Weld County, History of Colorado, BIOS: BROWN, Harry J. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 295-296



HARRY J. BROWN.

	Harry J. Brown is the owner of a valuable farm of one hundred and 
thirty-two acres situated on section 35, township 66, in Weld county. 
The place is pleasantly and conveniently located northwest of Greeley 
and is devoted largely to the cultivation of beets. He is also engaged 
in stock raising and has a large number of cattle upon his farm. He was 
born in the San Luis valley of Colorado on the 25th of August, 1877, 
and is a son of Frank P. and Henrietta Brown. The father was born in 
Ohio, January 27. 1848, and the mother's birth occurred in Iowa in 
January, 1857. The former acquired a public school education and was 
reared to farm life, spending twenty-four years upon an Ohio farm. He 
afterward removed to the west and homesteaded near Wichita, Kansas. At 
an early day he was a guide for United States surveyors through 
Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Mexico and Utah. acting in that capacity for 
several years. At length he settled at Telluride and went into the 
mining camps, devoting his attention to mining pursuits and to stock 
raising. He developed big interests at San Miguel, Colorado, where he 
still resides, and is the owner of much valuable property and of 
business interests of that district. He also has an extensive cattle 
ranch in Ouray county. Coming to Colorado he settled in San Miguel and 
has the distinction of being the oldest resident of that county. His 
wife was the third white woman in the county. At one time Mr. Brown was 
the owner of a dairy at Telluride. San Miguel county, where he 
conducted business for twenty-five years. His business interests are of 
a varied and extensive character and place him among the prominent men 
of his section of the state, his labors having contributed in marked 
measure to its substantial growth and upbuilding, so that his name is 
inseparably interwoven with its history.

	Harry J. Brown was graduated from the preparatory department of 
Colorado College, in which he had spent four years in study, at the end 
of which time his diploma was accorded him. He was thus well qualified 
for life's practical and responsible duties and after leaving college 
spent six months as a student in a business college. He was then called 
to the office of deputy county clerk at Telluride and acted in that 
capacity for three years. He afterward removed to Windsor, Colorado, 
where he was engaged In the butchering business for five years, and 
later he turned his attention to farming, which he followed at Windsor 
for seven years, having seventy acres of land, which he carefully 
cultivated and improved. On the expiration of that period he removed to 
his present home farm on section 35, township 66, in Weld county, and 
is now the owner of one hundred and thirty-two acres of excellent land, 
which he has brought under a high state of cultivation and to which he 
has added many modern improvements, transforming it into one of the 
attractive and valuable farms of his section of the state. He has 
rented eighty acres of land. Upon his farm he has fifty head of cattle, 
twelve horses, and he employs about eight men to carry on the farm 
work. He is extensively engaged in the raising of beets, which he makes 
his principal crop, and for which he finds a ready market. His business 
affairs are most carefully and systematically conducted and substantial 
success has crowned his labors.

	In June, 1903, at Telluride. San Miguel county, Mr. Brown was 
united in marriage to Miss Eva L. Daniels, a daughter of Noble A. and 
Mary A. Daniels. Her father was one of the veterans of the Civil war 
and about twenty years ago removed from his old home in Ohio to 
Colorado, where his remaining days were spent, his death occurring in 
1916. His widow still resides in San Miguel county. Mrs. Brown was 
educated in the public schools and in the State Normal School and 
afterward took up the profession of teaching, which she capably 
followed, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge which 
she had acquired. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been born the following 
named: Mary H., who was born July 21, 1905; Lindsay, born July 19, 
1906; Franklin G., who was born April 16, 1908, and died when sixteen 
months of age; Virginia H., born January 27, 1910; and Louis H., born 
March 28, 1912.

	The religious faith of the family is that of the Methodist church 
and the political belief of Mr. Brown is that of the republican party. 
Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown are well known in Weld county, where they have 
so long resided. He has lived to witness many notable changes as the 
work of progress and improvement has been carried forward and his 
memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the 
progressive present.