History of Newport County, Rhode IslandFrom the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns, and their subsequent progress . p,rJ^u,m h^Crt-inyi^ HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY. fi7!) Armstrong, of Narragansett, and had children: George A.,Joshua C.,Mary A. (Mrs. George Coggeshall) and Nathaniel contracted a second marriage with Sarah, daughter of Cap-tain Peleg Sanford, their children being: Lucy (Mrs. JamesBrown), Peleg, Lydia (Mrs. John Sanford) and Pardon. Joshua C. was born February 27th, 1828, in Middletown,Newport county, R. I., and from early youth until the age o


History of Newport County, Rhode IslandFrom the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns, and their subsequent progress . p,rJ^u,m h^Crt-inyi^ HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY. fi7!) Armstrong, of Narragansett, and had children: George A.,Joshua C.,Mary A. (Mrs. George Coggeshall) and Nathaniel contracted a second marriage with Sarah, daughter of Cap-tain Peleg Sanford, their children being: Lucy (Mrs. JamesBrown), Peleg, Lydia (Mrs. John Sanford) and Pardon. Joshua C. was born February 27th, 1828, in Middletown,Newport county, R. I., and from early youth until the age ofeighteen assisted in the farm his father owned, meanwhile pur-suing tlie English branches at the neighboring public determined to acquire a trade and chose that of a wheel-wright, establishing himself in connection with his brother Inhis native township. At a later date, varying somewhat hisoccupation, he devoted his skill to the work of a house car-penter. Mr. Brown, like many ambitious spirits of that day,followed the tide of emigration to California in the year business, that of a cattle dealer, necessitated many trip


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