The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . conference, and servedin the regular pastorate in NewJersey and Pennsylvania. was stationed at Mil-ford, Pa., from 1863-63, andwhile there encountered muchopposition on ac


The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . conference, and servedin the regular pastorate in NewJersey and Pennsylvania. was stationed at Mil-ford, Pa., from 1863-63, andwhile there encountered muchopposition on account of hisUnion sentiments, notwith-standing the support of hisentire church and the loyalportions of the the latter part of 1863President Lincoln appointedhim hospital chaplain at Beau-fort, S. C. He retained thisposition until after the war wasended, July, 1865. He sub-sequently removed to Illinois,and was transferred to the Rock River serving three pastorates in northern Illi-nois Mr. Brown removed to New York state, andwas then transferred to the Troy conference, andfrom 1872 to 1891 was appointed to Bethlehem, New-tonville, Fort Plain, Greenwich, Mechanicsville,Johnstown and Cohoes, N. Y. Mr. Brown hasbeen instrumental in the erection of an unusuallylarge number of church edifices and parsonages, andin promoting the interests of the churches of whichhe has had /oi/yhL&^ •^ (/OtinMJ*^ 78 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA


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