Brown, Jacob (1775-1828)

Name:

Brown, Jacob (1775-1828)

Title:

Senior Officer of the United States Army
1815-1821
Commanding General of the United States Army
1821-1828

Other Names:

Jacob Jennings Brown

Born:

05/09/1775

Birthplace:

Bucks County, PA

Died:

02/24/1828

Death Location:

Washington D.C.

Residence:

Bucks County, PA
Black River County, NY

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

American Army officer in War of 1812

Father:

Brown, Samuel

Mother:

White, Abi

Spouse:

Pamela Williams

Children:

Sons: Gouverneur, Jacob, William and Nathan
Daughters: L. Mary, Eliza, Pamela, Margaret and Katherine

Notes:

General Brown was so well respected that when he died, and his casket was carried down Pennsylvania Avenue on the shoulders of a detachment of U.S. Marines, the entire government shut down for the funeral. His mile-long funeral procession was composed of family, military detachments and government officials. Then President John Quincy Adams said of him:

General Brown was one of the eminent men of this age and nation. Through bred a Quaker, he was a man of lofty and martial spirit, and in the late war contributed perhaps more than any man to redeem and establish the military character of his country.[1]