Sevier-Juab County UT Archives Biographies.....Brown, William Henry 1867 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

WILLIAM HENRY BROWN.

    William Henry Brown, under the name of the Brown Mercantile Company, Is
conducting an extensive and growing business as a dealer in groceries, hardware,
lumber and implements and he is also the owner of valuable business property in
Salina, where his position in business circles is an enviable one. He was born
in Levan, Utah, November 24, 1867, a son of Daniel and Ann (Brown) Brown, who
were of English birth and came to America in 1856, crossing the plains with a
handcart company. They located at Lehi, and were among the pioneers of that
section of the state. There the father engaged in farming and stock raising and
during the Indian wars of the early days he suffered great losses of cattle.

    William H. Brown was educated in the graded schools of Salina and of Sevier
county and when quite young began assisting his father in the care of his sheep.
In 1887 he took over the ranch and has since continued farming and stock
raising, being prominently identified with the agricultural development and
stock raising interests of his section of the state. His ranch property embraces
eight hundred and twenty acres of valuable land and is devoted to the raising of
Hereford and Durham shorthorn cattle. His herds are very valuable and his
ranching interests have placed him with the men of affluence in his section of
the state. He has not confined his efforts entirely, however, to farming and
stock raising, for in 1919, upon the dissolution of the Salina Cooperative
Association, he took over the grocery, hardware, lumber and implement
departments and is continuing the business under the name of the Brown
Mercantile Company. He has broadened and increased the scope of all these lines
taken over and in hardware his stock covers both shelf and heavy hardware, while
In the implement department he carries all the lines of the International
Harvester and Western Moline plants. In the lumberyard is found an extensive
stock of all kinds of lumber and building material and his trade in each
particular is now a large and profitable one. He has also made extensive
investments in real estate and Is probably the largest owner of business
property in Salina. He has the real estate at both the south corners of Main and
State streets, which is the city's hub, and the store fronting on Main street
east of State street is occupied by his grocery and hardware departments, while
further east is the Isis theatre, a motion picture house which is now being
managed by his son, Dean G., who has recently returned from France, where he
spent thirteen months as a member of the American Expeditionary Force. The
family residence, together with a spacious garage and the lumber department,
occupy the west side of the State street frontage property, while the east side
is used for the several buildings of the implement department. Thus the
interests of Mr. Brown occupy the very center of Salina's business district and
indicate the leading position which the owner fills in the commercial circles of
the city. He is also active in other enterprises, being president of the Skookum
Paugh Irrigation Reservoir and a director of the First State Bank of Salina.

    In 1891 Mr. Brown was married to Miss Daisy Matthews, daughter of J. H.
Matthews, of Scipio, and their children are: Dean G.; Leah, the wife of C. W.
McAllister, of St. George; and Lois. The family occupies an enviable position of
social prominence, while without invidious distinction Mr. Brown may be termed
one of the most valuable citizens  of northern Sevier county.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920

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