Nathan W. Brown

Nathan Williams Brown was born in Brownville, New York on 15 January 1819, a son of Major General Jacob Brown and Pamelia (Williams) Brown. He was raised and educated in Brownville and his siblings included Pamela, the wife of Army officer David Hammond Vinton. Another sister Eliza, was the wife of army paymaster Colonel Edmund Kirby (1794–1849) and mother of army officer Edmund Kirby (1840‒1863). Brown worked for his brother-in-law as a clerk; when Kirby died in July 1849, Brown successfully applied for appointment as a paymaster and in September he was commissioned as a major. Brown served initially in Florida. He died in Washington on 4 March 1893. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. ==Family==

In 1859, Brown married Virginia DuVal. They were the parents of four children, two of whom lived to adulthood. ==Dates of rank==

Brown's effective dates of rank in the Pay Department were: • Major, 5 September 1849 • Lieutenant Colonel, 4 April 1864 • Colonel (Brevet), 13 March 1865 • Colonel, 28 July 1866 • Brigadier General (Brevet), 15 October 1867 • Brigadier General, 8 June 1880 • Brigadier General (Retired), 6 February 1882 ==References==