Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Brown, Arthur Morgan August 16, 1867 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, 1925.
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

ARTHUR MORGAN BROWN, Lawyer. Circumstances as romantic as were ever related in 
the guise of fiction were responsible for Hawaii becoming the birthplace of 
Arthur M. Brown, whose long career in Honolulu has been marked by eminent 
public service and successful law practice as senior member of the firm of 
Brown, Cristy & Davis.
  Mr. Brown’s father, the late Captain Jacob Brown, a follower of the sea from 
his twentieth year, was shipwrecked on the inhospitable coast of Siberia in 
1851 with his wife, Cordelia Hastings Brown, and their infant daughter. After 
spending four months of enforced exile in Siberian snows the family was 
rescued by a whaling ship and brought to Hawaii by way of China.
  Captain Brown returned here a year later, after making a trip to his home in 
New Bedford, Mass., his family joining him in Honolulu six years later, and 
remained to take a part in the development of the islands, retiring from the 
sea in 1852 to assume a government position in Honolulu which placed him in 
charge of all government wharves and buoys at this port. He was also captain 
of the towing tug “Pele.” Captain Brown remained in Honolulu until 1881, when 
he returned to Boston, his birthplace, dying there that year at the age of 66. 
He was survived by three children, Jacob F. Brown, Arthur M. Brown, and Minnie 
H. (Brown) Gilman, his oldest daughter, Sarah M. Brown, having died at the age 
of 22.
  Arthur M. Brown was born in Honolulu, Aug. 16, 1867. He received his early 
education at Punahou School and was graduated from Boston University Law 
School in 1891, returning that year to Hawaii to engage in practice. 
  During the 90’s Mr. Brown participated in history-making events. Although 
only 26 years of age, he was marshal of the Provisional government in 1893 and 
later held the same office under the Republic of Hawaii. He was high sheriff 
of the Territory from 1898 to 1906, and served as city and county attorney of 
Honolulu from 1916 to 1920. With younger associates, he formed the law firm of 
Brown, Cristy & Davis in Oct., 1919. He also has extensive cattle ranch 
interests on the island of Hawaii.
  He married May Kathleen Atkinson (deceased) in Honolulu, Aug. 17, 1897, and 
has one son, Arthur M. Brown, Jr., who now manages the cattle ranch on Hawaii. 
Mr. Brown is a Mason and Elk, and a member of the Oahu Country, Honolulu Polo 
and Racing and Pacific Clubs.


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