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BROWN.BROWN. St. Francis — a line of two hundred miles in extent, and repelled, Oct. 4, 1812, an attack of the British on Ogdensburg, where he had his headquarters. Early in the spring of 1813 he assumed command at Sackett's Harbor, and on May 29 he again repulsed the British, killing and wounding about three hundred in the battle. Then he went to the defence of Ogdensburg and repelled the enemy again. On July 19, 1813, he was appointed brigadier-general in the regu- lar army, and on Jan. 24, 1814, was placed in command of the forces on the Niagara frontier as major-general. On July 5, 1814, General Brown gained a victory over General Riall at Chippewa, and this was followed by succes- sive triimiphs of his forces at Fort Erie, Lundy's Lane and other strategic points. The thanks of Congress were extended to him on Nov. 3, 18i4; he was awarded a gold medal in recog- nition of his many triumphs, and the city of New York tendered him its freedom. General Brown removed to Washington in 1815, having been made commanding general of the army. His death, which resulted from the effects of a disease contracted at Fort Erie, occurred at Brownville, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1828.

BROWN, James, clergyman, was born in Provi- dence, R. I., in 1666 ; the second son of John and Mary (Holmes) Brown, and grandson of Chad Brown. From 1705 to 1725 he served almost con- tinuously as a member of the town council, and from 1714 to 1718 was town treasurer. He was pastor of the First Baptist church, being first as- sociated with Elder Pardon Tillinghast, and later with the Rev. Ebenezer Jenckes, succeeding the latter in the ministry in 1726, and remaining pastor of the church until the time of his death. He was a man of economy and thrift, and left a comfortable property. He died in Providence, R. I., Oct. 28, 1732.

BROWN, James, merchant, was born March 22, 1698; son of James and Mary (Harris) Brown. He married Hope Power, grand-daughter of Elder Pardon Tillinghast. and shortly afterwards en- tered into business, later taking his younger brother, Obadiah, as a partner. This was the beginning of the commercial house of the Browns. His sons, Nicholas, Joseph, John and Moses, were known as the " four brothers," an- other son, James, having died at the age of twenty-six. He died April 27, 1739.

BROWN, James, senator, was born near Staunton, Va., Sept. 11, 1766; a brother of John Brown, U. S. senator from Kentucky. He studied law after his graduation from Washing- ton college, and practised first at Frankfort, Ky. He led a company of sharp-shooters in 1791 against the Indians. The following year he was made secretary to Governor Isaac Shelby, and

soon after removed to Louisiana, where he aided Edward Livingston in preparing the codes of law, being appointed by President Jefferson sec- retary of the territory of Louisiana after its acquisition, and U. S. judge in 1804. In 1812 he was elected to the U. S. senate, serving from Feb. 5, 1813, to March 3, 1817, when his term ex- pired. He was elected in 1819 as successor to Senator Fromentin, and resigned, in 1823, to accept the appointment of U. S. minister to France, holding the office until 1829. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., April 7, 1835.

BROWN, James, publisher, was born at Acton, Mass., May 19, 1800. His father was a captain in the revolutionary army. He obtained employ- ment in 1815, in the family of Professor Hedge of Harvard college, who gave him some in- struction in Latin and mathematics. In 1818 he found a position in the book store of Wil- liam Hillard. In 1826 he became a partner, and in 1832 a branch firm was established under the name of Brown, Shattuck & Co., which lasted until 1834. In 1837 Mr. Brown withdrew from the firm of Hillard, Gray & Co., and entered into co-partnership with Charles C. Little & Co., as Little & Brown. He made valuable gifts to the library of Harvard college and the public library of Boston, besides donating five thousand dollars to the natural history department of Harvard college. See life of James Brown, by Geo. S. Hillard (1855). He died March 10, 1855.

BROWN, James Cauldwell, clergyman, was born at St. Clairsville, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1815. After his graduation from Jefferson college in 1835, he went to Allegheny, Pa., where he remained until 1837, studying at the Western theological semin- ary, and then taking a two years' course of study at the theological seminary, Columbia, S. C. After being licensed by the presbytery of Har- mony, S. C, he began his work as a missionary in Indiana. He was an earnest worker, and was es- pecially successful as an organizer. Many active and prosperous churches owe their origin to him. For many years he preached in Valparaiso, Ind.. was for a short time connected with the theo- logical seminary of the northwest in Cliicago, as general agent, and was in.strumental in found- ing a Presbyterian seminary. In 1862 he was chosen chaplain of the 48th Indiana regiment, but died in Paducah, Ky., while in camp. July 14. 1862.

BROWN, James Sidney, artist, was born in New York city, April 15, 1820. He was appren- ticed to a silversmith, but having artistic talent secured admittance to the antique school of the National academy of design as a student in 1841. After graduation he opened a portrait studio on Broadway, where he became famous for his skill in water-colors, and was one of the founders of