Daniel Fauber Brownfield (1824 - 1899)

Born 23 Apr 1824 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Lox — married about 1862 in Dungan Washington

Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1899 at age 74 in Seattle, King County, Washington, USA

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Daniel Brownfield was a settler in Washington before statehood.

Biography

He was born on 23 April 1824 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA and his parents were Susannah (Faber) and John Brownfield, Jr.

Daniel Fauber Brownfield married about 1862 in Dungan, Washington, USA to Nancy Lox.

About 1853 he moved from Virginia to New Dungeness, Clallam County, Washington Territory, USA and filed a donation land claim ^[1] in the Sequim Prairie.

He passed away on 02 Apr 1899 in Seattle, King County, Washington, USA. ^{[2] [3]}

Extract

Mr. Brownfield was born in West Virginia in 1823.

He served in the Mexican war until November 1848, and then came to Vancouver, arriving there in December 1843. Soon after this, Mr. Brownfield was elected to represent Clark county in the Oregon territorial legislature.

In 1853 he moved up into the newly established county of Jefferson, and the same year Washington was made a territory. Jefferson County was created by the Oregon Territory Legislature in December of 1852. The County boundaries included a portion of Clallam County. The new County was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. Lucius B. Hastings, Daniel F. Brownfield and Albert Briggs were appointed to serve as the first Board of Commissioners, with Henry C. Wilson as Sheriff and Alfred A. Plummer as Probate Clerk. When the Washington Territory was established in March of 1853 the County’s boundaries were re-established to the size it is today. The areas taken away from Jefferson County became Clallam County.

Soon after the minority legislature had closed its brief session at Oregon City (1851-2), General Daniel F. Brownfield, the representative from Lewis county in that small body, became the first white settler at New Dungeness. He was followed within the year by B. J. Madison, Charles M. Bradshaw, J. C. Brown, John Thornton, Elliot Cline, S. S. Ervin, Captain E. H. McAlmond, Daniel Smalley, G. H. Gerrish, Thomas Abernethy and others. ^[4]

Mr. Brownfield served as the House representative for Jefferson county at the first and seventh session of the Washington Territorial Assembly in 1854 and 1859. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ GLO land Notification 503
2. ↑ Oregon Pioneer Obituaries published on 04 Apr 1899 on p6 of "Oregonian" newspaper
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #66698911 for Daniel Fauber Brownfield
4. ↑ History of Pacific Northwest - Oregon and Washington], v1 (1889) p340
5. ↑ "Members of the Territorial Legislature 1854-1887" compiled by Ellen Levesque; citing Washington Territorial Assembly 1854-1887; repository: Oct 1989 Washington State Library in Olympia, WA

• 1857 Census of Clallam County citing Washington State Archives; for D. F. Brownfiele (name transcription error communicated to archives staff)

• 1860 USA Census of Dunginess, Clallam, Washington Territory; on FamilySearch.org from Fold3.com citing NARA#M653; image#2/3

• 1870 USA Census of Clallam, Washington Territory; citing FHL#553182; NARA# M593_1683; p15B; with sons Charles H. @6yrs & John W. @3yrs

• Early Oregonians Database citing record #106807

Acknowledgements

• Brownfield-142 created 05 Nov 2015 by Abel

• Brownfield-1185 created 13 Jan 2023 by Lynda Young