Background
Brown, John Howard was born on November 8, 1840 in Rhinebeck, New York, United States. Son of William Howard and Elizabeth (Conklin) Brown.
Brown, John Howard was born on November 8, 1840 in Rhinebeck, New York, United States. Son of William Howard and Elizabeth (Conklin) Brown.
Educated Rhinebeck Academy, Fort Edward Institute, and Eastman College. Taught school; was clerk and student in law office, New New York News correspondent, Washington, 1864-1867.
Removed South, edited a newspaper and engaged in real estate business, Augusta, Georgia.
Removed to New York, 1872. Engaged in editing and publishing subscription books Planned and passed through the press, Around the World with General Grant (2 volumes), 1879-1880.
Editor: (6 volumes) National Cyclopedia American Biography, 1890-1895.
Lamb’s Biographical Dictionary of the United States (7 volumes), 1897-1903. Lamb’s Textile Industries of the United States (Volume(s) I), 1911, Author: American Naval Heroes, 1899.
American Families of Historic Lineage (Long Island—2 volumes), 1912. (with Carl West. Schlegel) German-American Families (American History Society), 1916.
Historian and genealogist.
Home: Brooklyn, New New York
Married Jeannie Hamilton Derby, 1872.