When John Roselle Brownell Sr was born on 7 July 1839, in Salisbury, Salisbury, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Frederick Brownell, was 46 and his mother, Ann Dawley, was 37. He married Melvina Jennie Humphreys in June 1866. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ballville, Sandusky, Ohio, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 27 March 1901, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 61.
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Dayton was incorporated as a city.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) brown hill or corner of land’, from Middle English brun(e), broun(e) + hil ‘hill’ or hale ‘nook, corner’ (Old English brūn + hyll or halh), or a habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire.
History: Thomas Brownell came from England to Little Compton, RI, c. 1650.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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