BIOGRAPHIES:  Brier BROWN, Barron, Barron County, WI

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Brier Brown, expert mechanic for the Thompson Auto Co., Barron, was born
in Dallas Township, this county, Dec. 21, 1891, and received his education
in the district schools. He learned his trade as a mechanic in Barron. From
there in 1914 he went to Manistique, Mich., and four years later to
Gladstone, Wis., where he operated a lathe machine. In 1919 he came to
Barron once more, first as a salesman for the Thompson Auto Co. and now
asmechanic. He lives with his mother. He is the son of George W. and Sarah
(Peebles) Brown, the pioneers.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 118-119.