Territorial Council 1854-55 (District 6); Territorial House 1857 (District 10); Democratic Constitutional Convention 1857 (District 10)
Party when first elected: Democratic
Counties Served:
Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Pierce (defunct), Renville, Sibley, Steele
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
1/5/1805
Birth Place:
, Maryland
Birth County:
Harford
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
11/9/1870
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
J.R.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Henderson
Occupation (when first elected):
Owner, Editor, and Publisher; Minnesota Pioneer, 1852-1854
EDUCATION
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Judge:
Wisconsin? (Justice of the Peace);
18?? to 18??
U.S. Executive Branch:
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, (Indian Agent);
18?? to 18??
County Board/Commissioner:
St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory (County Commissioner);
18?? to 18??
Territorial Government:
Wisconsin Territorial Legislature (2 Sessions);
18?? to 18??
Military:
United States Army (Fort Snelling, Drummer Boy and Fifer; Officer, Under General Sibley);
1819 to 1828
Judicial Administration:
St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory (Clerk of County Court);
184? to 184?
Territorial Government:
Minnesota Territorial Council (Secretary of the Council);
1849 to 1851
Territorial Government:
Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives (Territorial Chief Clerk of the House);
1853 to 1853
Municipal Council/Aldermen:
Henderson, Minnesota (Village Council, 1st President);
1856 to 1857
Territorial Democratic Constitutional Convention:
10th Council District, Minnesota Territory;
07/13/1857 to 08/29/1857
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Had three marriages (according to MNopedia); Miss Dickson (daughter of Robert Dickson, her mother was a member of the Dakota Indian Tribe, according to Fifty Years in the Northwest, 1888)
Children:
Had children: Samuel J. (son); (at least 1 daughter)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Minnesota Place Names lists his birth place as Hartford, Maryland. History of Minnesota: from the French Explorations to the Present Time, 1873 lists York County, Pennsylvania.
He came to the Northwest Territory in 1819.
His party affiliation was provided by Minnesota in Three Centuries, Vol. 2, p. 438.
Brown County, Minnesota was named after him; Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota was also named after him. He was a founder of Henderson, Sibley County, Minnesota and Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota.
He died in New York City, New York.