Bios: JOHN C. BROWN, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      JOHN C. BROWN,
  
  [p. 938] proprietor of the John S. Brown's Son wholesale business, is a
  leading citizen of New Castle. He was born in 1858, at Pittsburg,
  Pennsylvania, and was eleven years old when his father brought the
  family to New Castle. Mr. Brown's first work after leaving school was in
  a brickyard, and, following this, in a glass manufacturing
  establishment, where he remained for some sixteen years, becoming a
  skilled workman. In 1895 he entered into business with his father, the
  late John S. Brown, under the style of John S. Brown & Son. John S.
  Brown was born in Germany and died at New Castle in 1903. He was a man
  of such sterling worth that his death was universally deplored. After
  his father's death, John C. Brown continued the business, adopting the
  present style of John S. Brown's Son. In 1900, in association with his
  father, he put up the fine brick block, which he occupies, at No. 3
  Allen Street. In 1884, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Elizabeth A.
  Oesterling, who is a daughter of Peter Oesterling, of Butler County. Mr.
  and Mrs. Brown have three daughters and two sons, namely: Alice A.,
  Laura M., who is bookkeeper for her father; Charlotte C., Howard O., and
  John C.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
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  Updated: 5 Feb 2002