Andrew Brownlee, P. O., Arrow Rock. The subject of this sketch is a native of Augusta county, Virginia, where he was born October 15, 1796. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, but moved at an early day to Virginia. In 1825, Mr. Brownlee moved to this county, where he worked at the carpenter’s trade a number of years. He had learned his trade in Virginia. He built the first house ever erected in Arrow Rock, a log house of two rooms – this was in the spring of 1830. In 1831 he purchases 160 acres of land, and in 1832 went to farming. He had lived on his farm, combining farming with his trade – his brother living with him, and running the farm. On the 9th of July 1829, Mr. Brownlee was married to Miss Betsey Hall of this county, and has had ten children, of whom six are living – Mary Jane (Fenwick), Eliza (Reynolds), Florence (Herndon) Darwin, Sarah, Justin (Jones). In 1874, Mrs. Brownlee died in Arrow Rock. Mr. Brownlee is one of the oldest citizens of Saline county and has the esteem of all who know him.
