The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . n all matters of public concern, a keenness of intellect character-istic more of middle life than of age. His death was universally regrettedin a community in which he had been for more than half a century aprominent figure. Alzirus Brown, son of Joel and Lucy Brown, was born in Concord,Massachusetts, October 17, 1S21. He lived in Boylston during his child-liood, and came to Worcester from that place in 1838, sixty years ago. Atthat time the town contained only 5,800 inhabitants, and Mr. Brown haswitnessed the r
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . n all matters of public concern, a keenness of intellect character-istic more of middle life than of age. His death was universally regrettedin a community in which he had been for more than half a century aprominent figure. Alzirus Brown, son of Joel and Lucy Brown, was born in Concord,Massachusetts, October 17, 1S21. He lived in Boylston during his child-liood, and came to Worcester from that place in 1838, sixty years ago. Atthat time the town contained only 5,800 inhabitants, and Mr. Brown haswitnessed the rise and progress of everything of importance which goes tomake up the great city of to-day. He learned sash and blind making oncoming here, and later was for fourteen years at the Bradley car-shops ascontractor, doing the finishing of the inside work in cars. While at this place he became interested in the manufacture of theBuckeye mowing-machines, which he built here for many years, and wasat the time of his death, though not actively, connected with that EDWIN BROWN. The Worcester of if 571
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