Biography

09/23/1797 - 09/04/1883

BROWN, Charles a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, September 23, 1797 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; served, New Jersey Militia (1817-1818); elected, clerk, Dover Township, NJ (1819); teacher (1820-1821); engaged, cord wood business; appointed, school director, Philadelphia (1828); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1830-1831); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1830-1831 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1838-1841): elected, United States Congress (1841-1843, 1847-1849); customs collection, port of Philadelphia (1853-1857); elected, commissioner, Dover, De. (1864-1865); farmer; president, school board, Dover (1871-1878); died, September 4, 1883 in Dover, Kent County, Delaware; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.