Biography

04/11/1851 - 06/25/1889

BROWN, Dr. John J., a Representative from Adams County; born, April 11, 1851 in East Berlin, Adams County, Pa.; graduated, University of Maryland, 1878; teacher; engaged in surveying and conveyancing; physician; elected, justice of the peace (2 terms); elected, school board, Hampton, Pa. (10 years); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1888; died while in office, June 25, 1889 in Hampton, Adams County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hampton Union Cemetery, Hampton, Adams County, Pennsylvania.