Bios: Carl C. Brown, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
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Carl C. Brown.  An active and public spirited citizen of Haynesville, Carl
C. Brown is one of the representative men of Claiborne Parish, and as
postmaster is rendering a most effective service.  Under his wise
administration many changes have been made which have resulted in a
betterment of service and reduction of the expense of operation.  Such men
as he are the ones who should receive recognition at the hands of the
Federal Government, for their sense of responsibility is strong and their
manner of discharging their duties sound and effective.

Carl C. Brown was born at Haynesville, in 1883, a son of A. N. and Indiana
(Brooks) Brown.  A. N. Brown was born in Giles County, Tennessee, and was
one of the pioneers to settle in the northern part of Claiborne Parish, his
farm being located near the present town of Haynesville.  He had served in
the Confederate army throughout the war between the North and the South.
His death occurred when he was eighty-nine years of age. The mother
survives.

After completing his work in the common schools of his native town, Carl C.
Brown gained a business training in the mercantile trade of Haynesville, and
became a well-known figure to the people of this locality.  In 1913 he was
appointed postmaster by President Wilson, and has continued to hold this
office ever since.  When he took charge of its affairs, Haynesville had just
been raised to the dignity of a third-class postoffice, it having been prior
to that a small town country postoffice.  It now belongs to the second
class, having been so advanced to keep pace with the present importance of
Haynesville, the natural growth of the town having been augmented by the
great oil boom of a few years ago, which has made it a leader among
communities of its size, and those much larger, in Northern Louisiana.

Mr. Brown married Bessie Broadwell.  He is a Scottish Rite and Shriner
Mason.  A Methodist, he is an active member of the church of that
denomination at Haynesville.  In every respect Mr. Brown measures up to the
best standards of American manhood, and the work he is accomplishing not
only proves his ability, but his willingness to devote himself to the
service of the public.

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A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 164, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published
by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.

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