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John Evans Brown

New Zealand politician

PersonDied aged 68humanQ6232023

Born: February 16, 1827
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Died: July 9, 1895
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Lewistown
Place of death: Asheville
Citizenship: New Zealand
Occupation: politician
, farmer
Positions held: Member of the New Zealand Parliament

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John Evans Brown was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Born in Pennsylvania, he came to New Zealand after spending time in Australia, where he was a farmer and US Consul. He farmed in Canterbury, where he was known as "Yankee" Brown. Three of his brothers in law, through his first wife, served as his fellow Members of Parliament. He married a second time, as his first wife died young, and moved back to the United States. On his father's land in Asheville, he came to considerable wealth due to the mining of mica.

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Given name: John
Evans
Family name: Brown
Relative: Francis James Garrick kinship to subject: brother-in-law
Henry Richard Webb kinship to subject: brother-in-law
John Thomas Peacock kinship to subject: brother-in-law
Sex or gender: male

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