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Drown, Joseph (1808-1897)

Name:
Drown, Joseph (1808-1897)
Other Names:
Drowne, Joseph
Born:
01/31/1808
Birthplace:
South Newmarket, NH
Died:
01/23/1897
Death Location:
Portland, ME
Residence:
Newfields, NH
New Orleans, LA 1838-1849
Exeter, NH 1848, 1850, 1860, 1863
Portland, ME 1864, 1869, 1870, 1880, 1897
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Watchmaker
Clockmaker
Father:
Drowne, Thomas (1757-1846)
Mother:
Wiggin, Comfort (1767-1848)
Relations:
Grandson of Rev. Samuel Drowne of Portsmouth
Nephew of Samuel Drowne (1749-1815), Portsmouth, silversmith
Spouse:
Elizabeth Ingraham Sturdivant (1822-1891)
Notes:
Crescent City Silver. (New Orleans, Louisiana: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1980), 120.

James H. Fitts, History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1912), 485-489.

"Joseph Drowne, Watchmaker" Advertisement, Exeter News-Letter and Rockingham Advertiser, Exeter, NH, March 20, 1848, 4.

"Death of Isaac Sturdivant," Exeter News-Letter and Rockingham Advertiser, Exeter, NH, December 27, 1858, 2.

"Small Farm for Sale," Exeter News-Letter and Rockingham Advertiser, Exeter, NH, May 2, 1864, 4.

Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922

First Parish Meetinghouse Cemetery, Newfields, NH

Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
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