Isaac V. Brown
Isaac V. Brown [1]
a Presbyterian minister, was born in Somerset Co., N. J., Nov. 4, 1784; graduated at Nassau Hall, Princeton, and studied theology with Dr. Woodhull, of Freehold; was ordained by the New Brunswick Presbytery as pastor at Lawrenceville, N. J., where he established the now celebrated Lawrenceville Classical and Commercial Boardingschool. He remained at its head until 1833, when he removed to Mount Holly. He passed the remainder of his life in that vicinity, preaching, but especially devoted to literary labors. He died April 19, 1861. He was one of the founders of the American Colonization Society, and labored for it earnestly. He published Life of Robert Finley, D.D., a work on The Unity of the Human Race, and A Historical Vindication of the Abrogartion of the Plan of Union by the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A .-Wilson, Presbyterian Almanac, 1862.
