Business executive. Son of prominent Wisconsin lumberman Edward D. Brown, and Helen M. (Anderson) Brown. He received his early education in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, graduating from high school there. Brown attended the University of Wisconsin for two years before he was appointed to the US Military Academy, West Point. He graduated June 11, 1881, ranking 3rd in his class of 53 cadets based on merit. He served with the Army Corps of Engineers before resigning his commission a year later, July 1, 1882. He then joined his brothers, Webster E. and Anderson W., in the Brown Brothers Lumber Company, then located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The Brown Brothers relocated their headquarters to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, in 1882; Edward Brown remained in Stevens Point until 1883.
In addition to his involvement in the Brown Brothers Lumber Company, Edward Brown had financial interests in, and/or, served on the board of directors of the Merchants State Bank (where he served s a founder a president until he retired two years before his death), the Rhinelander Paper Company, the Rhinelander Refrigerator Company, the Rhinelander News, and the Rhinelander Creamery. Brown was also a founder of St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Rhinelander in 1892. He was the first commander of Rhinelander's 1898 guard unit, Company H of the Fifth Regiment, Wisconsin National guard--he was captain of the unit for 11 years which included it's change to the Company L (later B), 127th Wisconsin National Guard. He was deputy commander and Lt Col of the Ninth Regiment of the Wisconsin State Guards for its first annual encampment in July 1918.
He was married to Clara Cole Spencer of Waupaca, Wisconsin, on February 25, 1892. She preceded him in death anly six months before her husband died. He was also survived by their five children: Spencer Brown, then of Boston; Dexter Brown, Chicago; Mrs. Florence Conner, Laona, Wisconsin; Mrs. Mary Eleanor Sturgis, Boston; and Donald Brown, a student at the US Naval Academy; three sisters: Miss May Brown and Mrs. Paul Browne of Rhinelander and Mrs. Douglas Flanner of Columbus, Ohio; and one brother, Walter D. Brown, Sr., Rhinelander.
A detailed obituary can be founder in the Stevens Point Journal, 16 October 1935, page 10. available on Newspapers.com
In addition to his involvement in the Brown Brothers Lumber Company, Edward Brown had financial interests in, and/or, served on the board of directors of the Merchants State Bank (where he served s a founder a president until he retired two years before his death), the Rhinelander Paper Company, the Rhinelander Refrigerator Company, the Rhinelander News, and the Rhinelander Creamery. Brown was also a founder of St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Rhinelander in 1892. He was the first commander of Rhinelander's 1898 guard unit, Company H of the Fifth Regiment, Wisconsin National guard--he was captain of the unit for 11 years which included it's change to the Company L (later B), 127th Wisconsin National Guard. He was deputy commander and Lt Col of the Ninth Regiment of the Wisconsin State Guards for its first annual encampment in July 1918.
He was married to Clara Cole Spencer of Waupaca, Wisconsin, on February 25, 1892. She preceded him in death anly six months before her husband died. He was also survived by their five children: Spencer Brown, then of Boston; Dexter Brown, Chicago; Mrs. Florence Conner, Laona, Wisconsin; Mrs. Mary Eleanor Sturgis, Boston; and Donald Brown, a student at the US Naval Academy; three sisters: Miss May Brown and Mrs. Paul Browne of Rhinelander and Mrs. Douglas Flanner of Columbus, Ohio; and one brother, Walter D. Brown, Sr., Rhinelander.
A detailed obituary can be founder in the Stevens Point Journal, 16 October 1935, page 10. available on Newspapers.com
Business executive. Son of prominent Wisconsin lumberman Edward D. Brown, and Helen M. (Anderson) Brown. He received his early education in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, graduating from high school there. Brown attended the University of Wisconsin for two years before he was appointed to the US Military Academy, West Point. He graduated June 11, 1881, ranking 3rd in his class of 53 cadets based on merit. He served with the Army Corps of Engineers before resigning his commission a year later, July 1, 1882. He then joined his brothers, Webster E. and Anderson W., in the Brown Brothers Lumber Company, then located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The Brown Brothers relocated their headquarters to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, in 1882; Edward Brown remained in Stevens Point until 1883.
In addition to his involvement in the Brown Brothers Lumber Company, Edward Brown had financial interests in, and/or, served on the board of directors of the Merchants State Bank (where he served s a founder a president until he retired two years before his death), the Rhinelander Paper Company, the Rhinelander Refrigerator Company, the Rhinelander News, and the Rhinelander Creamery. Brown was also a founder of St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Rhinelander in 1892. He was the first commander of Rhinelander's 1898 guard unit, Company H of the Fifth Regiment, Wisconsin National guard--he was captain of the unit for 11 years which included it's change to the Company L (later B), 127th Wisconsin National Guard. He was deputy commander and Lt Col of the Ninth Regiment of the Wisconsin State Guards for its first annual encampment in July 1918.
He was married to Clara Cole Spencer of Waupaca, Wisconsin, on February 25, 1892. She preceded him in death anly six months before her husband died. He was also survived by their five children: Spencer Brown, then of Boston; Dexter Brown, Chicago; Mrs. Florence Conner, Laona, Wisconsin; Mrs. Mary Eleanor Sturgis, Boston; and Donald Brown, a student at the US Naval Academy; three sisters: Miss May Brown and Mrs. Paul Browne of Rhinelander and Mrs. Douglas Flanner of Columbus, Ohio; and one brother, Walter D. Brown, Sr., Rhinelander.
A detailed obituary can be founder in the Stevens Point Journal, 16 October 1935, page 10. available on Newspapers.com
In addition to his involvement in the Brown Brothers Lumber Company, Edward Brown had financial interests in, and/or, served on the board of directors of the Merchants State Bank (where he served s a founder a president until he retired two years before his death), the Rhinelander Paper Company, the Rhinelander Refrigerator Company, the Rhinelander News, and the Rhinelander Creamery. Brown was also a founder of St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Rhinelander in 1892. He was the first commander of Rhinelander's 1898 guard unit, Company H of the Fifth Regiment, Wisconsin National guard--he was captain of the unit for 11 years which included it's change to the Company L (later B), 127th Wisconsin National Guard. He was deputy commander and Lt Col of the Ninth Regiment of the Wisconsin State Guards for its first annual encampment in July 1918.
He was married to Clara Cole Spencer of Waupaca, Wisconsin, on February 25, 1892. She preceded him in death anly six months before her husband died. He was also survived by their five children: Spencer Brown, then of Boston; Dexter Brown, Chicago; Mrs. Florence Conner, Laona, Wisconsin; Mrs. Mary Eleanor Sturgis, Boston; and Donald Brown, a student at the US Naval Academy; three sisters: Miss May Brown and Mrs. Paul Browne of Rhinelander and Mrs. Douglas Flanner of Columbus, Ohio; and one brother, Walter D. Brown, Sr., Rhinelander.
A detailed obituary can be founder in the Stevens Point Journal, 16 October 1935, page 10. available on Newspapers.com
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