Brown, Joshua V. (Grand View, IL)

Born: 1818-XX-XX Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Died: 1880-XX-XX

Flourished: Grand View, Illinois (Edgar Co.)

Joshua V. Brown was a tailor and postmaster. In December 1847, he married Sarah Blevins in Edgar County, Illinois. In 1850, Brown was a tailor living in Grand View, Illinois; he owned $400 in real property. By 1860, he was living in Kansas Township and owned real property valued at $200. Brown later moved to Tuscola, Illinois, where he served as postmaster from 1869 to 1872.

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Edgar County, 15 December 1847, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Grandview and Embarrass, Edgar County, IL, 235; Gravestone, Tuscola Township Cemetery, Tuscola, IL; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Kansas Township, Edgar County, IL, 263; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1869 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1870), 379; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1871 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1872), 549; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1873 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1874), 622.