James Polk Browning

30 November 1851–1920 (Age 68)
Augusta Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of James Polk

When James Polk Browning was born on 30 November 1851, in Augusta Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, John Washington Browning, was 39 and his mother, Mary Ann Lilly, was 23. He married Joanna Rebecca Fosdyck on 1 January 1874, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Augusta, Hancock, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. He died in 1920, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

James Polk Browning
1851–1920
Joanna Rebecca Fosdyck
1856–1938
Marriage: 1 January 1874
Ruth Browning
1876–1881
Joseph W. Browning
1877–1930
Abigail Irene Browning
1881–1964
Elizabeth Browning
1883–1951
Anna Browning
1883–
George Polk Browning
1889–1971

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 January 1874Hancock, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
    Age 5
    William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
    1863
    Age 12
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 19
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Brouning (Old English Brūning), a derivative of the byname Brūn (see Brown ).History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. William Browning was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Brown
    Brunning
    Brining

    Sources (20)

    • James P Browning, "United States Census, 1920"
    • James P Browning in entry for George P Browning and Bonnie L Young, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
    • James Browning in household of John A Browning, "United States Census, 1860"

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