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Brown, Uriah
Biography
9 May 1784–22 Mar. 1853. Laborer, inventor. Born in Connecticut. Married Mary Perry, 3 Dec. 1805, in Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts. Publicly demonstrated his invention of ironclad warships that propelled liquid fire, 1814, in Baltimore. Petitioned U.S. Congress to purchase his invention of liquid fire, 1827–1828. Moved to Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois, by Dec. 1842. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 19 Mar. 1844; one of three men admitted to council by JS who were not Latter-day Saints. Rejected from council, 4 Feb. 1845. Offered to sell his invention of liquid fire to Brigham Young, 3 Nov. 1845. Again petitioned Congress to adopt invention, 1847. Lived at Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, 1850. Traveled to Utah and offered to sell invention to Council of Fifty but rejected an offer to settle in Utah, 1851.
Links
papers
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 3 May 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 11 April 1844
- Minutes, 13 May 1844
- Minutes, 19 March 1844
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 26 March 1844
- Gender
- Male