COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO - BIO: BROWN, John J. (published 1925)
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History of Ohio, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Volume III, Page 136

        JOHN J. BROWN. The reputation and standing of John J. Brown as an
attorney at Alliance are based upon a quarter of a century of active
practice and participation in the professional and civic affairs of that
community.
        Mr. Brown was born at Hanover in Columbiana County, Ohio, October,
16, 1869, son of George and Mary Ellen (Sinclair) Brown. His early years
were spent at Hanover, where he attended public schools, and he finished
his literary education in Mount Union College at Alliance. On leaving
college he went out to Iowa, and subsequently entered the law department of
Iowa State University, where he was graduated in 1897, and admitted to the
Iowa bar at the same time. He soon afterward returned to Ohio and in March,
1898, was admitted to the bar of this state and subsequently to practice in
the Federal Court. On August 1, 1902, he formed a partnership with Hon.
Edwin W. Diehl, an association that continued until September 1, 1923, at
which time Mr. Diehl was appointed by Governor Donahey as judge of the
Common Pleas Court of Stark County. Mr. Brown served as city solicitor of
Alliance from 1906 to 1912. He is a member of the Alliance, the Stark
County, and the Ohio State Bar associations
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        Fraternally he is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, an Elk and a
member of the Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Delta Phi college fraternities. He is
a republican and has assisted in party councils, though his private law
practice has absorbed his time to the exclusion of political aspirations.
        On December 28, 1905, Mr. Brown married Miss Elizabeth Marsh, of
Alliance. They have one son, George D.