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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present
- Illustrated -
Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers -
1894
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REV. EZRA KELLER BELL, D.D.,
was born Nov. 14, 1853, near Leitersburg, Washington Co.,
Md. His parents were George and Mary Ann (Mickley)
Bell, of Hon. J. D. Foraker and Judge
Buchwalter. After two years study of law, Dr. Rhodes
entered the Philadelphia Divinity School of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, graduated, and was ordained a deacon by
Bishop Bedell at Easter, 1874, in St. Luke’s Church,
Marietta, Ohio, where he had been baptized and confirmed.
Coming to Cincinnati at once he took charge of St. Paul’s
Church, on Fourth street, in which he was ordained a priest
by Bishop Talbot, of Indiana, Advent Sunday, 1874.
In May, 1876, he took the rectorship of the Church of Our
Savior, Mt. Auburn, which had just organized with twenty-
nine members, and without any church building or property
whatever. Here he has remained ever since, and has now
a handsome stone church and rectory worth $60,000, large
schools and societies, and three hundred communicants.
In 1875 he married Miss Laura Wiggins, daughter of
Samuel B. Wiggins, of St. Louis, who died in 1883
leaving two sons, Goodrich Barbour Rhodes, born in
1876, and Frank Ridgely Rhodes, born in 1877.
In 1885, he married Jennie, third daughter of Truman R. and
Marietta Handy. Their only child, Helen Marietta
Rhodes, was born in 1886, and died in her young beauty
in 1894.
Dr. Rhodes has been a voluminous writer and
popoular lecturer. “Creed and Greed,” a volume of
lectures on city misgovernment; “Dangers and Duties” [Lippincot,
1880], lectures to young men; “Marriage and Divorce,” and
many essays, sermons, poems, etc., have issued from his pen.
In 1892 he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from
Marietta College. He was the first clergyman ever
elected to the directory of the Young Men’s Mercantile
Library of Cincinnati, and in 1890 was elected president of
the same institution over so strong a competitor as Hon.
Charles Fleischman. He has been for ten years a
trustee of Kenyon College; for fifteen years the examining
chaplain of the Diocese of Southern Ohio, a deputy to the
General Convention, chairman of the committee on Canons, and
a member of all the important committees of the Diocese.
He is also a Son of the Revolution, and chaplain of the Ohio
Society.
Source: History of Cincinnati
and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present - Illustrated - Publ.
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WILLIAM HERBERT BELL,
physician and surgeon, office No. 290 Race street, residence
Crescent Ridge avenue, Clifton, was born at Cincinnati Dec.
10, 1859, a son of Herbert and Sarah Cooper (Procter)
Bell, and grandson of John Bell, a merchant of
Belfast, Ireland. His father was born at Belfast,
immigrated to Cincinnati, and was a successful commission
merchant, but is now retired from business. His mother
is a native of Cincinnati, a daughter of W. Procter,
senior member of the firm of Procter & Gamble.
Dr. Bell received his education at the schools of
Cincinnati, and at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. He
began the study of medicine under Drs. M. Gault and
J. L. Davis, and is a graduate of Miami Medical
College of Cincinnati and the Polyclinic of New York.
He began the practice of his profession in Clifton, but
subsequently removed his office to No. 102 West Seventh
street, and still later to his present location. The
Doctor is one of the promising young physicians of
Cincinnati, and enjoys a large and lucrative practice.
The Bell family are connected with the Episcopal
Church, and in politics the Doctor is a Republican.
Source: History of Cincinnati
and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present - Illustrated - Publ.
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ROBERT M. BENHAM, was
born in Butler county, Ohio, July 7, 1843, son of John
and Fanny (Densmore) Benham, the former a native of Ohio
and of English and German extraction, the latter a native of
Pennsylvania and of German descent. Our subject’s
father was born in 1808 and died in 1874; he was a farmer by
occupation. His wife died in 1871. They were the
parents of eight children: Elizabeth, Anna, Harrie H.,
Emeline, Alfred, Robert M., William and Martha.
The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm, and
received his education in the common schools. In 1861
he joined the Seventh Rhode Island-Regiment, Thirteenth Army
Corps, under Gen. Burnside, under whom he served six
months, when he joined the Middle Division of Mississippi,
and remained there until the close of the war. He was
with Sherman on the march to the sea. After the
war he returned home and began to learn the carpenter’s
trade, but only worked at it for about three years, when he
learned the trade of plastering with his brother, in which
he has since been engaged. He was married, Apr. 4,
1872, to Minnie Dunn, the daughter of
Breacha and Athensia (Patterson) Dunn, natives of New
York and of Irish descent. To this marriage live
children were born: Mael, wife of John Buck;
Jessie, John. Frank and Miles.
Mr. Benham is a member of the Knights of
Pythias, and the A. P. A. , and politically he is
independent.
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JOHN G. BRIDGES was born
in Anderson township July 10, 1823, son of Elisha and
Eliza (Clark) Bridges, and grandson of John Bridges,
who came to Cincinnati in 1790, and a short time afterward
located in Anderson township, where he built the first
house. He died July 12, 1823, and wa buried in the
family burial ground on his farm. Elisha Bridges
was born in Massachusetts, came to Hamilton county with his
father, and resided in Anderson township until his death
Mar. 10, 1861. His wife was a daughter of James
Clark, who immigrated from Virginia to Hamilton county
in 1797, locating in Clough creek, near Newtown. He
was a member of the Legislature from 1808 to 1810, and was
at one time judge of the county court; he died in 1851.
Elisha and Eliza (Clark) Bridges were the parents of
twelve children, three of whom are living: Patsy,
wife of Abraham Bogart; James C., of Anderson
township, and John G.; Susanna, Anna, Nancy, Elisha,
Judith, Rebecca, Mary, Benjamin and Eliza are
deceased. The family are all firm believers in the
Christian religion. John G. spent his boyhood
days on his father's farm, and passed through the varied
experience of life in a comparatively new country. He
now owns the farm purchased by his grandfather in 1798.
He never married, but lived with one of his sisters until, a
few years since, death separated them. He is a
Democrat in politics, and a highly respected citizen.
Source: History of Cincinnati
and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present - Illustrated - Publ.
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HON. SAMUEL J. BROADWELL,
who was one of the most successful attorneys of the Hamilton
County Bar, was born in Cincinnati in 1832, and was a son of
Jacob Broadwell. His father, who was a
prominent dealer in steamboat supplies on Front street in
early times, died when Mr. Broadwell was quite young,
but he had accumulated a considerable estate with which he
endowed his son. His mother being an invalid.
Samuel Lewis, became his guardian, and he was placed
under the care of Rev. Thomas J. Biggs, D. D., of
whose family he became a member, and under whose scholarly
and Christian guidance he was carefully instructed. He
was graduated from Woodward College of which Dr. Biggs
was at that time president, and, though his first
inclinations tended toward the Gospel ministry, he soon
after began the study of law in the office of Coffin &
Mitchell, and in due time was admitted to the practice
of that profession.
Judge M. B. Hagans, a fellow student in the same
office, was admitted with him, and May 1, 1857, these two
young attorneys, destined to win a high place in the
estimation of their colleagues and fellow-citizens,
established the since famous law firm of Hagans &
Broadwell. This partnership lasted until 1884 when
Mr. Broadwell withdrew from an active interest in the
business, but continued to occupy his old place in the
office till the time of his death which occurred July 11,
1893. Mr. Broadwell achieved a degree of
success in the practice of his profession which is reached
by only a very few, and as an office counselor it is
doubtful whether Cincinnati ever had his equal. He is
also a man of excellent business qualifications, and many
positions of great responsibility, requiring a thorough
knowledge of financial affairs, were entrusted to him.
He was a director of the Ohio Life & Trust Company in the
early "fifties;" and during his whole life was connected in
various ways with many institutions which have made
Cincinnati one of the great commercial centres of the West.
He was for many years, and at the time of his death, a
director of the Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago & St. Louis
Railroad Company, and was also director of the Cincinnati
Gas, Light & Coke Company. But all of Mr. Broadwell's
time and means were not give to business and professional
matters. During the Civil war he was a member of the
Sanitary Commission, and was very attentive to the welfare
and comfort of our soldiers. When a young man he
united with the Presbyterian Church, was a sincere Christian
and a very active church worker. He was a ruling elder
of the Second Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, and at the
time of his death was senior member of the Session. He
was a member of the society which organized the Young Men's
Christian Association in this country, was largely
instrumental in having a branch established in this city,
and was one of its first presidents. One of the causes
especially near his heart was the Presbyterian Church
Extension Society, of which he was an officer and
conscientious helper for many years. Another of his
prominent characteristics was a desire to assist young men,
and many of the substantial business and professional men,
in and about Cincinnati to-day, owe their success in life
largely to the wise counsel and assistance received from
Mr. Broadwell when determining upon a profession or
making their initiatory engagement in business. He was
a trustee of the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum, and for many
years of Lane Seminary, but he resigned the latter of the
same time as Alexander McDonald on account of the
difficulty which arose between that institution and Prof.
Henry Preserved Smith. The severance of the
relations between Prof. Smith and the seminary
occurred a few hours previous to the death of r.
Broadwell, a meeting of the trustees having been held on
that day in Cincinnati.
Mr. Broadwell's last illness
developed in May, 1893, and, through all that science could
do was done, nothing could check the progress of the
disease, and on July 1, he was moved from Atlantic City,
whither he had been taken for change of air, to Brooklyn,
and there, on July 11, he died at the home of his
brother-in-law, John M. Nixon. His remains were
brought to Cincinnati and interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Broadwell was a man who made many friends, and
his friendship was of the lasting kind. His name was
always foremost in every religious and benevolent
enterprise, and running back through the history of
Cincinnati his name will frequently be found in the chapters
given to charitable institutions. He bequeathed to the
Women's Union Missionary Society $10,000 for the purchase of
lot and the erection of a building in India to be known as
the "Lily Lytle Broadwell Memorial." Mr.
Broadwell married, for his first wife, Miss Elizabeth
Haines Lytle, a sister of Gen. Lytle, of
Cincinnati, whose biography appears in this work. His
second wife as Miss Marie Haines Nixon, daughter of
John M. Nixon, of New York, who was a member of the
firm of Doremus & Nixon, one of the oldest business
houses in New York. Mr. Broadwell was a
Republican in his political views, but, though very
public-spirited, he was not a seeker of public office.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present - Illustrated -
Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers - 1894
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AARON MERCER BROWN,
physician and surgeon, office No. 436 West Eighth street,
residence Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, was born at Milford,
Clermont Co., Ohio, August 3, 1838, a son of the late
Thomas Mercer and Selina Maria (Williams) Brown, the
former a native of Anderson township, Hamilton Co., Ohio,
the latter of Norristown, Penn. Thomas
Mercer Brown was the youngest of two children,
his brother, Nope Mercer Brown, having
like himself been one of the earlier students and graduates
of the Ohio Medical College. The parents of Dr.
Thomas Brown were of the first colony which founded
Columbia, at the mouth of the Little Miami river, Nov. 18,
1788, which constituted the first permanent settlement of
the Miami Country, or the Symrnes Purchase, and the second
of importance within the present boundary of the State.
The father, Thomas Brown, was a native of
Brownsville, Penn., and one of the eight children of
Thomas Brown, who was the founder of that town.
The mother of Dr. Thomas Brown was a
daughter of Aaron Mercer, of Winchester, Va.
He was a captain in the Revolutionary war, and some of his
exploits in the Miami Country during the Indian period are
preserved both by record and tradition. He died at
Columbia in 1800, at the age of fifty-four.
Dr. A. M. Brown, our subject, is the third in
order of birth in a family of four children, of whom two
only are now living. He was educated in the common
schools of Milford, and the Milford Seminary, studied
medicine under his father, and graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania in the spring of 1861. After his
graduation he came to Cincinnati, and in July of the same
year offered himself as assistant in the Twenty-second
Regiment O. V. I., in which command he served until 1864.
He was then made staff surgeon with rank of major, and was
assigned to duty as medical purveyor of the Department of
Arkansas. He left the service in April, 1865, and
returning to Cincinnati began the practice of his profession
in partnership with his brother. William T. Brown,
with whom he continued until the death of the latter, Jan.
26, 1882. He then moved to his present office, where
he has ever since been located. Dr. Brown is a
member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine and of the Ohio
State Medical Society, he is a member of the F. & A. M. and
is past master of N. C. Harmony Lodge No. 2; also a member
of the G. A. R. and of the Loyal Legion. Dr.
Brown was united in marriage Feb. 20, 1864, to
Miss Alice Whetstone, daughter of Thomas and Esther
Whetstone, of Cincinnati. His wife died October
28, 1866, of cholera. The Doctor was married, May 16,
1869, to Miss Amelia, daughter of Mark and Emeline
Atkins, of Cincinnati. Two children born of this
marriage are William M. Brown, a clerk in the
Lafayette Bank, and Mark A. Brown, a recent graduate
of the Miami Medical College. Dr. and Mrs. Brown
are members of the Episcopal Church. Politically he is a
Republican.
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Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present - Illustrated -
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ADOLPH LEWIS BROWN was
born in Dubuque, Iowa, July 13, 1857. He is a son of
the late Lewis and Louisa (Elsbach) Brown, both
natives of Bavaria, who came to this country in 1853,
locating in Dubuque, where Lewis Brown was engaged in
mercantile pursuits until his removal with his family to
Cincinnati in 1858, since which time he was similarly
engaged until his death in 1875. His wife survives.
Adolph L. Brown completed his education at Hughes
High School, began the study of law, was graduated from the
Cincinnati Law School, and admitted to the Bar in 1880.
He has since been very actively engaged in the practice of
his profession in all its branches, particularly in
commercial, corporation, and probate law. He is
counsel for the National Cordage Company, and so such
represents all its properties throughout the State of Ohio.
He is adviser for some of the largest commercial industries
and estates in Cincinnati. Mr. Brown resides on
Walnut Hill.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present - Illustrated -
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GENERAL CHARLES E. BROWN,
attorney, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, a son of Jacob
and Selina S. (Johnson) Brown, natives of New Jersey and
Virginia, respectively. They came of English
ancestors, who were among the earliest colonial settlers.
Gen. Brown’s father was a merchant, came to
Cincinnati in 1811, and made the mercantile trade the
business of his life; he died in that city in 1837, leaving
two children: Charles E. (the elder), and Jacob
Newton, a surgeon and physician of San Jose, Cal.,
distinguished for his skill as a surgeon.
Our subject was thrown on his own resources early in
life. After the death of his father, he lived with his
grandfather, Elijah Johnson, on a farm in
Highland county, Ohio. After attending the common
schools, he was prepared for college at Greenfield (Ohio)
Academy; then entered Miami University, where he was
graduated in 1854 in the regular classical course, and soon
after went to Louisiana as a private teacher, in which
capacity he was engaged in that State five years. In
the meantime he had studied law. He was admitted to
the Bar in Louisiana in 1859, but the same year returned to
his native State, and commenced the practice of his chosen
profession at Chillicothe. At the breaking out of the
war in 1861, he promptly enlisted in Company B, Sixty-third
O. V. I. After serving six weeks as a private
his comrades elected him as their captain. His record as a
soldier is a good one. [It is written up in full in
“Ohio in the War.”] He held all the offices between
captain and brigadier-general, and participated in many of
the historical battles of the war, losing his left, leg at
the battle of Atlanta, Georgia.
Gen. Brown in politics is a Republican,
and his party has seen tit to nominate and elect him to
Congress two terms, 1884-86. He is a member of
the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion.
He is a frequent contributor to the newspapers and literary
magazines, and has a standing among literary men. The
General was married at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1857, to
Anna E. , daughter of Doctor Z. Hussey, a lady of
English origin. This union has been blessed with six
children: Selina, now the wife of Frederick W.
Reed, an attorney at Minneapolis, Minn.; Mabelle;
Anna V., now the wife of Horace B. Hudson, a
publisher, also a resident of Minneapolis; Jacob
Newton, who died Sept. 13, 1893 (he was a regular
graduate of Miami University, a graduate of Cincinnati Law
School, and a practicing lawyer at the time of his death);
Clara L., and Charles Paul.
Mrs. Brown is a member of, and the family attend,
the Presbyterian Church.
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CHARLES EDGAR BROWN
was born at Kingwood, Va. (now W. Va.), Mar. 12, 1853.
He is a son of Thomas and Eleanor (Smith) Brown, the
former a native of Virginia and of North of Ireland descent,
the latter a native of Maryland and of Scotch descent.
Thomas Brown was an attorney at law, and four
of his sons adopted the same profession, Judge James A.
Brown, of Kingwood, T. P. R. Brown, of Beverly,
W. Va., the late George W. Brown, of Grafton, W. Va.,
and the subject of this sketch, Charles Edgar Brown
of Cincinnati. George W. Brown was
Adjutant-General of West Virginia under Gov. Boreman.
The fifth son, Lieut.-Commander R. M. G. Brown, is
the naval officer who in March, 1887, when his ship, the
"Trenton," the admiral's flagship of the Pacific squadron,
off Samoa, was in a dismantled condition and wreck was
threatened during a terrible gale, was happily inspired to
locate a sufficient number of his crew of 500 men upon the
vessel's rigging, whereby a living sail was formed that
proved efficacious in saving the lives of the crew and the
vessel from destruction. Two of the daughters of
Thomas Brown married attorneys of Morgantown, W. Va.,
John A. Dille, ex-judge of the circuit court, and
Joseph Moreland who is the President Regent of the State
University. William G. Brown a brother of
Thomas Brown was not only a prominent attorney, but in
the political world occupied many responsible positions.
He was administration leader of the House of Representatives
under President Polk, a member of the Richmond
convention which passed the ordinance of secession, to which
he was unalterably opposed, and afterward in Congress
introduced the bill establishing the State of West Virginia.
Charles Edgar Brown graduated from the Columbian
Law School of Washington, D. C., in June, 1879. In
April of the following year he located in Cincinnati.
In 1882 he entered the Cincinnati Law School, and was
graduated therefrom in June, 1883, since which time he has
been actively engaged in the practice of his profession.
He is a Democrat and has been actively identified with the
work of his party in Hamilton county. He was one of the
founders and early presidents of the Young Men’s Democratic
Club. He has never been an aspirant for office, but
served as one of the board of police commissioners by
appointment of Gov. Campbell from May, 1889,
to April, 1893, serving as president of that board during
1889-90. Mr. Brown is a 32° Scottish
Rite Mason, Past Eminent Commander of the Cincinnati
Commandery of Knights Templar, and a Noble of the Mystic
Shrine. He is also a Pythian Knight. He resides
at the University Club.
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CHARLES
RANDOLPH BROWN was born in Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 28,
1832. Three generations of his ancestors were among
the earliest settlers of Hamilton county. His mother,
Sarah (Groom) Brown, came to Columbia in 1794, from
Chatham. N. J., when four years of age. with her parents,
John and Susannah Brant Groom. About the same
time, perhaps somewhat earlier, came John Brant and
wife, parents of Susannah Groom, and
great-grandparents of Charles R. Brown. His
mother was married the second time, in 1824, in Lebanon,
Ohio, to the father of our subject, Thomas Brown.
Thomas Brown is still living at Dayton, Ohio, at the
age of ninety-four years, and is still in business, serving
as the president of the S. N. Brown Wheel Company of
that place. He suggested and laid the first boulder
pavement ever laid west of the Alleghany Mountains, at
Dayton, in 1830. The authorities of Cincinnati,
hearing of this unusual piece of work, sent a commissioner
to examine it, which resulted in bringing Mr.
Brown to Cincinnati to introduce bouldered streets.
His mother lived to the age of ninety-four.
Charles was educated at Dayton, enjoying the
advantages of the academy taught by the well known Milo
G. Williams. At the age of sixteen he left the
farm adjacent to the city of Dayton, to join an engineering
corps under R. M. Shoemaker, then superintending the
building of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad.
He was associated with Mr. E. W. Woodward, the
prominent railroad manager, who was then doing his first
railroad work in Ohio, and went with him to engage in
building the Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville railroad.
During the war of the Rebellion Charles was a private
in the One Hundred and Thirty-first O. V. I., and at the
close of the struggle he went South, and took part in the
work of developing the business interests of that section.
He was the first person to introduce the King Cottonseed
Drill and Williams’ Cotton Chopper, in raising the
cotton crop, and was successful in producing this staple at
a lower cost than ever before. Later, as a civil
engineer, contractor and dealer in builders’ materials, he
has been an active and honored member of the Builders
Exchange of Cincinnati. Mr. Brown’s
latest business venture is of a philanthropic character.
He is interested in the Tyson Cure for Alcoholism in his
city, and has established a resort in Chicago, where he has
experienced a marvellous success in the restoration of
inebriates. His business career has been a varied one,
successful in all respects excepting the accumulation of
wealth. In this respect he contrasts himself with his
brother, Samuel, who remains at Dayton, Ohio, where he
founded a business in 1845, which now enjoys the unique
distinction of a management participated in by the
representatives of four generations, and is now, as it has
been for many years, a wealth-producing concern. At
Decatur, Ala., Apr. 14, 1868, Charles R. Brown was
united in marriage with Miss Carrie T. Lemmon, who
was born at Andover, Mass., and two sons, Samuel H. and
Roy L., are the fruits of this marriage.
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FRANCIS MARION BROWN
was born June 20, 1836, at Newtown, Hamilton Co., Ohio,, a
son of Jacob H. and Henrietta (Bradford) Brown.
The father, a carpenter by trade, was born in Pennsylvania,
Mar. 8, 1808, and came to Newtown at an early age with his
parents; his wife was born in Newtown in 1803. Our
subject lived with his parents until twenty-one years of
age, learned the carpenter trade with his father, and
pursued this calling until 1890, since which time he has
been engaged in farming east of Newtown. On July 5,
1857, he married Frances, daughter of Russell and
Susan (Chambers) Adkins, of Fayetteville, Brown Co.,
Ohio, where she was born Apr. 20, 1835. To this union
the following children were born: Alvilda, wife of
William Miller; George, deceased; Elizabeth,
deceased, and Jeanette, wife of Charles
Davis. Mrs. Brown died in 1878, a
consistent member of the Methodist Church, and in August,
1881, Mr. Brown married Sarah, who was
born May 28,1832, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Meritt.
They are members of the Baptist Church; in politics Mr.
Brown is a Democrat.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present - Illustrated -
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JOEL BROWN was born Feb. 28,
1806, in Connecticut, the eldest son of Aaron and Cynthia
(Murray) Brown, both natives of Connecticut. He
came with his parents to Ashtabula county, Ohio, and settled
in that county on one hundred acres of land, which at that
time was all in the woods, with no evidence of civilization
for miles around. They at once went to work blearing
the land, and much of this work fell to the lot of our
subject, he being the eldest in the family. Our
subject’s father remained in Ashtabula county until 1837,
when he moved to Kentucky, and there engaged in mercantile
trade for a few years. He then returned to his old
home, and remained there till his death, which occurred Aug.
31, 1870. His wife died Aug. 17, 1837. Five of their
children are living: Joel, Ezra, Cynthia,
Marinda and Merrett. Aaron
Brown’s second wife was Loretta Lincoln,
and to this marriage were born: Herbert, Birdsell,
Melvin and Helen.
Our subject at the age of seventeen commenced working
at the carpenter trade, which occupation he industriously
and successfully pursued for twenty years, living in
Cincinnati from 1838 to 1849. He then moved on a farm
in Springfield township, and became one of the thrifty and
substantial farmers of that township. He and wife
moved to Mt. Healthy a few years ago, and are now living a
retired life. In 1829 he married Miss Ann
Wright, whose parents are prominent in the early
settlement of Ashtabula county, Ohio. She was born in
1806 in Colebrook. Conn., daughter of Moses and Esther
Wright, natives of Litchfield, Conn. In 1807, with
his wife and five children, Mr. Wright moved
to Ashtabula county, Ohio, and began farming, which
occupation he followed very successfully the remainder of
his days. Mrs. Wright made most of the
trip from Connecticut to Ashtabula county, Ohio, on
horseback, carrying our subject’s future wife in her arms.
Mr. Wright held the office of justice of the
peace for seven terms, and was twice elected county
commissioner. He was a very devoted Christian, a
member of the Congregational Church, and did much for that
organization. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born
eight children, all of whom are dead except Alexis
and Emma.
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JOSEPH
R. BROWN, general commission merchant, at No. 34
Walnut street, was born in Cincinnati, July 24, 1838, and is
a son of Charles L. and Annie M. (Bacon) Brown,
natives of New Jersey and of English origin. He is a
grandson of John and Lavina (Roberts) Brown, the
latter of Welsh ancestry. His great-grandfather
Brown was an officer in the English army, but at the
outbreak of the American Revolution joined the colonists,
for which he was disowned by his family. His
grandfather was a contractor and builder of bridges, canals,
roads, turnpikes, etc. His father followed the same
business. On coming to Cincinnati the latter was
accompanied by the grandmother of our subject, and her three
brothers, Thomas. Robert and Dr. Joseph
Roberts. Charles L. Brown died in 1847, at
the age of thirty-three years. His wife survived him
until May 15, 1890, when she passed away at the age of
seventy-four years. The family consisted of live
children, four of whom are living: Joseph H.;
Maria S., who was first married to Edward L. Tozier,
and after his decease to M. J. Louderback; Martha
A., married Charles M. Story, who, together with
Charles A. Brown, the youngest surviving child, is
associated in business with Joseph R.
Our subject was educated in the public schools of
Cincinnati, and also attended the public schools of Peoria,
Ill., for a short time, completing his education in Gundry’s
Commercial College, Cincinnati. He then engaged as
shipping clerk for the firm of Conkling & Bacon,
where he remained one year, after which he went to Peoria,
Ill., and engaged as a clerk in the grocery business.
One year later, however, the junior member of Conkling
& Bacon went to Peoria, and induced him to again
enter their employ, and he remained until the dissolution of
the firm in 1861. He then embarked in the commission
business under the title of J. R. Brown & Company,
and two years later entered into partnership with F.
Jelke, forming the firm of Brown & Jelke,
which existed nine years. His next partner was H.
Morgenthau, the style of the firm being Morgeuthau
& Brown, fish and general commission merchants.
Three years later, in 1888, the business of the firm was
dissolved, Mr. Morgenthau taking for his part
their fish trade, and Mr. Brown with his brother,
Charles A., the commission part, forming the firm of
J. R. Brown & Company, which still exists. In
August, 1892, Mr. Brown was made president of
the Swift Powder & Cartridge Company, of Tallapoosa, Ga.,
where he spent the following winter constructing their
mills, which are the finest of the kind in the United
States.
Mr. Brown was married, May 17, 1866, to Miss
Mary A., daughter of George George, of
Cincinnati, now of Wyoming, Ohio. The issue of this
marriage is three, children, two of whom are living: Edna
G. and Luella M., graduates of the Wyoming High School
in the classes of ’98 and ’94, respectively. Mr.
Brown’s family are members of Wayne Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Wyoming, where they reside. He is
a thirty-second degree Mason, and member of the Knights
Templar and Mystic Shrine. He is a Republican in his
political views. In 1872 he was made director of the
Chamber of Commerce, two years later was made second
vice-president, a year later vice-president, and in 1891 was
acting president of that institution, although many of his
colleagues, including the candidate for vice-president, were
defeated. This is the highest honor which the
commercial world of Cincinnati can bestow.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present - Illustrated -
Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers -
1894 - Page 848 |
J. D. Buck, M. D. |
JIRAH D. BUCK
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 652 |
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