Joseph Beverly Browne (1814 - 1888)

Born 4 Nov 1814 in James City, Virginia, United States

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Died 28 Dec 1888 at age 74 in Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States

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Joseph B. Browne — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Windsor, Isle of Wight County, Va., November 6, 1814. Democrat. Delegate to Florida state constitutional convention from Monroe County, 1838-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1868; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1869-70. Episcopalian. Died December 27, 1888 (age 74 years, 51 days). Source: https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/43298.html

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32092494/joseph-beverly-browne : accessed 04 June 2022), memorial page for Joseph Beverly Browne (4 Nov 1814–28 Dec 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32092494, citing Key West Cemetery, Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by RosalieAnn (contributor 46559872) .
• Key West: The old and the new, Jefferson Beale Browne. “One of the earliest settlers, afterwards a large land owner and prominent businessman, whose residence in Key West was due to this circumstance, was Mr. Fielding A. Browne. His brother (John) had gone from Virginia to Mexico, and there had been killed. Mr. Browne was on a ship, bound to New Orleans, on his was to Mexico to look after his brother’s estate, and was wrecked at Key West, and remained here. In 1830, when his nephew, Mr. Joseph Beverly Browne, was graduated from William and Mary College, he sent for him to come to Key West and go in business with him.” Chapter XXIX. Wrecking.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64V3-6FS?cc=1438024&wc=K2FQ-4WL%3A518676601%2C518876101%2C519085301 : 8 June 2019), Florida > Monroe > Key West > image 25 of 126; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/43298.html