From Memorial and Genealogical Record of Dodge and Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin, 
publ. 1894 - Page 31-32
 
A. H. DROWN.  A well-known and highly-honored resident of Dodge County, Wis., is 
A. H. DROWN, who is the efficient assistant superintendent of the Asylum and Poor 
Farm of Dodge County.  This enterprising old citizen owes his nativity to the Granite 
State, his birth occurring in Coos County, October 10, 1838, being a son of Rev. Samuel 
DROWN, who was the first child born in the town of Sheffield, Vt.  He became a 
minister of the Baptist Church, and took quite an active part in the political affairs of his 
section, and represented his county in the State Legislature.  He was twice married, and 
the second wife was the mother of the subject of this sketch.  Her name was Deborah 
HYLAND, and she was reared in the town of Pittsburg, N.H.  Their wedded life extended 
over fifty years, and in 1882 they celebrated their golden wedding.  The father died in the 
fall of 1884 in his eighty-ninth year, and the mother in 1887 at the age of ninety, and both 
now sleep their last long sleep in Oakwood Cemetery, Dodge County, Wis.  A. H. 
DROWN came to this section with his parents in 1845, when but seven years of age, and 
in this county grew to manhood.  The father's first marriage resulted in the birth of eight 
sons and several daughters, six of whom grew to mature years.  At the present time one 
half-brother and two half-sisters of the subject of this sketch are living, and one own 
sister is also living.  A. H. DROWN received the advantages of common schools and 
supplemented this education with two terms in the Beaver Dam High School.  He made 
his home with his father the most of the time until the death of the latter, after which he 
took charge of the old homestead, and on this place still resides.  He was actively 
engaged in farming there up to 1890, since which time he has been engaged in the 
management of the County Asylum, and a most efficient manager has he made.  The 
county house has 112 inmates, is a model of neatness, and the farm is very carefully 
looked after, a fact of which the citizens of Dodge County have every reason to be 
proud.  Mr. DROWN has been identified with the Democratic party for some time past, 
but was formerly a Republican in his views.  He has been rather active in political 
matters, and although by no means an office-seeker he was elected and served three terms 
in the capacity of chairman of Beaver Dam Township.  He is a man whose word is as 
good as his bond, and for this reason, as well as owing to the fact that he has many 
amiable traits of character, his friends are legion.  He was married in Beaver Dam June 7, 
1860, to Miss Helen DAY, a native of Broome County, N.Y., where she was reared and 
educated, and a daughter of Amos P. DAY, who was called from life in the State of 
Minnesota, having been engaged in the manufacture of lumber in Fillmore County for 
many years.  To Mr. and Mrs. DROWN two children have been given: Nettie, wife of 
Edwin P. WHITMORE, a merchant of Beaver Dam, and Samuel, who is associated in 
business with Mr. WHITMORE.  Another son, Frederick, died April 7, 1869, at the age 
of three years.  Mr. DROWN is a member of Juneau Lodge of the A.F. & A.M., and is 
also a member of the I.O.O.F.  He is well known in Dodge and adjoining counties, and he 
and his wife have numerous and warm friends.

Submitted by:  Carol Holmbeck