His parents were David Bown and Sarah Ann (Lea) Bown, both born in England. Joseph Bown was married first to Elizabeth J Crawford and had four daughters. He was honored in the Civil War...there is a plaque in his honor in the Pittsburgh Pa War building. He Later married Mary. Joseph died in Goldfield Nevada in 1909.
He was born in PA 28 Jan 1838 and he died in Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada 16 Dec 1909.
Died at the Claremont Building House in Goldfield
Age 71 years, 10 months, 18 days
Occupation Hotel Keeper
Civil War Veteran
Served as a Private in Co. G 123rd PA Infantry
Enlisted 8 Aug 1862. Mustered out 13 May 1863
Commissioned: 3 Apr 1865 at Harrisburg, PA
Company H 78th PA Volunteer Infantry
Mustered In: March 4, 1865 as 1st LT at Harrisburg
Mustered out: September 11, 1865 at Nashville, TN
Joseph traveled west to Telluride, Colorado before settling in Goldfield, Nevada around the early 1900s, not to mine for gold, but to satisfy his entrepreneurial desire.
He and his wife Mary were excellent cooks and started a boarding house for miners in Jumbo Town, an area adjacent and north of Goldfield, until the death of Mary in 1919.
He was born in PA 28 Jan 1838 and he died in Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada 16 Dec 1909.
Died at the Claremont Building House in Goldfield
Age 71 years, 10 months, 18 days
Occupation Hotel Keeper
Civil War Veteran
Served as a Private in Co. G 123rd PA Infantry
Enlisted 8 Aug 1862. Mustered out 13 May 1863
Commissioned: 3 Apr 1865 at Harrisburg, PA
Company H 78th PA Volunteer Infantry
Mustered In: March 4, 1865 as 1st LT at Harrisburg
Mustered out: September 11, 1865 at Nashville, TN
Joseph traveled west to Telluride, Colorado before settling in Goldfield, Nevada around the early 1900s, not to mine for gold, but to satisfy his entrepreneurial desire.
He and his wife Mary were excellent cooks and started a boarding house for miners in Jumbo Town, an area adjacent and north of Goldfield, until the death of Mary in 1919.
His parents were David Bown and Sarah Ann (Lea) Bown, both born in England. Joseph Bown was married first to Elizabeth J Crawford and had four daughters. He was honored in the Civil War...there is a plaque in his honor in the Pittsburgh Pa War building. He Later married Mary. Joseph died in Goldfield Nevada in 1909.
He was born in PA 28 Jan 1838 and he died in Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada 16 Dec 1909.
Died at the Claremont Building House in Goldfield
Age 71 years, 10 months, 18 days
Occupation Hotel Keeper
Civil War Veteran
Served as a Private in Co. G 123rd PA Infantry
Enlisted 8 Aug 1862. Mustered out 13 May 1863
Commissioned: 3 Apr 1865 at Harrisburg, PA
Company H 78th PA Volunteer Infantry
Mustered In: March 4, 1865 as 1st LT at Harrisburg
Mustered out: September 11, 1865 at Nashville, TN
Joseph traveled west to Telluride, Colorado before settling in Goldfield, Nevada around the early 1900s, not to mine for gold, but to satisfy his entrepreneurial desire.
He and his wife Mary were excellent cooks and started a boarding house for miners in Jumbo Town, an area adjacent and north of Goldfield, until the death of Mary in 1919.
He was born in PA 28 Jan 1838 and he died in Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada 16 Dec 1909.
Died at the Claremont Building House in Goldfield
Age 71 years, 10 months, 18 days
Occupation Hotel Keeper
Civil War Veteran
Served as a Private in Co. G 123rd PA Infantry
Enlisted 8 Aug 1862. Mustered out 13 May 1863
Commissioned: 3 Apr 1865 at Harrisburg, PA
Company H 78th PA Volunteer Infantry
Mustered In: March 4, 1865 as 1st LT at Harrisburg
Mustered out: September 11, 1865 at Nashville, TN
Joseph traveled west to Telluride, Colorado before settling in Goldfield, Nevada around the early 1900s, not to mine for gold, but to satisfy his entrepreneurial desire.
He and his wife Mary were excellent cooks and started a boarding house for miners in Jumbo Town, an area adjacent and north of Goldfield, until the death of Mary in 1919.
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