This is a transcription of the Kate Howard Brown biography from New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State, Who are Worthy Representatives of their Sex in the Various Walks and Conditions of Life, The New Hampshire Publishing Co., Concord, NH, 1895, page 223.
Kate Howard (Crockett) Brown
KATE HOWARD BROWN, daughter of Nathaniel Bennett and Lydia Wardwell Crockett, was born in the town of Andover, Maine, July 17, 1853. Her family descended from good old New England stock. Her great-grandfather, Joseph Wardwell, was an officer in the Revolutionary War, and a personal friend of General Lafayette, who presented him with a sword. Both grandfathers fought in the War of 1812. In her young womanhood her parents moved to Boston, Mass., where she commenced the study of art, which she has pursued with much diligence since. In August, 1874, she was united in marriage with Gen. F. P. Brown, a merchant of Whitefield, N. H., where they have since resided. She was converted in 1880, since which time she has been active in all lines of Christian work. She is a Chautauquan of the class of ’86. For many years she has been actively connected with the W. C. T. U., has several times been reelected Coös county president; was delegate to the National Convention at New York in 1888; the World’s W. C. T. U. Convention at Chicago in 1893; and the Third Biennial Convention held in London in 1895, at which time she made a tour of Europe. She has been trustee of the Mercy Home in Manchester since its establishment. Being blessed with robust health, she has been enabled to accomplish a great deal in her domestic life which is her chief delight.