Biographical Sketch of Brownell Wilbur

Brownell (2), son of Wright Wilbur, was born in Madison county, New York, in 1809. He was educated in the district schools and always followed farming for an occupation. He had a farm of one hundred and fifty acres in Wayne county. In politics he was a Democrat; in religion a Baptist. He was active in the church. He retired from active labor in 1876 and died in 1880. He married Elizabeth Rowell, born in eastern New York, died in 1885, at Victor, daughter of Amasa and Katherine (Graham) Rowell. Her father lived to the age of ninety; her mother to seventy years. Children: Marvin A., mentioned elsewhere; Helen A., born in 1844, died in Victor in 1906, married T. T. Moffitt, who died in 1902 at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.


Surnames:
Wilbur,

Topics:
Biography,

Locations:
Ontario County NY,

Collection:
Milliken, Charles F. The History of Ontario County, New York, and Its People Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York. 1911.

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