Col. Philip P. Brown
157th NYSV

from the Madison Observer, April 20, 1881:

  DEATH OF COL. BROWN.---Col. Philip P.
Brown, a former resident of Hamilton, who
raised and commanded the 157th Regiment of
N.Y. Volunteers in the late civil war, died at
St. Louis, Mo., of typhoid pneumonia, on the
8th instant, in the 58th year of his age. Col.
Brown was a native of Smithfield, in this coun-
ty. He entered Madison University in 1853,
and graduated in 1855. After his graduation
he filled the position of principal of the Acad-
emy of the University from 1855 to 1862, when
he entered the army as Colonel of the 157th
Regiment of N.Y. Volunteers. From 1865
till 1866 he was Colonel of the 7th U.S. Veter-
an Volunteers of Hancock's Corps. In 1866 he
left the army, and established himself in an
extensive business in St. Louis, his residence at
the time he died.