Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887
Washington Co.

THOMAS R. BROWNE was born September 9, 1831, and is the third son and fifth
child of Stephen C. and Mary E. Browne.  He passed his youth and early
manhood on the paternal homestead, and received excellent educational
advantages, attending the Pleasant Grove Academy until his fifteenth year,
when he entered Center College, which he attended for a period of three
years, graduating in June, 1850.  He then engaged in teaching, taking
charge of Pleasant Grove Academy, Washington County, a position he retained
for one year, establishing an enviable reputation as an instructor.  In
1851 he engaged in farming on the beautiful farm which has since been his
home, and which is one of the best improved places in the Pleasant Grove
neighborhood.  Mr. Browne, while giving a great deal of attention to
farming, has made stock raising his principal business, and is one of the
most successful breeders of shorthorn cattle and trotting horses in central
Kentucky.  While never aspiring to official position, he takes considerable
interest in politics, voting with the Democratic party.  He filled the
office of county school commissioner for a period of six years, and did
more for the cause of education during that time than any man who ever held
the office.  Mr. Browne has been twice married-the first time in January,
1853, to Miss Mary E. Rogers, daughter of Milton and Elizabeth Rogers, of
Washington County. One child was born to this union-Lizzie C. Browne
(deceased). Mrs. Browne died in May, 1856.  On the 18th of April, 1860, Mr.
Browne's second marriage was solemnized in Boyle County with Miss Ardie
Meyer, daughter of A.D. and Elizabeth Meyer.  To this marriage have been
born three children: Irvin M. (deceased), Mary R. (wife of F.M. Martin),
and Thomas R. Browne, Jr.  Mr. and Mrs. Browne are active members of the
Pleasant Grove Church.

Browne Rogers Meyer Martin
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Boyle-KY

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