. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. h he took in business life,not so much for the aid which he gave to public enterprrses, but becausethe sterling traits of his character had endeared him to those with whom hewas associated and because his benevolent spirit and generosity were sooften and yet so unostentatiously manifested. Mr. Brown Avas born in Bristol, Grafton county, New Hampshire, onthe 29th of July, 1833, and died April 8, 1899. His parents w^ere
. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. h he took in business life,not so much for the aid which he gave to public enterprrses, but becausethe sterling traits of his character had endeared him to those with whom hewas associated and because his benevolent spirit and generosity were sooften and yet so unostentatiously manifested. Mr. Brown Avas born in Bristol, Grafton county, New Hampshire, onthe 29th of July, 1833, and died April 8, 1899. His parents w^ere Josephand Relief (Orduray) Brown. The father w-as also a native of New Hamp-shire and was of Scotch and English ancestry, the family. howcA-er, havingbeen founded in America at a very early day in the history of the old Granitebtate. Joseph Brown was a prominent lumber manufacturer with exten-sive mills on the Merrimac river, where he dealt in masts and spars andconducted a general milling business, which he superintended until sixtyyears of age. He was then succeeded by his sons, wdio carried on the busi-ness for many years, the enterprise proving a very profitable t-TE new ?/OKKj I rL»€»S PeuW0*TION8. I SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 477 Amos Brown was reared to habits of industry and as work was con-sidered more important than study in those days, his opportunity for ac-quiring an education was extremely hmited, although in the school of ex-perience he gained much valuable knowledge. At the early age of ten yearshe began work in the lumber camp and later was employed at driving thelogs on the river, becoming a hardy, fearless and daring youth. He soonexcelled in this occupation, became an expert in this line of business andwas thus enabled to command the highest price for labor of that charac-ter. Subsequently he worked in the mills and rose from one position to an-other until he was made superintendent and possessed a thorough and prac-tical knowledge of the business i
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