Jacob Lawrence Browning was born on September 3, 1832 in Gloucester County, New Jersey United States to WILLIAM BROWNING and GRACE FISH. He married Mary Ellen Moore Browning on February 28, 1866 in Louisa County, Iowa, and had children Charles Wykoff BROWNING, Jeremiah Herschel BROWNING, Handy Andy BROWNING, Minnie Mae BROWNING, Beard Franklin Browning, and Vinnie Bertha BROWNING. Jacob Browning died at age 67 years old on April 2, 1900 in Port Louisa, Louisa County.