The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 275. BROWN, Oliver Huff, merchant, was bornnear Farmingdale, Monmouth county, N. J., Dec. 13,1853, of Scotch descent. In his early youth his fa-ther died, le
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 275. BROWN, Oliver Huff, merchant, was bornnear Farmingdale, Monmouth county, N. J., Dec. 13,1853, of Scotch descent. In his early youth his fa-ther died, leaving the mother with a large family tocare for, and with resources very limited. Thenensued a struggle to which many are subject, butfew have the courage and endur-ance of young Brown, to wrestsuccess from so unpromising abeginning. He was content toremain at home, assisting hismother in supporting the younger? brothers and sisters. At the sametime he prepared himself as besthe could for a future career. Thiseducational preparation consistedof such rudimentary knowledgeas could be obtained by attend-ance at the village school fourmonths of each year during a per-iod of some four or five Brown possessed in a re-markable degree a natural tal-?i^ i X ent, that often supplies the lack tt^y yO^Ayfnim/. of a long collegiate were not an abso-lute necessity to him in acquir-ing knowledge. A keen perception,
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