. Notable men of Illinois & their state. BROWN, JOHN B., lawyer, of Monmouth, was born in 1S66, in tlie state of Connecticut. In the latesixties his parents removed to Whitsids Co., III., wh^re he spoilt up to the age of fifteen. In the fallof 1880 he entered Knox Academy, Galeshurg, and remained there tAfo years in preparation for the course atKno.\ College, graduating from the latter with honors and with the degree of A. B. in 1886. For the next twoyears he was principal of the high school at Stonington, Conn., meanwhile reading law privately in the office ofHadlai Hull of that
. Notable men of Illinois & their state. BROWN, JOHN B., lawyer, of Monmouth, was born in 1S66, in tlie state of Connecticut. In the latesixties his parents removed to Whitsids Co., III., wh^re he spoilt up to the age of fifteen. In the fallof 1880 he entered Knox Academy, Galeshurg, and remained there tAfo years in preparation for the course atKno.\ College, graduating from the latter with honors and with the degree of A. B. in 1886. For the next twoyears he was principal of the high school at Stonington, Conn., meanwhile reading law privately in the office ofHadlai Hull of that city. He entered the senior class of Columbia law school in 1888, and was admitted thenext year to the bars of Illinois and Minnesota. He was a partner of Thomas G. Frost in Minneapolis for twoyears. In 1891 he moved to Monmouth and in 1897 was appointed in chancery, holding that positioneight years and resigning in He is now engaged in general practice, with in the Patton 159. ROM brakeman to vice-president of a big railroad companyhas been the achievement of WilHam Lee Park of the IllinoisCentral Railroad, in charge of operation. Mr. Park was born at Obid, Mich., Jnly 6, 1859, the sonof Col. Josiah B. Park. He moved with his family to Omaha,Nel)., in 1866 and attended the public schools of that city. Later he wasa student at Baylies College, Keokuk, la. His first railroad service was as a brakeman on the L^nion Pacific Rail-way, at the age of sixteen years. At the age of eighteen he was a freightconductor and at twenty-two was advanced to the position of passengerconductor. It was in the early days of his railroad career that Mr. Park developedthose qualities which later were rewarded with success and honors. He was not content to perform merely the physical labors of the posi-tions which he held, but he made a study of railroading and especially of theorganization and management of the system with which he was endeavored to g
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