Warren Brown Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire From: Cindy Godbout - 5ofClubs@Mediaone.net Surname: BROWN Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 1222 WARREN BROWN, farmer, historian and politician, is one of the best known and most respected citizens of the town of Hampton Falls, where he was born in 1836. His parents were John B. and Sarah M. (Leavitt) Brown. The father was a son of Jacob Brown, whose family numbered four children, namely: Thomas, who with his wife met an untimely death in 1868 by assassination; Nathan W., who was a merchant in Newburyport, married Sarah Chase, by whom he had four sons, and died in 1836; Joseph C., who resided in Hampton Falls and was killed by having a rock fall on him; and John B., father of the subject of this sketch. Page 1223 John B. Brown was born in 1799 and resided upon the family homestead in this town. He died in 1858, at which time he was president of the Weare Bank. His wife Sarah, who was a daughter of Thomas Leavitt, Esq., of this town, died In 1896 at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Warren Brown, who was the only child of his parents, acquired a good education and in due time succeeded to the parental homestead, where he has always resided. He has made extensive improvements on the property, build- ing the present commodious residence in 1879. A practical and scientific farmer, he served as president of the New Hampshire State Agricultural Society for eleven years, has been treasurer of the New England Agricul- tural Society since 1893, and trustee of the State College twenty-four years, of which board he was president for four years. Mr. Brown, with Mr. Lovell, was active in promoting the Interurban Trolley line. A republican in politics, he has for many years taken a strong and active interest in public affairs, and he has been chosen by his fellow citizens on various occasions to fill responsible offices. He was a member of the state senate in 1872 and 1873, and of the executive council during Natt Head's administration from 1879 to 1881; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884, and served as representative in 1887, in each case showing marked ability as a broad minded politician and man of affairs. In 1908 Mr. Brown was a presidential elector, casting his vote for Taft. He takes a keen interest in local history, on which subject he is one of the best informed men in the county, which fact, together with a more than ordinary degree of literary ability, he demonstrated in 1900, when he published a History of the town of Hampton Falls from the time of the first settlement within its borders to the present. Mr. Brown was married in 1867 to Sarah G., daughter of Daniel L. and Sophia {Osgood) Norris, of Dover, N. H. Their children are as follows: Harry B., now deceased, born in 1870, resided in Hampton, this county, and was a contractor in the construction of the Interurban Trolley line; Arthur W., born in 1873, graduated from Cushing Academy, at Ashburn- ham, Mass., in 1890; Gertrude, born in 1878, was a member of the class of 1896 at Robinson Seminary, Exeter, and died just before graduation; Mil- dred L., born in 1880, was graduated from Sanborn Seminary, Kingston, in 1898. Mr. Brown is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of the New Hampshire Consistory. ********************************************************************** * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files t other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIORto uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * *The USgenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.