichita Township; has held that position for two years. Was re-elected for two years more by a unanimous vote
Company I.
202nd Regiment PA Infantry
J. H. BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1830; son of Michael Brown and Mary (Folmer) Brown. He married in 1853 Miss Mary A. Hilbish, daughter of Col. Jacob and Hannah Hilbish, of Pennsylvania. They have four children - Adda L., Edward H., Emma J. and Annie M. He came to Kansas in 1877, and located on a farm two and a half miles east of Wichita, on Section 26, in Wichita Township, and owns the northeast quarter. Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1863 in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company F; was in the engagements of Oyster Point, Carlysle and Hagerstown. Was mustered out in 1863. Enlisted in 1864 in the Two Hundred and Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company I. Received a commission as First Lieutenant. In September, 1864, was promoted to Acting Adjutant of his Regiment. Was mustered out in 1865. Is Justice of the Peace in Wichita Township; has held that position for two years. Was re-elected for two years more by a unanimous vote
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