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1822 |
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Born Providence, RI |
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1824 |
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Moved East Hartford, CT |
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1843 |
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Admitted to the Bar, became an attorney Harford, CT |
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1853 |
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Abandoned his career as a lawyer |
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1854 |
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Awarded Honorary Master's Degree Trinity College |
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1855 |
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Landscape painting with Jules Theodore Busch |
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1855 |
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Exhibited works at county fair Hartford Agricultural Society |
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1857 - 1858 |
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Set up studio 391 Main Street, Hartford, CT |
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1860 |
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Moved to New York |
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1854 - 1861 |
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Spent 7 consecutive winters in Cuba |
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1861 - 1862 |
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Submitted work for sale at Nat. Academy of Design New York, NY |
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1865 |
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Married Henrietta Knowlton Angell Pierce Bristol, RI |
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1866 |
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Son Carl de Wolf Brownell born |
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1867 - 1870 |
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Sons Ernest Henry and Edward Ibarra born |
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1876 |
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Son Roger Williams born Switzerland |
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1871 - 1877 |
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Sailed to and travelled through Europe |
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1877 |
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Travelled to Egypt |
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1878 |
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Return to Bristol, Rhode Island |
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1888 |
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Travelled through the Caribbean |
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1888 |
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Travelled to Hudson Valley |
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1894 |
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Traveled to Jamaica |
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1897 - 1898 |
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Wife dies at age 60 |
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1898 |
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Son Roger W. Brownell dies aged 22 |
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1908 |
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Brownell suffers broken hip |
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1909 |
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Dies at age 87 30 Walley Street, Bristol, RI |
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