Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Brown, Moses
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


MOSES BROWN deceased, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1826.  
Both his paternal and maternal ancestors were among the 
early English settlers in America.  He was the only child of 
Moses Brown, who was a merchant.  Our subject was reared in 
Boston, where he received his education, and early in life 
embarked in the mercantile trade, first as a salesman, then 
as a merchant.  He subsequently engaged in the wholesale 
boot and shoe trade in New York city, and during his life 
succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune.  He retired 
from business n 1866, and bought the property in Bristol on 
the banks of the Delaware river, where he died December 3, 
1876.  In 1847 he was married in Philadelphia to Miss Anna 
M., daughter of John Seisser, who was a merchant.  Her 
parents were of German origin.  Mr. and Mrs. Brown had two 
children:  Helen Collins, deceased, and Mortimer Harris, now 
an attorney in Philadelphia.  Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members 
of the Episcopal church.