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 1
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Notes
Wife: Rachel A. ___
Married: Jun-27-1895 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA 13
Separated: Spring 1898
Born: Mar- 6-1850 in New York 14,15,16 (see note 5)
Died: Feb- 1-1904 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA 17,18,19
Buried: in Tacoma Cemetery, Pierce Co, WA 4,20
Resided: in Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA
Census: 1900 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA 16
Father:
Mother:
Other spouse 1
Notes
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) Marriage record, A letter from S. A. Crandall, attorney for Rachel A. Brown, written to S. M. Allen at the Orting
Soldiers Home, is quoted here in its entirety: "Tacoma, Wn, April 27 1900. S. M. Allen Commandant, Orting Wash. Dear
Sir: I have the honor to say to you that Mrs. Rachel Brown has called to consult me with reference to her claim to the
funds and effects of the late Ammi Brown, and I note what you say to her in your communication on Nov 14, 1899. I have
known both Mr. and Mrs. Brown for some years, and as Justice for Tacoma Precinct performed the ceremony that made them
husband and wife June 27th 1895. I have the certificate issued to them before me and identify Mrs. Brown and the party
mentioned in the certificate, which I enclose herewith, and which I would thank you to return to me. If necessary I
will furnish an affidavit of the foregoing facts. Very respectfully, S. A.
Crandall."
(14) Washington Death Records, 1883-1960 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(15) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, Age 53y 10m 25d. Plot: Either 1,E,5 or 2,E,5.
(16) 1900 Census.
(17) Death Record - Online, Identified in Pierce County death records as Rachell A. Brown, white female, 53, b. in New York,
both parents b. in New York, widowed; died Feb 1 1904 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, cause of death exhaustion.
Reported by T. J. Stewart. A second, less legible, death record at the city of Tacoma provides much the same
information, but specifies age at death as 53y 10m 25d. (Washington Deaths, 1891-1907, an online database at
Ancestry.com, with original images.), Pierce County (Washington) Death Register, p. 149, Record No.
6228.
(18) Funeral card.
(19) Headstone.
(20) Death record.
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
http://www.joycetice.com/director/1874p058.htm
Note (5) Age at death on headstone and in death record is 53y 10m 25d, which
calculated to a birth date of March 7 1850. But death record specifies birth
date as March 6 1850.
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