As gathered from several sources, John G. Brown, age 31, entered the service as a Sergeant in Aug. 1862. (He obviously had prior service.) Along with several Bradford County boys, they became members of the 141st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, which was organized at Harrisburg 29 Aug. 1862. They then moved to Washington, D.C., and helped defend the city until October. (A regiment consisted of 10 companies of 100 men each, or 1,000 men.) Sgt. Brown was in Company I.
The 141st Regiment was involved in many major battles including the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and Appomattox. They lost 6 officers and 161 enlisted killed or mortally wounded, and 79 men by disease (total 246). By the war's end, John had been promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and later received the rank of Captain.
Capt. Brown was wounded, and also developed 'piles,' a type of hemorrhoids. One report says it could be caused by "lifting and moving the dead bodies around to bury them."
In January of 1867, he married Nancy P. Morrow, daughter of John and Sally Morrow. They had three children, Rachel, Paul, and Nancy. Sadly, his wife Nancy died in April 1874, probably while birthing their 3rd child. Just prior to that, John filed for a disability pension.
With three small children, and the farm to care for, John married Josephine Welch in 1875. They went on to have six children, Eleanor, Pauline, Fred, Arthur, Birney, and Edith, who died soon after she was born.
He applied for a pension in 1890, with his second wife Josephine as beneficiary. He is listed then as a 1st Lieutenant, but records in the National Archives show him finishing his service as a Captain. They lived and farmed in the small village of Sugar Run in Wilmot Township, Bradford County.
The 141st Regiment was involved in many major battles including the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and Appomattox. They lost 6 officers and 161 enlisted killed or mortally wounded, and 79 men by disease (total 246). By the war's end, John had been promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and later received the rank of Captain.
Capt. Brown was wounded, and also developed 'piles,' a type of hemorrhoids. One report says it could be caused by "lifting and moving the dead bodies around to bury them."
In January of 1867, he married Nancy P. Morrow, daughter of John and Sally Morrow. They had three children, Rachel, Paul, and Nancy. Sadly, his wife Nancy died in April 1874, probably while birthing their 3rd child. Just prior to that, John filed for a disability pension.
With three small children, and the farm to care for, John married Josephine Welch in 1875. They went on to have six children, Eleanor, Pauline, Fred, Arthur, Birney, and Edith, who died soon after she was born.
He applied for a pension in 1890, with his second wife Josephine as beneficiary. He is listed then as a 1st Lieutenant, but records in the National Archives show him finishing his service as a Captain. They lived and farmed in the small village of Sugar Run in Wilmot Township, Bradford County.
As gathered from several sources, John G. Brown, age 31, entered the service as a Sergeant in Aug. 1862. (He obviously had prior service.) Along with several Bradford County boys, they became members of the 141st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, which was organized at Harrisburg 29 Aug. 1862. They then moved to Washington, D.C., and helped defend the city until October. (A regiment consisted of 10 companies of 100 men each, or 1,000 men.) Sgt. Brown was in Company I.
The 141st Regiment was involved in many major battles including the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and Appomattox. They lost 6 officers and 161 enlisted killed or mortally wounded, and 79 men by disease (total 246). By the war's end, John had been promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and later received the rank of Captain.
Capt. Brown was wounded, and also developed 'piles,' a type of hemorrhoids. One report says it could be caused by "lifting and moving the dead bodies around to bury them."
In January of 1867, he married Nancy P. Morrow, daughter of John and Sally Morrow. They had three children, Rachel, Paul, and Nancy. Sadly, his wife Nancy died in April 1874, probably while birthing their 3rd child. Just prior to that, John filed for a disability pension.
With three small children, and the farm to care for, John married Josephine Welch in 1875. They went on to have six children, Eleanor, Pauline, Fred, Arthur, Birney, and Edith, who died soon after she was born.
He applied for a pension in 1890, with his second wife Josephine as beneficiary. He is listed then as a 1st Lieutenant, but records in the National Archives show him finishing his service as a Captain. They lived and farmed in the small village of Sugar Run in Wilmot Township, Bradford County.
The 141st Regiment was involved in many major battles including the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and Appomattox. They lost 6 officers and 161 enlisted killed or mortally wounded, and 79 men by disease (total 246). By the war's end, John had been promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and later received the rank of Captain.
Capt. Brown was wounded, and also developed 'piles,' a type of hemorrhoids. One report says it could be caused by "lifting and moving the dead bodies around to bury them."
In January of 1867, he married Nancy P. Morrow, daughter of John and Sally Morrow. They had three children, Rachel, Paul, and Nancy. Sadly, his wife Nancy died in April 1874, probably while birthing their 3rd child. Just prior to that, John filed for a disability pension.
With three small children, and the farm to care for, John married Josephine Welch in 1875. They went on to have six children, Eleanor, Pauline, Fred, Arthur, Birney, and Edith, who died soon after she was born.
He applied for a pension in 1890, with his second wife Josephine as beneficiary. He is listed then as a 1st Lieutenant, but records in the National Archives show him finishing his service as a Captain. They lived and farmed in the small village of Sugar Run in Wilmot Township, Bradford County.
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