LeClair Hooker Brown

(b. 1857)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

LeClair Hooker Brown was born in 1857, in Burwell School.

Places of Residence

• Burwell School, from 1857 [1].

Relatives

• Parents: Henry Nicholas Brown, [Sr.] (1831-1908) [1] and Margaret Parthenia Evelyn Hooker (1839-1923)  [1]. Henry Nicholas Brown, [Sr.] planted the great sugar maple tree on the front lawn in 1857 to mark the birth of his first son, LeClair Hooker Brown.
• Maternal grandparents: Nathan Hooker (1793-1848) and Julia A. Hooker (1804-1873).
• Siblings:
  • one brother, Henry Nicholas Brown, [Jr.] (1864-1922).
  • two sisters, Julia Estelle Brown (1861-1885) and Anne Vasseur Brown (1859-1884).
• Aunt: Cornelia B. Hooker (1836-1852).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).