BROWN, B. C.

BROWN, WILBER

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Date: 10/2/2001 at 20:15:45

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

B. C. Brown, foreman of the large lower mill of W. J. Young & Co.; is a native of New York State and was born at Elton, near Buffalo, March 19, 1840; he grew up to manhood there, and, in 1860, went to Fond du Lac, Wis., and remained there five years; he returned to Rochester, N.Y. and came to Iowa and located at Clinton in 1865, and has been connected with the mills since then; he has held the position of foreman of Mr. Young's mill since 1872. The spalt and shingle mill in use in this mill, and in all the mills here, was invented and patented by Mr. Brown in January, 1877; it is acknowledged to be the best in use by such men as W. J. Young & Co., C. Lamb & Sons, and the Clinton Lumber Co. Mr. Brown has also made improvements in several other machines now in use in the mills. He married Miss Mary Wilber, a native of Rochester, N. Y. in 1865.