Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ammi Almanzia Brown    
                Born: Sep-13-1829          in Boston, MA  1
                Died: Jun-20-1899          in Orting, Pierce Co, WA  2,3 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, Orting, Pierce Co, WA  3,4
             Resided: from May 1897        in Orting, Pierce Co, WA   (see note 2)
             Resided: Jun 1893 - May 1897  in Montesano, Chehalis (now Grays Harbor) Co, WA  
             Resided: 1888                 in Escondido, San Diego Co, CA  5 (see note 3)
             Resided: 1885                 in Aldrich Twp, Wadena Co, MN  6
             Resided: 1881                 in Verndale, Wadena Co, MN  7
             Resided: 1874                 in Elmira, Chemung Co, NY  8 (see note 4)
              Census: 1870                 in Guilford, Chenango Co, NY  
             Resided: 1869                 in New Berlin, Chenango Co, NY  9
             Resided: 1862                 in Palmyra, Jefferson Co, WI  10
              Census: 1860                 in Crawford Co, WI  
              Census: 1855                 in Butternuts, Otsego Co, NY  
              Census: 1840                 in Burlington, Otsego Co, NY  
          Occupation:                      carpenter  6,7,5,9
            Military: Aug-22-1862 - Jul-26-1865 Cpl, Co A, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Civil War  11,12
              Father: Ammi Tufts Brown   (1799 - 1874) 
              Mother: Annis ___   (1801 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Other spouse 4
Notes 
                Wife: Deborah S. ___   13  
                Born: ca 1837              in Otsego Co, NY  14
              Census: 1860                 in Crawford Co, WI  
              Census: 1855                 in Butternuts, Otsego Co, NY  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Ida A. Brown      
                Born: ca 1854              in Otsego Co, NY  14,13
              Census: 1860                 in Crawford Co, WI  
              Census: 1855                 in Butternuts, Otsego Co, NY  
           M Child 2: Edwin Brown      
                Born: ca 1858              in Wisconsin  13,15
              Census: 1870                 in Guilford, Chenango Co, NY  
              Census: 1860                 in Crawford Co, WI  

Sources:
(1) 1885 Minnesota Census, Identified as A. A. Brown, age 53, birthplace Massachusetts.  Wife:  Almira, age 41, birthplace 
New York.  Son:  Addison (misspelled Adison), age 3, birthplace Minnesota. 
(2) Death Record - Online, Identified as Ammi (?) A. Brown, 69, white male, born in Massachusetts, father's name Brown, 
father's birthplace (blank), mother's name and birthplace (blank), marital status illegible but appears to be married, 
occupation carpenter, resident of Soldiers Home; died June 20 1899 at Soldiers Home Orting, cause of death 
apoplexy. 
(Washington Deaths, 1891-1907, an online database at Ancestry.com), Pierce County (Washington) Death Register, p. 71, 
Record No. 2960. 
(3) http://home.comcast.net/~suvcw1/cemetery/graves/orting.pdf. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) California Voter Registrations, 1866-1898, Ancestry.com. 
(6) 1885 Minnesota Census. 
(7) Birth record of son. 
(8) City Directory, From Boyd's 1874 City Directory of Elmira, New York:  "Brown, Ammi A., carpenter, h 258 W Hudson "  The 
key to abbreviations indicates that the "h" stands for 
house.
http://www.joycetice.com/director/1874p058.htm. 
(9) City Directory. 
(10) Civil War Service Records, . 
(11) Headstone, The military headstone reads:  "Corp'l A. A. Brown, Co A, 1st Wis H.A." 
Officers of the Wisconsin 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment were Colonel Charles C. Meservey; Lieutenant Colonel Jacob T. 
Foster; and Majors Charles C. Meservey, L. H. Drury, Richard W. Hubbell and David C. Fulton.  The regiment originated in 
Dec 1861 as a detached company of 2nd Wisconsin Infantry and was stationed at Fort Cass.  On Aug 28 1862, a detachment 
of 40 men, with three pieces of artillery, was sent to garrison Fort Buffalo, an exposed post, where it repulsed an 
enemy attack.  It returned to Fort Cass in Sep 1862, moved to Fort Ellsworth in November, and was transferred to Fort 
Worth in May 1863.  In Jun 1863, Capt. Meservey was authorized to recruit a battalion of four batteries of heavy 
artillery, using the original battery as a basis.  Battery A moved in October from Fort Worth to Battery Rodgers, where 
it remained until May 1864, and was then transferred to Fort Willard (Fort Willard Circle and Glen Drive, off Fort Hunt 
Road, Alexandria, VA).  It returned to Battery Rodgers in August and was mustered out at Washington on Aug 18 1865.  The 
entire regiment's original strength was 1,777, with gains by recruits (407), draft (4) and reentlistments (29) bringting 
to total to 2,217.  Losses were by death (73), desertion (70), transfer (28), discharge (223), unaccounted for (3), and 
mustered out (1,820).  (Sources:  "Civil War Regiments from Wisconsin," by Lt. Col. Jerome A. Watrous, originally 
published in 1908 by Federal Publishing Company, reprinted in 2003 by eBooksOnDisk.com, pp. 106-107; 
http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiarty.htm 
)
http://www.dodgejeffgen.com/archive/PalmyraCivilWar.htm. 
(12) Civil War Service Records, , Documents obtained from the Wisconsin Historical Society:  Descriptive Roll 
of Company A, First Regiment, contained the following entry:  Ammi A. Brown, age 32, married, residence Palymyra, 
occupation carpenter, eyes blue, hair brown, complexion sandy, height 5' 7-1/2", rank Private, enlisted Aug 22 1862 at 
Palmyra by Lt. Caleb Hunt, term of service 3 years, mustered in on Aug 30 1862 at Madison, mustered out on Jun 26 1865 
at Battery Rodgers, Virginia. 
(13) 1860 Census. 
(14) 1855 State Census of New York. 
(15) 1870 Census. 

Event Notes
Note (1) at the Washington Soldiers Home
Note (2) Washington Soldiers Home
Note (3) "The Great Register of San Diego County for 1890" contains the following
entry:
Ammi A. Brown, age 57, nativity Massachusetts, occupation carpenter, local
residence Escondido, date of registration Feb 13 1888.
Note (4) 258 W. Hudson Street, occupation carpenter
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