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Norman K. Brown (Van Wert County, Ohio, merchant and captain in the 64th OVI)

b. 1834? d. 1880-10-01

Van Wert County, Ohio, merchant and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Samuel S. Brown and Ellenor M. Brown. Married to Virginia A. Sims in Knox County, Ohio, on March 19, 1856. Farmer in Van Wert County in 1850. Merchant in Van Wert County in 1860. Mustered into Company F of the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) on October 10, 1861. Promoted to second lieutenant on November 30, 1861. Promoted to first lieutenant on November 3, 1863. Promoted to captain on March 11, 1863. promoted to major on March 18, 1865. Mustered out as lieutenant colonel on on December 3, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Van Wert County, Ridge District, p. 202B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert, p. 458.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert, District 150, p. 350B.

Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 5, 1861-1866 (Akron, OH: The Werner Ptg. and MFG. Co, 1887), 433, 455.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Knox County Marriages, Film #000378591, p. 4.

U.S., Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, National Archives, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Washington D.C., RG 92, Series M1845, First Letter of Last Name B, p. 1542.

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Brown, Norman K.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280357 (November 12, 2026).

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