Talk:Harold P. Brown

Unbelievable
I can't belive the electric chair was invented back then! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.169.227.81 (talk) 23:03, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Man
Man you would think that they would have done had this made before 1888!! Especially with Thomas Edison on the case!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.65.113.178 (talk) 23:00, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Lies
Lies all lies Alfred Southwick invented the electric chair Harol Brown just made it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoho502 (talk • contribs) 01:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Cut and paste
This article appears to be a cut and paste from http://www.reformation.org/thomas-edison.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.125.109.45 (talk) 01:49, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Dates?
The birth/death dates "August 27, 1869 – July 26, 1932 Malden, Massachusetts" seem to have been originally inserted by an account associated with unconstructive edits. User:Ediedbdbd changed it to "September 16, 1857, Janesville, Wisconsin – 1944 Volusia, Florida" with a note - (Birth and death date based on US census records, US Emergency Passport Application, #509, Nov. 21, 1921, and family history.). The "1857, Janesville, Wisconsin" part can be independently verified so I am restoring the remainder of that edit. The rest could use verification. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 16:03, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

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Mayflower descent
Any source claiming that he descended from a Mayflower Pilgrim named Brown is inherently unreliable because Peter Brown had no sons to pass on his surname. It does not solve the problem to use a more vague formulation because the basis is nothing but the flawed supposition that anyone named Brown descends from the Pilgrim. Likewise, WP:NOTGENEALOGY tells us not to engage in gratuitous genealogy, and the fact that he had ancestors who fought in wars does not inform us in any meaningful way about his life and accomplishments. Agricolae (talk) 02:02, 31 May 2018 (UTC)