Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Brown, D. W., Jan 1892

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Taken from McDonald, PA Outlook January 16, 1892

  It was with deep sorrow we learned of the early death of D. W. 
BROWN, Esq., of Canonsburg, which took place on Saturday night, 
the 9th inst., at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg.  The disease which 
took his life was pneumonia, from which he suffered for about 
three weeks.  David was born about 45 years ago in Allegheny 
county.  When quite young, his mother, who was a sister of the 
late Cornelius BORLAND, died.  Soon after this his father, the 
late David BROWN, move to the farm (in) Mt. Pleasant township 
on which M. B. BROWN now resides.  Her David was brought up, 
working on the farm in summer and attending the district 
school in winter.  During the winter of '59 and '60 he was 
a pupil in the school taught by the writer.  He was bright, 
manly, generous, and very fond of fun, which, we believe, 
were characteristic of during life.  Not being enamored of 
farm life, he set about preparing himself for a professional 
life.

  He attended Monmouth College at Monmouth, Ill., and graduated 
from that institution in the class of 1837.  He afterward took 
a course in the law school of Harvard, where he studied and was 
admitted to the practice of law at Washington.  For a time he 
was with the late W. O. CRAWFORD, Esq., of Pittsburg bar; then 
for a while he was associated with L. MCCARRELL, Esq., of the 
Washington bar, but for several years past he was located at 
Canonsburg, where he enjoyed quite an extensive practice.  He 
took great interest in the politics of his day, and was prominent 
in the Democratic party in this county.  He was that party's 
candidate four or five years ago for district attorney, but 
was defeated.  He was popular and successful as a stump speaker, 
and his voice was often heard during the recent campaigns in 
behalf of Democracy and its candidates.

 During the late non-partisan amendment campaign in this State, 
although he was a Democrat, he made numerous speeches in behalf 
of the Prohibition amendment.  He believed Prohibition would 
promote public welfare and thereby temptation to intemperance 
would be in a great measure be removed from the young and 
rising generation.  His voice will no more be heard hear, for 
the shaft of Death has struck him, and ...  He leaves two 
brothers and ...

*Remainder torn off

**The date of his college graduation has to be off considering his age at death and the time mentioned as having been the writer's pupil.