----- Original Message ----- From: Browning <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 12:50 PM Subject: [BROWNING] Orville Hickman Browning > Orville Hickman Browning, born in Cynthiana, Harrison County, KY., 2/10/1806. > Does anybody have his parents, g.parents, siblings, children? He was lawyer in Quincy, IL; cousin of Jonathan Browning (gunsmith); friend of Abraham Lincoln, before and during presidency;US Senator from IL (appointed to fill the vacancy > created by the death of Stephen A. Douglas); was appointed Secretary of the > Interior by President Andrew Johnson;; died in Quincy,IL, 8/10/1881. I have Micajah and Sarah (Brown) Browning as his parents; James and Susannah (Hickman) Browning as two grandparents and James Brown as another. Some of his siblings were Tabitha Ann, Marcus Elliott, Milton Davis, Zelinda Field, Ann Davis, and Elizabeth Brown Browning. The only child I have is Eliza Skinner who was adopted. Would like to have more. This and more was on my Web site Http://home.att.net/~lminnis but the Brownings have been removed for renovation. They should be back at the end of next week. M. Lee Minnis 845 Putters Green Way N Jacksonville, FL 32259-4340 (904) 287-3198 Author: The First Virginia Regiment of Foot 1775-1783