Bio info abt Joseph Renshaw Brown
Here's what we found in the Archives;
-Initiated- 2/6/1854
-Passed- 3/6/54
-Raised- 3/20/54 in Old St. Paul Lodge #3 (He's #68 on that Roster)
-Withdrew- 1/9/56
-Charter Member of Henderson Lodge #13, 1/6/1857 (#10 on that Roster), "Aged 52, Printer, Born in Pennsylvania"
Henderson Surrendered their Charter in 1860
-Charter Member of Union Lodge #45 in LeSeuer, (#9 on that Roster), "Aged 62, Indian Trader, Born in Maryland"
-Passed to Celestial Lodge- 11/18/70
Fascinating stuff!!
Best Regards,
Pete Van Osdol
Asst. Grand Secretary MN Masonry
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Samuel Brown "Son of Joseph R. and Susan Frenier Brown, he was born near Lake Traverse in Iowa (later Dakota) Territory in what is now South Dakota on March 7, 1845. He was one-eighth Dakota Indian and was considered an official member of the Sisseton tribe. During the US-Dakota War of 1862, along with other members of his family, he was taken captive and later released. He served as an interpreter and the superintendent of of government scouts at Fort Wadsworth, Dakota Territory. In April, 1866, after learning that a false alarm of new Indian attacks had been dispatched to St. Paul, he rode 150 miles through a snowstorm in an attempt to intercept the message and prevent panic among the settlers in western Minnesota. The effects of the ride left him confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
In subsequent years, he was a teacher and lay missionary at the Episcopal mission at Crow Creek Agency, Dakota Territory; superintendent of the government industrial school at the Sisseton Agency; active in the campaign to win annuities for Indian scouts and in other efforts on behalf of the Sisseton and Wahpeton tribes; and editor of "Daybreak", a publication devoted to the educational and religious interests of American Indians. He also was involved in business and real estate ventures and was a partner in Brown, Renville and Company, an agency for locating land on the Sisseton Reservation.
He was interested in the history of western Minnesota and Dakota Territory, especially in relation to the US-Dakota War of 1862 and its aftermath. Toward the end of his life, he wrote historical reminiscences and articles and engaged in correspondence with historians such as William Watts Folwell, Warren Upham, and M. P. Satterlee.
He and his wife Phoebe had four children. He died in Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota on Aug. 29, 1925."
-Biographical sketch from Joseph R. and Samuel J. Brown and family papers, microfilm M595, Minnesota Historical Society.
Here's what we found in the Archives;
-Initiated- 2/6/1854
-Passed- 3/6/54
-Raised- 3/20/54 in Old St. Paul Lodge #3 (He's #68 on that Roster)
-Withdrew- 1/9/56
-Charter Member of Henderson Lodge #13, 1/6/1857 (#10 on that Roster), "Aged 52, Printer, Born in Pennsylvania"
Henderson Surrendered their Charter in 1860
-Charter Member of Union Lodge #45 in LeSeuer, (#9 on that Roster), "Aged 62, Indian Trader, Born in Maryland"
-Passed to Celestial Lodge- 11/18/70
Fascinating stuff!!
Best Regards,
Pete Van Osdol
Asst. Grand Secretary MN Masonry
————————
Samuel Brown "Son of Joseph R. and Susan Frenier Brown, he was born near Lake Traverse in Iowa (later Dakota) Territory in what is now South Dakota on March 7, 1845. He was one-eighth Dakota Indian and was considered an official member of the Sisseton tribe. During the US-Dakota War of 1862, along with other members of his family, he was taken captive and later released. He served as an interpreter and the superintendent of of government scouts at Fort Wadsworth, Dakota Territory. In April, 1866, after learning that a false alarm of new Indian attacks had been dispatched to St. Paul, he rode 150 miles through a snowstorm in an attempt to intercept the message and prevent panic among the settlers in western Minnesota. The effects of the ride left him confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
In subsequent years, he was a teacher and lay missionary at the Episcopal mission at Crow Creek Agency, Dakota Territory; superintendent of the government industrial school at the Sisseton Agency; active in the campaign to win annuities for Indian scouts and in other efforts on behalf of the Sisseton and Wahpeton tribes; and editor of "Daybreak", a publication devoted to the educational and religious interests of American Indians. He also was involved in business and real estate ventures and was a partner in Brown, Renville and Company, an agency for locating land on the Sisseton Reservation.
He was interested in the history of western Minnesota and Dakota Territory, especially in relation to the US-Dakota War of 1862 and its aftermath. Toward the end of his life, he wrote historical reminiscences and articles and engaged in correspondence with historians such as William Watts Folwell, Warren Upham, and M. P. Satterlee.
He and his wife Phoebe had four children. He died in Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota on Aug. 29, 1925."
-Biographical sketch from Joseph R. and Samuel J. Brown and family papers, microfilm M595, Minnesota Historical Society.
Bio info abt Joseph Renshaw Brown
Here's what we found in the Archives;
-Initiated- 2/6/1854
-Passed- 3/6/54
-Raised- 3/20/54 in Old St. Paul Lodge #3 (He's #68 on that Roster)
-Withdrew- 1/9/56
-Charter Member of Henderson Lodge #13, 1/6/1857 (#10 on that Roster), "Aged 52, Printer, Born in Pennsylvania"
Henderson Surrendered their Charter in 1860
-Charter Member of Union Lodge #45 in LeSeuer, (#9 on that Roster), "Aged 62, Indian Trader, Born in Maryland"
-Passed to Celestial Lodge- 11/18/70
Fascinating stuff!!
Best Regards,
Pete Van Osdol
Asst. Grand Secretary MN Masonry
————————
Samuel Brown "Son of Joseph R. and Susan Frenier Brown, he was born near Lake Traverse in Iowa (later Dakota) Territory in what is now South Dakota on March 7, 1845. He was one-eighth Dakota Indian and was considered an official member of the Sisseton tribe. During the US-Dakota War of 1862, along with other members of his family, he was taken captive and later released. He served as an interpreter and the superintendent of of government scouts at Fort Wadsworth, Dakota Territory. In April, 1866, after learning that a false alarm of new Indian attacks had been dispatched to St. Paul, he rode 150 miles through a snowstorm in an attempt to intercept the message and prevent panic among the settlers in western Minnesota. The effects of the ride left him confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
In subsequent years, he was a teacher and lay missionary at the Episcopal mission at Crow Creek Agency, Dakota Territory; superintendent of the government industrial school at the Sisseton Agency; active in the campaign to win annuities for Indian scouts and in other efforts on behalf of the Sisseton and Wahpeton tribes; and editor of "Daybreak", a publication devoted to the educational and religious interests of American Indians. He also was involved in business and real estate ventures and was a partner in Brown, Renville and Company, an agency for locating land on the Sisseton Reservation.
He was interested in the history of western Minnesota and Dakota Territory, especially in relation to the US-Dakota War of 1862 and its aftermath. Toward the end of his life, he wrote historical reminiscences and articles and engaged in correspondence with historians such as William Watts Folwell, Warren Upham, and M. P. Satterlee.
He and his wife Phoebe had four children. He died in Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota on Aug. 29, 1925."
-Biographical sketch from Joseph R. and Samuel J. Brown and family papers, microfilm M595, Minnesota Historical Society.
Here's what we found in the Archives;
-Initiated- 2/6/1854
-Passed- 3/6/54
-Raised- 3/20/54 in Old St. Paul Lodge #3 (He's #68 on that Roster)
-Withdrew- 1/9/56
-Charter Member of Henderson Lodge #13, 1/6/1857 (#10 on that Roster), "Aged 52, Printer, Born in Pennsylvania"
Henderson Surrendered their Charter in 1860
-Charter Member of Union Lodge #45 in LeSeuer, (#9 on that Roster), "Aged 62, Indian Trader, Born in Maryland"
-Passed to Celestial Lodge- 11/18/70
Fascinating stuff!!
Best Regards,
Pete Van Osdol
Asst. Grand Secretary MN Masonry
————————
Samuel Brown "Son of Joseph R. and Susan Frenier Brown, he was born near Lake Traverse in Iowa (later Dakota) Territory in what is now South Dakota on March 7, 1845. He was one-eighth Dakota Indian and was considered an official member of the Sisseton tribe. During the US-Dakota War of 1862, along with other members of his family, he was taken captive and later released. He served as an interpreter and the superintendent of of government scouts at Fort Wadsworth, Dakota Territory. In April, 1866, after learning that a false alarm of new Indian attacks had been dispatched to St. Paul, he rode 150 miles through a snowstorm in an attempt to intercept the message and prevent panic among the settlers in western Minnesota. The effects of the ride left him confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
In subsequent years, he was a teacher and lay missionary at the Episcopal mission at Crow Creek Agency, Dakota Territory; superintendent of the government industrial school at the Sisseton Agency; active in the campaign to win annuities for Indian scouts and in other efforts on behalf of the Sisseton and Wahpeton tribes; and editor of "Daybreak", a publication devoted to the educational and religious interests of American Indians. He also was involved in business and real estate ventures and was a partner in Brown, Renville and Company, an agency for locating land on the Sisseton Reservation.
He was interested in the history of western Minnesota and Dakota Territory, especially in relation to the US-Dakota War of 1862 and its aftermath. Toward the end of his life, he wrote historical reminiscences and articles and engaged in correspondence with historians such as William Watts Folwell, Warren Upham, and M. P. Satterlee.
He and his wife Phoebe had four children. He died in Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota on Aug. 29, 1925."
-Biographical sketch from Joseph R. and Samuel J. Brown and family papers, microfilm M595, Minnesota Historical Society.
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