Gustavus Richard Brown
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Dr. Gustavus Richard Brown (born 1748, died September 30, 1804[1][2]) was a life-long friend of George Washington, as well as one of his physicians. He is best known as being one of those who were at George Washington’s bedside when he died.[3][4][5]
Gustavus Brown studied medicine in Edinburgh, graduating in 1768. In addition to medicine, he was elected to the legislature of Maryland, and served as a judge. Additionally, he was a member of the Maryland state convention of 1788 to ratify the U. S. Constitution.[6][7]
Thomas Stone’s mother-in-law, Margaret Brown, was the sister of Dr. Gustavus Brown (according to Conway, Thomas Stone married the sister of Gustavus Brown). In some records he may be confused with his father (same name) who came from Scotland in 1708.[8] The elder Gustavus Brown settled at Middleton (named after his family homestead near Dalkeith, Scotland) in Charles County, Maryland, as related by his descendent Moncure Daniel Conway.[9] The younger Gustavus Brown built and lived in Rose Hill.
There is a school named after him, Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary, located in Waldorf, Maryland.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ridgely pp 63-64
- ^ Gustavus Brown Burial Site, Charles County, Maryland. Interment.net. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ Wilstach, pp 102-104
- ^ George Washington Really Did Sleep Here. Maryland Office of Tourism. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Arnett, pp 44-45
- ^ Scharf, pp 749
- ^ Maryland Manual, 1926 320. Maryland State Archives.
- ^ Who was Dr. Gustavus Brown?. Charles County Board of Education. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ Conway, pp 1-5.
[edit] References
- Arnett, Earl; Dr. Robert J Brugger, Edward C. Papenfuse (1999). Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State. Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Conway, Moncure Daniel (1904). Autobiography Memories and Experiences of Moncure Daniel Conway 1. Houghton, Mifflin & Co..
- Ridgely, Helen West (1908). Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The Grafton press.
- Scharf, John Thomas (1879). History of Maryland from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. John B. Piet.
