of Des Moines County, Iowa · from Scotland · documented from the public record
The family in the record
James Brown
James Brown⚭ Elizabeth Scott, Mary E. Turner
childrenJames Brown · Elizabeth S. Brown · Agnes L. Brown
Source: Portrait and biographical album of Des Moines County, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Carpenter, contractor and builder in Burlington, Iowa.
Apprenticed to carpentry in Scotland, worked in Glasgow 12 years, emigrated from Scotland Apr 1872, settled in Burlington.
Supervised remodeling of John H. Gear's grocery building, the Presbyterian Church, and construction of the Tarkio county court-house.
Congregationalist, Republican.
Second wife Mary E. Turner was daughter of William and Emma Turner.
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