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Note: eld, New Hampshire" by Lucy Cross, which lists wife & two children FRANK R BROWN of Unga AK, and Mrs PHEBE (Brown) RHODES of Victoria BC Canada; \par --"History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire Vol 2" by Moses Thurston Runnels, page 56, which details Henry NH Brown's career in NV & CA. \par --Middle initials stand for "New Hampshire", a nickname he acquired when he came to CA during the Gold Rush of 1849. Later in life he often signed his name H. N. H. Brown. \par --1848 Medical Student Hartford, VT; read medicine with his uncle Dr Henry Butler Brown \par --1849 Went to California with his brother Stephen Gale Brown, sailing "around the Cape"; his brother Stephen died shortly after their arrival. \par --1850 Tuolumne Co CA census (possibly?), working as a miner \par --1852 CA state census, Placer Co; H BROWN, miner, born New Hampshire (possibly?). \par --1852 Established store Brown & Peck, merchants, successors to D C Stanford, Negro Hill, Sacramento CA. \par --1853 Sacramento CA: JAMES McELVY, DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP JL7 NOTICE.? The copartnership heretofore existing under the name of BROWN and PECK, at Negro Hill, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. H. N. H. BROWN will remain, and is authorized t o settle the affairs of the firm. H. N. H. BROWN, C A PECK. Negro Hill, May 18th, 1853. SOURCE: California Digital Newspaper Collection (Note: I have a daguerreotype photo of the Brown & Peck storefront in Sacramento; photo was a possession of Frank R Bro wn). \par --1858 Folsom, Sacramento Co CA; H N H Brown listed as Junior Warden at the Natoma Masonic Lodge No. 64 \par --1860 census Salmon Falls, El Dorado Co CA, on the shores on Lake Folsom, wife Cordelia & children. By 1861 they were living in the town of Folsom, CA. \par --1863 Feb 16; Folsom, Sacramento Co CA: H N H Brown listed as co-owner of the Grace Copper Mining Co, "Commencing at the NE termination of the Folsom Copper Mining Company, and running in a NE direction". SOURCE: Nevada Historical Quarterly Vol 11-14 \par --July 26, 1866 HNH Brown, JC Dow, WJ Plumb & A J Sinclair got a land patent/mineral claim for the Pioneer Lode in Mount Diablo, Elko Co NV (HNH Brown living in Folsom or Sacramento at the time) \par --Sometime between 1868 and 1870 the family moved from Folsom back to Sacramento. \par --1870 Sacramento Co CA, Sacramento City Ward 2, wife Cordelia & children; occupation was clerk in fruit store \par --1875 Elko Co NV; After his wife Cordelia died in 1875, HENRY became a Wells Fargo agent and moved with his son FRANK age 17 to mining town of Cornucopia, Elko county NV (according to NV state census for that year). Daughter PHEBE BROWN age 12 remained with her half sister EMMA (Myers) EMERY in Sacramento. \par --1880 Mono Co CA census, town of Lundy; HENRY was the Wells Fargo Agent and notary public in Lundy, Mono county CA (near the gold mining town of Bodie, which is now a CA state historical park). FRANK his son was an assayer and had an office in both Bod ie and Lundy (as per book, "Lundy" by Alan H Patera ) HENRY retired in 1885 and returned to Sacramento. \par --1881 Elko Co NV; H N H Brown takes out a land patent for 50 acres \par --1889 H N H Brown witnessed patent of Alfred M Whitley of Sacramento for a chair attachment \par --1892 Sacramento; CA state Legislature; H N H Brown paid a small amount for being a "stairman" (usher?). \par --1897 March 16; H N H Brown died in Sacramento CA. Death certificate says cause of death was pneumonia. He also apparently had heart problems. \par --Obituary Transcribed from Sacramento CA Daily Record-Union, Thursday March 18, 1897 DEATH OF H.N.H. BROWN "An Old and Esteemed Citizen to be Buried Today. The death is announced of H.N.H. BROWN, an old and highly esteemed citizen, who had long been a su fferer from heart trouble. Mr. Brown was a native of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, and was 72 years of age. Coming to California some forty-four years ago (1850?) he entered into the employ of Leland Stanford (should read D C Stanford), then a prominent merc hant at Negro Hill, near Folsom. Later he was in the employ of W.R.Strong (American Seed Store) of this city, and subsequently with Wells, Fargo & Co. \par Deceased leaves a son and daughter, FRANK R. BROWN of Alaska, and Mrs. PHEBE RHODES of Victoria B.C.( Canada), also several brothers and sisters in the East. He was very prominent in Masonic circles, and the funeral will take place under the auspices of that order this afternoon" \par --He is buried in the old Masonic Cemetery in Sacramento, CA. I have a photo of his gravestone. \par --MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT}
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