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George Brown

• Company: A

• George Brown was born between 1836 - 1837 at Nova Scotia, Canada.
• In 1863 George was living at an unknown place.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1863, George gave his occupation as sailor according to Ford's history, or mariner according to the MASSCW.
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  On 30 Jul 1863 George mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
• On 23 Apr 1864 George ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts "by order" according to the 1870 roster.
  
  
• Starting 5 May 1864, George also served in the Navy, having enlisted at Brooklyn, NY, for two years and six months.
• Before 1865 He served on the Recg. Ship North Carolina, U. S. S. Otsego, U. S. S. Tahoma, and Recg. Ship Ohio.
• He ended his service being discharged with the rank of Seaman on 27 Jul 1865.

• Last Edited: 18 Jun 2007

George William Brown

Capt. George W. Brown

• Father: Mark Kendall Brown b. 17 Nov 1819, d. 1 May 1877
• Mother: Sarah Ann May b. 13 Nov 1822, d. 24 Mar 1894

• Company: A

• George William Brown was born on 29 Mar 1840 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Mark Kendall Brown and Sarah Ann May.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, George gave his occupation as farmer.
• In 1861 George was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 George mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a Private, who eventually rose to command the regiment., being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 21 years, 3 months and 13 days old.
• George was promoted to Corporal, at an unknown date.
• On 21 Oct 1861 George was promoted to Sergeant.
• On 21 May 1862 George was promoted to 1st Sergeant.
• On 21 Nov 1862 George was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
• On 19 Mar 1863 George was promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
• On 10 Apr 1863 George was transferred to Company E.
• George was Commander of Company A in the absence of Captain Jorgensen.
• On 1 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 30 Jul 1863 George was promoted to Captain.
• On 12 Oct 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was mentioned as promoted.
• Between 11 Feb 1864 - 28 Mar 1864, George was Commander of the 15th Regiment.
• In May 1864 George William Brown was wounded.
• On 18 May 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was noted among the wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness.
• On 23 May 1864, at U. S. A. Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, George was shown on a list of patients admitted since 17 May, as published in "Crutch-Extra," the hospital newspaper.
• On 25 May 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was mentioned among the casualties.
• On 27 Jul 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was mentioned in an article about the return of the regiment to Massachusetts.
• On 28 Jul 1864 George ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts as Captain of Company K, due to expiration of service term.
  
  
• After 1865 George William Brown moved to Colorado from Massachusetts.
• On 15 Feb 1881 George William Brown, 40, married Clara Elizabeth Carter, 40, daughter of Sumner Lincoln Carter and Damaris Richardson Buss, at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• In 1888, George was included in the Civil War section of Emerson's "Leominster Historical" as follows:
  Capt. G. W. Brown, a native of Leominster. Immediately after the close of the war, Capt. Brown proceeded to Colorado, which was then a territory, and engaged successfully in the cattle raising business. He is now a prominent citizen of Longmont, Boulder Co., Colorado.
• He and Clara Elizabeth Carter were enumerated in the 1900 US Federal census on 22 Jun 1900 at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, where they live in a home they own free on Pratt Street, and he is a drain tile dealer. She has no children.
• George William Brown made application at Colorado for a veteran's pension on 29 Jan 1906, and received certificate number 1120347.
• About 1910, at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, George was a member of McPherson Post No. 6, G. A. R.
• He and Clara Elizabeth Carter were enumerated in the 1910 US Federal Census on 4 May 1910 at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado.
• On 18 Oct 1910 Clara Elizabeth Carter, his wife, died at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, at age 70.
• George William Brown married Carrie Sawyer.
• George William Brown and Carrie Sawyer were enumerated in the 1920 US Federal Census on 12 Jan 1920 at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado.
• On 10 Aug 1927 Carrie Sawyer, his wife, died at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, at age 57.
• George William Brown died on 4 Jun 1928 at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado. He was 88 years, 2 months and 6 days old.
• He was buried in Jun 1928 at Mt. View Cemetery, Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado.
• An obituary for George William Brown was published on 8 Jun 1928 at "The Longmont Ledger", Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, as follows.
• Credits: Portrait from "Leominster: Historical and Picturesque", by William A. Emerson, 1888.

• Last Edited: 18 Oct 2011

Horace C. Brown

Gravemarker of Horace C. Brown

• Father: Horace P. Brown b. 13 Mar 1805
• Mother: Eliza J. Whitney b. between 1811 - 1812

• Company: E

• Horace C. Brown was born on 21 May 1836 at Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Horace P. Brown and Eliza J. Whitney.
• Horace C. Brown was enumerated in the household of Horace P. Brown and Eliza J. Whitney in the 1850 US Federal Census on 27 Aug 1850 at Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Horace P. Brown, 45, shoe manufacturer, $7000 in property, b. MA
  Elsa J., 38
  **Horace C., 14
  Sarah J., 16
  Susannah Whitney, 63, b. MA (his grandmother)
  Joseph G. Brown, 38, stable keeper, b. MA
  and two laborers from Canada and Ireland.
• In 1861 Horace was living at Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Horace gave his occupation as farmer.
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  On 30 Jul 1861 Horace mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 25 years, 2 months and 9 days old.
• On 16 Jan 1863 Horace ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to disability.
  
  
• He made application for a veteran's pension on 5 Feb 1863, and received certificate number 59759.
• On 3 Nov 1867 Horace C. Brown, 31, married Anna T. Laughlin, daughter of Michael Laughlin, at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• Horace C. Brown and Anna T. Laughlin were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 30 Aug 1870 at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, as:
  Brown, Horace C., 36, shuttle maker, b. MA
  ---, Annie, 30, b. Ireland
  ---, Lizzie J., 1, b. MA
  ---, Mary A., 3/12 (March), , b. MA.
• In 1879 Horace was living at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
• On 5 Jul 1879 at "The Webster Times", Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Horace C. Brown was mentioned in the report on the 12th annual reunion of Company E, 15th Massachusetts Infantry. (Click icon to read the report.).
• He and Anna T. Laughlin were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in 1880 at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, where he is a Hostler.
• On 22 Apr 1881 his daughter, Anna Susan Brown, died at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, of phthisis pulmonalis at age 9.
• Horace C. Brown was enumerated in the 1890 US Federal census, Veteran's Schedule in Jun 1890 at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, as having served in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as a musician in Company E, noting that he suffers from deafness caused by artillery fire at Ball's Bluff.
• He died on 14 Sep 1894 at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, of apoplexy. He was 58 years, 3 months and 24 days old.
• On 14 Sep 1894 at "The Boston Journal", Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the notice was published:
  "Horace C. Brown, a veteran of the Fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteers who served four years in the Civil War, fell down stairs at 8 o'clock this morning at Attleboro and remained unconscious until 9 o'clock when he died. He was 53 years of age. He was born in Wilkinsonville and has lived here 26 years. He was at one time a member of the DeWitt Guards of Uxbridge. He was a member of William A. Streeter Post, G. A. R. of this town."
• He was buried in Sep 1894 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
• On 6 Nov 1894 Anna T. Laughlin received a pension to surviving family member in Massachusetts based on Horace's service; his wife, receiving certificate number 440445.
• On 30 May 1901 his daughter, Mary Adams Brown, died at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, of phthisis pulmonalis at age 31.
• Credits: Cindy Thibodeau, who provided the cemetery photo.

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2011

Ira F. Brown

• Company: G

• Ira F. Brown was born between 1837 - 1838 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, (his father b. MA and his mother in VT).
• He was enumerated in the 1860 US Federal census on 9 Jul 1860 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Ira F. Brown, 22, butcher, b. MA
  living in the household of:
  A. B. Cook, 32, butcher, b. MA
  and his family.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Ira gave his occupation as boxmaker.
  
• In 1861 Ira was living at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Ira mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 4 Aug 1862 at "The New York Times", New York City, New York, Ira F. Brown was listed among the sick and wounded soldiers arriving off the S. R. Spaulding, Elm City, and St. Mark at Philadelphia.
• On 13 Jan 1863 Ira ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, by discharge due to disability.
  
  
• He made application for a veteran's pension on 27 May 1863, certificate number not recorded in research.
• Ira F. Brown married Rosetta V. E. C. [--?--]
• Ira F. Brown and Rosetta V. E. C. [--?--] were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 22 Nov 1870 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Unfortunately, the census page provides no information other than ages for anyone enumerated there.
• Ira F. Brown and Rosetta V. E. C. [--?--] were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census on 5 Jun 1880 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, as:
  Brown, Ira F., 41, boarder, married, dispatcher R. R. depot, b. MA (fat b. MA, mor b. VT
  ---, Rositta V., 41, boarder, married, dressmaker, b. PA, (fat b. Eng, mor b. PA).
• Ira F. Brown died on 28 Mar 1885.
• He was buried in Mar 1885 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
• On 31 Jul 1890 Rosetta V. E. C. [--?--] received a pension to surviving family member, in Pennsylvania based on Ira's service; certificate number 331975.
• NOTE: son Harry E. Brown is not confirmed. Please contact the Webmaster if you have further information.

• Last Edited: 24 Jul 2010

Jacob Brown

• Company: B

• Jacob Brown was born between 1838 - 1839 at unknown.
• In 1863 Jacob was living at Germany.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1863, Jacob gave his occupation as painter.
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  On 31 Jul 1863 Jacob mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
• On 23 Aug 1863 Jacob ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts at Morrisville, Fauquier County, Virginia, by desertion.
  
  

• Last Edited: 19 Apr 2002