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Charles DeWolf Brownell

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  • Name Charles DeWolf Brownell 
    Birth 1822 
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • A resident of East Hartford, Connecticut from 1824 to 1860, New York City from 1860 to 1865, and Bristol, Rhode Island from 1878 until his death in 1909, Charles Brownell was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He became known for his landscape and still life paintings, especially a work titled "Connecticut Charter Oak."

      In 1853, he gave up a law career to devote himself to landscape painting, and studied in Hartford with Julius Bush and Joseph Ropes and exhibited at the National Academy of Design. He also spent seven consecutive winters painting tropical scenery in Cuba and six years in Europe.
    Person ID I100383538340  Mocha
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2008 

    Father Dr. Pardon Brownell 
    Mother Lucia DeWolf 
    Sealed P (LDS)
    Family ID F585  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henrietta Knowlton (Angell) Pierce,   b. 1837   d. 1897 (Age 60 years) 
    Children 
     1. Carl DeWolf Brownell,   b. 1866
     2. Ernest Henry Brownell,   b. 1867
     3. G. Edward Don Manuel Ibarra Dudagoitia Brownell,   b. 1870
     4. Roger Williams Brownell,   b. 1876   d. 1899 (Age 23 years)
    Family ID F696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2008 

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