William Brown Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Patricia Cooper - pcooper@peaknet.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 908

  WILLIAM BROWN, manager and vice president of the E. G. Cole 
Company, general merchants in the town of Hampton.was born at
 
Page 909

Hampton Falls, N. H., August 2, 1876, a son of Robert and Janet
(Brown) Brown. He was the only child of his parents, who were farm- 
ing people, and was educated in the common schools and at Hampton
Academy. After finishing his schooling he became manager for the 
Rockingham Cycle Company, subsequently coming to Hampton as clerk
for E. G. Cole & Company. Later the firm was incorporated as the E. G.;
Cole Company, since which time he has acted as manager. He is also a
stockholder in the company, which is doing a successful business. 
  Mr. Brown married Cora E. Blake, who was born In Hampton, daugh- 
ter of Orlando L. and Malinda (Blake) Blake, whose other children 
were Bertha, wife of Fred Towle, and Ardine, wife of Oliver Hobbs. 
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have ,three children: Robert 0., Clyde W. and 
Cora Hazel. Mr. Brown is an enterprising and progressive citizen, a 
Republican in politics, and he and his family attend the Methodist
church.

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