Biography:  Lewis Brown, Columbia Co., Wisconsin


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Brown, Lewis--Columbia

From "History of North Washington" Published 1904 
 
LEWIS H. BROWN
 
	Lewis H. Brown. On May 23, 1885, Mr. Brown threaded his way 
across the mountains from where Valley, Washington, now stands to his 
present place three miles east from Daisy.  He had a cayuse, a cow,  
and twenty-seven dollars in cash.  The country was wild.  Marcus was 
the nearest post office and Spokane the nearest railroad town.  When he 
reached the Colville valley, he chose a place in the wilderness, erected 
a little log cabin in the brush and called it his home.  Now Mr. Brown 
owns over two hundred acres of land, the whole fenced and cross fenced 
and in a high state of cultivation.  He has a beautiful residence with 
barns, plenty of outbuildings and everything to make the place 
comfortable and valuable, and in contrast with going seventy-five miles 
for his mail he now has rural delivery at his door, school privelages 
one hundred rods away and telephone communications with the outside 
world in his house.  In addition to doing general farming and making  
this desert place blossom as the rose, Mr. Brown has shown commendable 
knowledge and ability in raising fine stock.  He has some excellent 
thoroughbred Shorthorns, good horse, and raises Yorkshire and O.I.C. 
thoroughbred hogs.  He is one of the prosperous and substantial men 
of Stevens county and is respected and honored by all who know him.
 
	Lewis H. Brown was born on April 30, 1862 in Columbia county, 
Wisconsin, the son of David and Julia (McCormick) Brown.  The father 
came from the rugged hills of Scotland to the city of London, where 
he lived twenty years, being in the coffee and spice business.  Later 
he crossed the Atlantic to New York, the trip consuming fifty-six 
days, whence he made his way to Wisconsin and there died in 1894, aged  
seventy-eight, having suffered much from cancer in his stomach.  The 
mother was born in Maine and is now living in Salem, Oregon.  Mr. Brown 
has the following sisters.  Mrs. May Ehr, Mrs. Victoria Wisdom, Mrs. 
Flora Walker, and Mrs. Maggie Swanson.  The two latter were graduates 
of Valaparaiso normal and spent many years in teaching.  In 1880 Mr. 
Brown moved from Wisconsin to Carlton county, Minnesota and bought 
a farm which he afterwards lost.  In 1883 he came to Spokane and the  
next spring took up land where Valley now stands, when in 1885 as  
stated above he came to his present place.
 
	On March 20, 1891, Mr. Brown married Miss Lenora Lewis, who  
was born on June 1, 1872 in Missouri.  When seven years of age, she  
came with her parents, William H. and Lucy A. (Waugh) Lewis from 
Arkansas across the plains to the vicinity of Latah, Washington. 
Thomas A. Waugh, the father of Mrs. Lewis, was a native of the south 
and at one time owned about thirty Negroes.  He died at Kettle Falls 
in the spring of 1903, aged eighty-seven.  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are now 
operating a hotel at Meyers Falls, Washington.  Mrs. Brown has the 
following brothers and sisters, Albert, William, Mrs. Bertha Halford, 
Edith, Ellen, Katie, and Edna.  To Mr. and Mrs. Brown six children 
have been born, William O., aged eleven; Lawrence L., aged nine;  
Victoria L., aged six; Ralph, died when two years old; Clyde H., aged 
two; and Lester, the baby.  Mr. and Mrs. Brown have always been actively 
engaged in both church and educational work and have done a great deal 
for the upbuilding of the community.