History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . he North-west. February 11, 187S, he was married toJohanna Anderson, a daughter of Olaf An-derson, for many years a member of theSwedish riksdag, who came to America in1857, locating in Carver county, Minn. Fromthis union five children lun e been born: Nan-na A., Addie Myrtle E., Vernon A. andCarroll W. BROAVN, James Warren.—The superintendent of the Minnesota State TraininSchool for Boys and Girls, at Bed WingMinn., Jame
History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . he North-west. February 11, 187S, he was married toJohanna Anderson, a daughter of Olaf An-derson, for many years a member of theSwedish riksdag, who came to America in1857, locating in Carver county, Minn. Fromthis union five children lun e been born: Nan-na A., Addie Myrtle E., Vernon A. andCarroll W. BROAVN, James Warren.—The superintendent of the Minnesota State TraininSchool for Boys and Girls, at Bed WingMinn., James ^^. Brown, is a native of Mainehaving been born in the town of Millbridge\\ashington county, of that state, April 211847. His father was Joseph B. Brown, afarmer and stone cutter in moderate circumstances. The mothers maiden name was Hebecca S. Nichols, of the same nativity. YoungJames obtained his early education in thecommon schools of his native town. He thenattended the Christian Institute at Wolfbor-ough, N. H., going from there to the WesternState Normal School at Farmingion, Me.,then under the direction of the noted edu- HISTORY OF THE GREAT .lAMKS W. I;U(_IWN. cator, Di. C. C llouuds, whose personal in-fluence for good made a lasting- impressionupon Mr. Brown, as it did upon many othersso fortunate as to come under the directionof this grand old man. Mr. Brown grad-uated from this institution in the class of1871. He was accustomed to hard manuallabor. When not attending school he wasoccupied on the farm and in stone cutting,stone masoning and in some blacksmithingand carpenter work. Before he graduatedhe was recommended for the position of as-sistant superintendent and principal teacherin the Reform School of his native state, andwas appointed to it in July, 1S71. He servedin this capacty until the winter of 1873, whenhe accepted the position of principal teacherin the State Reform School at Lansing, serving here he accepted the invita-tion o
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