Saylesville Historic District

C. V. BKOWNEIili, farmer. See. 8; P. 0. Brookfield Center; was born in Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1816; he came to Wisconsin in 1837, lived in Milwaukee a short time, then went to Wauwatosa, there remaining until 1846, when he moved to Brookfield, Waukesha Co., which has been his home since; Oct. 9, 1842, he married in Brookfield, Adeline Phillips, a native of Erie Co., N. Y., born in 1823 ; their surviving children are Emma, William, Cbauncey, Campbell, Edgar and Adeline ; the oldest, Emma, is the wife of Alansen Pease, Andover, 111.; he was a soldier in the Union army in the war of the Rebellion ; William, the secon'd oldest, served in Co. A, 35th W. V. I., three years and three months ; was in active service ; he married Annie Robinson ; they live in Buffalo Co., Wis.; Chauncey married Ellen Grogan; they reside iu this town (Brookfield); Adeline is the wife of Andrew Fortner ; they live in Canada; Campbell and Edgar are at home. Mr. Brownell owns 120 acres of land; is a Republican in politics.

Passage source: The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages--their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880.

WIIililAM HIIiL, deceased; born 1805, in Cheshire, England; married Miss Rachel Bradley, who was born Oct. 9, 1810, in Yorkshire ; they came to America with four children, in 1840 ; reaching Waukesha, they were unable to find other shelter than a stable, where Mrs. Hill lay sick, while her husband searched out a home, her children suifering for the bread she was unable to get them ; Mr. Hill bought 80 acres on Sec. 17, living in a log house ; Mr. Hill did good work with his ax and breaking plow, building up a good home, and a good and honorable name. He died Feb. 6, 1870, leaving six children - Jacob, David, Jane, Anne, Mary and Elizabeth ; James Hill died before his father ; Mary and her husband William Shultis are with the widow. Mr. and Mrs. H. were among the founders of the Genesee Congregational Church. «

Passage source: The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages--their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880.

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