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SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich.
        A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883

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         CAPT. W. BROWNLEE is a native of Scotland, and was born May 26,
      1825; he began sailing when twelve years of age; he came to this
      country in 1849, and brought one of the first cargoes from Europe to
      San Francisco; for the next four years sailed along the coast and to
      Peru and China, and in 1852 went from China to London, and the folow-
      ing year he came to the United States, and since then has been en-
      gaged in sailing on the lakes; in 1855, he sailed Captain of the
      schooner Alice, and has sailed the Sir Charles Medcalf, the Gem, the
      British Lion, Yorkney, Lass, America, Star of Hope, W. B. Ogden, and
      the Red, White and Blue.  In 1853, he married Miss ELIZABETH SHIELDS,
      a native of Ayrshire, Scotland; they have four children - ELIZABETH
      A., ROBERT, MAUDE, CHARLES E.

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