Bio of BROWN, Clarence A. (b.1860 d.1917), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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CLARENCE A. BROWN - Vol II, pg 627-628
There are few men who could claim the devoted friendship of so many as could
Clarence A. Brown, a fact due to the many admirable traits of character which he
possessed. His integrity, progressiveness and enterprise in business, his
genial, social nature, his kindliness and his tact and his careful consideration
at all times of the rights and privileges of others, endeared him in unusual
measure to those with whom he came into contact, his death, therefore, proving a
great blow to those who were associated with him.
Clarence A. Brown was a native of Elmira, New York, born January 9, 1860, and in
the public schools and Free Academy of his native city he pursued his education,
being graduated from the latter institution with the class of 1876. There was no
period pf inactivity between his school days and his entrance into the business
world, for immediately he sought and obtained employment as a bookkeeper in
Elmira, and later engaged in the wholesale boot and shoe business at Sioux City,
Iowa, and thence removed to Minneapolis, where he continued to reside until
called to his final rest. For a time he concentrated his efforts and attention
upon real estate dealing in this city, but later turned to the grain trade and
thereupon entered a line of business for which he seemed peculiarly adapted. For
a period he occupied the position of book­keeper with G. W. Van Dusen & Company,
grain dealers of the Minneapolis market, and a little later he became identified
with the St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Company.
Promotion followed rapidly and in 1892 he was elected secretary and one of the
directors of this company. He also became the vice president and treasurer of
the Brown Grain Company in Minneapolis and in 1907 was elected general manager
of the St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Company, which in 1914 called him to the
vice presidency, and he continued to occupy both positions to the time of his
demise. As the years passed he steadily advanced until he filled a most
important place in connection with, the grain trade of this city. A contemporary
biographer writing of him at the time of his death said: "His fairness in
business has become a by-word with members or the grain trade with whom he was
on most intimate terms. He was a business general of the highest type and was
admired and revered by all with whom he came into contact. His shrewd business
judgment, reinforced by high ideals and sterling char­acter, made him a force
for good in every avenue he chose to enter."
While a resident of Sioux City, Iowa, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss
Ellen Beulah Andrews of that place, a daughter of Edward Harrison and Martha
Jane (Barnum) Andrews, natives of Ohio and of Indiana, respectively. They became
the parents of the following named: Helen, the wife of O. F. Woodrich; Dorothy,
the wife of Walter Campbell McAdoo, Jr.; Hazel, the wife of Erie D. Luce,
mentioned elsewhere in this work; Clarence J.; Wayland A.; and Comfort E., a
resident of Philadelphia. Comfort became a captain in the World war, while
Wayland served on the Mexican border and was in Europe in 1917 and 1918 as an
observer in the air service. The son-in-law, O. F. Woodrich, also served in the
World war as captain in the construction department of engineering.
The family circle was broken by the hand of death when on the 10th of November,
1917, Mr. Brown passed away, after undergoing a very serious operation in the
Presby­terian Hospital of Chicago. He was still in the prime of life, being but
fifty-seven years of age when death called him. A man of broad gauge and high
calibre he did not belong to that type which becomes so engrossed in the details
of business that there is left no opportunity to enjoy life. He found the
keenest pleasure in his friendship and in his association with his fellowmen and
in spite of the manifold cares and duties of his business he belonged to the
Minikahda, "Minneapolis, Lafayette, Minneapolis Athletic and Curling clubs, and
was also an active member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He enjoyed the
esteem and profound respect of all who knew him, because his life at all times
measured up to the highest standards of manhood and citizenship. He always gave
unfaltering allegiance to the republican party, but never sought nor desired
office as a reward for party fealty. He cooperated, however, with all plans and
projects looking to the general good and sought the adoption of high ideals in
affairs of the community, commonwealth and country, just as he did in the
control of his individual interests.