Biography of 	BROWN, Charles J Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 492-493.  Edited
by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.

Brown, Charles Joseph, of Harvey, La., was born in New Orleans, April 25,
1850.  His  father came from Holland in 1849 and died in New Orleans in
1859.  Mrs. Brown married Mr. Jacob Schutchler who died in 1866 and she
married for third husband, Alexander Clark who died in 1890.  She went into
the grocery trade in 1867 in Harvey which she continued until 1884.  C. J.
Brown remained in New Orleans, where he attended school, until 1864 when he
moved to Jefferson parish.  From that time to 1867 he was on the tow-path
of Harvey's canal pulling barges, luggers, skiffs, etc.  In that year he
left this work to become manager of the grocery in Harvey for his mother
and this engaged his attention until 1884, when he succeeded to the
business.  This Mr. Brown continued until May, 1913, when he sold out and
formed the Charles J. Brown Realty Co., a Louisiana corporation capitalized
for $20,000.  Of this company Charles J. Brown is president, Mrs. C. J.
Brown is vice-president, Marion (Brown) Odom, wife of Dr. G. L. Odom,
coroner of Jefferson parish, is secretary, and Henrietta Brown is
treasurer.  Each of these four have $5,000.00 stock in the company.  In
1884 Mr. Brown married Louisa, daughter of Vietes and Marion (Warner) Meyers.