James Howard Brown Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH
From: Bill Prokasy - wprokasy@arches.uga.edu

Surname: BROWN
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

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   JAMES HOWARD BROWN, who is engaged in farming in Hamp-
ton Falls, N. H., and also in the insurance business. was born in this town,
August 25, 1861, a son of James Drake Brown by his wife Sarah, whose
maiden name was Sarah Frances Robinson. He is a grandson of Joseph
C. Brown and a great-grandson of Jacob Brown, the former of whom, a
native of this town, was killed in 1838 by having a rock fall on him.
James Drake Brown; father of the subject of this sketch, was born in
Hampton Falls, May 2, 1835. He was educated in the public schools, in-
cluding the high school at Hampton, and when a young man was engaged
in the oil business in Pennsylvania. He subsequently returned to his native
state and engaged in the express business, running between Hampton Falls,
Lynn and Boston for twenty years. Later he engaged in buying produce
for the Boston market. He was a selectman of the town and was candidate
for state senator on the Democratic ticket. He belonged to Star in the East
Lodge, St. Alban Chapter, and Olivet Council, all of Exeter, in the Masonic
order. His wife Sarah was born in Exeter, N. H., September 6. 1838.
Their children were as follows: Edith S., born March 30, 1863; Ada Robin-
son, born December 5, 1866, who married Dr. F. A. Lane of Peabody. Mags.,
and James Howard. The father died April 3, 1912.
   James Howard Brown was educated in the public schools and in the
high school at Newburyport, Mass. He was then employed in a shoe shop

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for a short time, but subsequently engaged in farming and the insurance busi-
ness, being still thus employed. He is president of the Rockingham Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, having been elected in 1914. and has been
one of the directors of the company for the last eight years. He is also
chairman of the board of selectmen. He was a member of the legislature
in 1903 and library messenger of sessions 1905 and 1907. He is now chair-
man of the board of library trustees; a member of Star in the East Lodge,
A. F. and A. M., at Exeter; St. Alban Chapter at Exeter; Olivet Council,
Exeter, and DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T., at Portsmouth.

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