Lieutenant George Seyler BROWNELL
OCCUPATION: George is listed as a saddler, but had probably worked earlier in the tannery with his father.
MILITARY: The widower George S BROWNELL volunteered into the 62nd Regiment of OVI in the Civil War, as a 2nd Lieutenant on 8/14/1862. On the "Return" of that Regiment for month of July 1863 he is reported "killed in action at Morris Island, South Carolina,
7/18/1863. He was one who led the night attack on Fort Wagner, near Charlestown, SC 7/18/1863," in which attack he was killed by a shot in the breast.
On 7/21/1864, Miss Sarah Jane Brownell (Aged 32 years), sister of George Seyler Brownell declared that she is the guardian of the three minor children of George who was killed in battle 7/18/1863 at the storming and assault made on Fort Wagner by the Federal Troops in the state of South Carolina,
Went to California at the time of the gold rush in 1849.