This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JasonEdwards74 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.brownlow/129.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi there! I thought I would clear up a few things concerning the Brownlow family and their connections. I will start with your direct line: George M. Brownlow was born March 22, 1871. I have seen other descendants say the M. stands for Milton. His parents were Joseph Brownlow and Francis Kellow. Joseph Brownlow was born in Ireland in February 1833 (Per 1900 census). He seems to have come from Ireland to Canada in about 1847. Some census information states that he was born in Canada. He may have been the Joseph Brownlow who immigrated at Quebec in 1847 with parents William and Sarah. I have been unable to find him on the 1860 census, but he is said to have married Frances Lucinda Kellow in 1859 in LaCrosse County, Wisconsin. He enlisted as a private in Co. C, 49th Wisconsin Infantry on February 18, 1865, and was mustered out on November 1, 1865. He filed for a pension in Nebraska on August 4, 1882, and his widow applied for a pension on July 28, 1913, in Washington. He was listed on the 1870 census in LaCrosse County. By 1880, he had moved to Platte County, Nebraska, where he was on the census. In 1885 and 1900 he was on the census in Holt County, Nebraska, and in 1910 was in Yakima County, Washington. He died on July 7, 1913, in Yakima County, Washington. (Please note that there was another Joseph Brownlow in Wisconsin who is sometimes confused with your Joseph. This other Joseph was a son of Charles Brownlow and Sophia Stocks and was born in Lincolnshire, England.) For what it is worth, the one descendant of Joseph Brownlow and Frances Kellow who has participated in the Brownlow DNA study did not match the Southern Brownlows. They did, however, match several Brownlees. Your Joseph is s different person than Joseph B. F. Brownlow, son of George Brownlow of Giles County, Tennessee. Joseph B. F. Brownlow seems to have died unmarried. The last record of him I have been able to find is when he enlisted in Co. K, 1st Tennessee Infantry (Confederate). He does not appear on the 1870 (or later) census and may have died in the Civil War. His father was George Brownlow c.1801 in Chatham County, North Carolina. George Brownlow died in Giles County, Tennessee, in 1855. The father of George Brownlow was James Brownlow (c.1765-c.1817). James Brownlow was born c.1765 in County Armagh, Ireland. He arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, with his parents William and Jane Brownlow in 1767. He married Mary, who is said to have been a Sanders/Saunders, in about 1790. They moved, first to Kentucky before 1809, and then to Giles County, Tennessee, where James died before 1820. He is not the same person as the James Brownlow, son of John Brownlow of Cross Creek in Cumberland County, North Carolina. They were, in fact, first cousins. This other James was born about 1767 to John Brownlow and Sarah Council. There is an abundant amount of incorrect information out there concerning this particular John Brownlow. (For clarification about him, see the posting by Betty Jo Evans in this message board dated May 9, 2013.) I hope this has helped clear up some of the confusion. It gets complicated with so many James, Joseph, and John Brownlows. If you have any questions, let me know! Thanks, Jason Lee Edwards Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.