Adeline Brown
Adeline Brown was born on April 9, 1820, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Isaac and Lydia Brown. Her father was a merchant who owned $38,400 of real estate and $10,000 of personal property by 1860. She grew up in Providence, and she never married. She lived in her father’s household until at least 1870. She supported the Union war effort during the Civil War. In November 1862, she declared, "the Cause, our Country, did ever man have such a country to fight for before...I feel so helpless to do anything--how I wish I was a man--I could give one life."
Her father died in 1872, and by 1880, she was living with her step-mother in Providence. She travelled to Europe in 1881, and her passport application described her as 5 feet, 5 inches tall, with grey hair and brown eyes. She died in Providence on September 16, 1904.
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| (4787) | Brown, Adeline | 1820-04-09 | 1904-09-16 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (13447) [writer] ~ Adeline Brown to Unknown, 18 November 1862
People - Records: 2
- (4787) Brown, Adeline is the [sibling of] (4707) Brown, Nathaniel Williams
- (4792) Brown, Isaac is the [parent of] (4787) Brown, Adeline
Places - Records: 1
- (832) [birth, death] ~ Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, available from Ancestry.com; U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, available from Ancestry.com; Adeline Brown to Unknown, 18 November 1862, DL1869.040, Nau Collection
