An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 410-411

	JOSIAH S. BROWN, of Spokane, Washington, was born in the parish of Sunbury,
in the British province of New Brunswick, and from the age of nine years was
reared in Linneus, Aroostook county, Maine. 
	July 2, 1861, Mr. Brown enlisted as a private in the first company organized
in Aroostook county -- Company A, Seventh Maine Volunteers. At the expiration of
his term of enlistment he was honorably discharged, July 12, 1863. He then
re-enlisted for three years, in the "Veterans," and after being mustered out
joined the Engineer Battalion of time United States Army, and came to the
Pacific coast. He participated in the Modoc war in Idaho, and for gallantry in
action, January 17, 1873, was specially mentioned in dispatches.
	Mr. Brown has been in Washington most of the time since 1873. He came to
Spokane in December, 1882, and has since been identified with the interests of
this growing city. He was elected Assessor of Spokane in 1890, on the Republican
ticket, and served one term of two years. He is a prominent member of Reno Post,
No. 47, G.A.R., and is now serving as Department Commander, this department
comprising both Washington and Alaska.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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