WI BIO - Dane Co - BROWN, Lindsey S.
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893. Vol II, pp 535-536

Lindsey S. BROWN, a successful business man of Madison, Dane County, WI, was 
born in Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada, 18 Apr 1840, a son of David and Mary A. 
(RAINSFORD) BROWN, natives of Canada and Rome, NY, respectively. The family 
trace their ancestry back to 1500, in England. The father was of Scotch 
descent, a shoemaker by occupation, and his death occurred in 1865. The 
mother's people were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, also in the War of 
1812, and she now resides at Waterloo, aged 86 years.

Lindsey S. BROWN located with his parents in the northern part of Dane 
County, WI, in 1847, and at the age of 19 years he began teaching school in 
Dodge County, WI. In the summer of 1861 he enlisted in a company of 11th WI 
Volunteer Infantry, served principally in MA and AR, participated in the 
battle of Vicksburg with General GRANT, after which, on account of ill 
health, he returned home. In the fall of 1864 Lindsey S. BROWN went to CA, 
where he was employed by the Overland Company until 1866, and in that year 
took up his residence in Madison, WI. Before entering the war he had studied 
medicine a short time, which he resumed after coming to this city, and later 
took a special course at Rush Medical College, Chicago. In 1868 he began 
practice in the rooms he now occupies, in company with Dr. HOFFMAN, but since 
1869 has continued alone. Mr. BROWN makes a specialty of the eye and ear, 
and his practice has extended over the entire county.

On 17 Jun 1869 Lindsey S. BROWN was united in marriage with Amanda J. NEWTON, 
a native of Madison [Dane County, WI], and a daughter of J. L. W. NEWTON, a 
blacksmith by trade, and both he and his wife were born and reared in OH. 
Lindsey S. and Amanda J. (NEWTON) BROWN have two daughters: Mary Catherine 
and Bertha Louise, both at home. The eldest daughter is a member of the 
class of 1892, and the youngest is also in the high school. Lindsey S. BROWN 
is Commander of the G. A. R. Post, No. 5, of this city; is High Priest of the 
Chapter, and has been a Master of Madison Lodge five years.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly