Biographical Information.
Austin Haymond Brown. Born 19th March 1828. Milroy. Rush Co, Indiana.
To William John And Susan C. Tompkins. Who Married 1827, state of Kentucky.
Austin was one of Eight Siblings.
Name Austin Haymond Brown.
In 1900. Austin With Wife Margaret. Resided In, Center Township. Precinct 1 Indianapolis city Ward 6, Marion Co, Indiana.
Male Age 71 Marital Status Married.
He was an early newspaper editor and Presidential elector in 1852.
*The Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, IN - January 1, 1903
Austin H. Brown Dead
Old Resident Passes Away At 2:10 O'Clock This Morning
Death Results From Complications Of Diseases After Illness Of Five Months Duration.
Identified With City Life
Deceased Prominent In Many Phases Of City's Growth.
He Had Been Postmaster, Collector Of Internal Revenue, Councilman And Businessman-His Career.
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Austin H. Brown died this morning at 2:10 o'clock in his apartments at the Blacherne. His death was the result of a complication of diseases from kidney and bladder trouble, from which he had suffered for several months. For a time he showed improvement, but lately his condition became so serious that he became bedfast.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Margaret R. Brown, and two sons, Austin H. Brown, Jr., general manager of the Trinity Copper Company, of Kennett, Cal., and William J. Brown, of this city. The latter was at the bedside of his father when death occurred.
It is not likely that Austin H. Brown, Jr., will attend the funeral, as he could hardly arrive here in time. As yet nothing definite has been decided upon regarding funeral arrangements, but the burial will be held in this city.
Few men have figured more prominently in the varied activities of city life than the late Austin Haymond Brown. He was identified with a period of the city's growth from the days of a small town to the beginnings of metropolitan life. With whatever he was connected Mr. Brown was known as a man of force and virility, in whom there was little of the mediocre man. High character, extreme ability, a warm sympathy, were attributes of his character which were displayed at every turn of his active career.
His was born in Milroy, Rush county, this State, March 19, 1828, and with his father, the late William J. Brown, formerly representative in Congress from this district, came to Indianapolis in January, 1837, his father at that time having been elected secretary of state. The first work secured by Mr. Brown when he came to this city was an office boy for the Indiana Democrat. He attended private school for three months, and afterward was a student at the Marion County Seminary, then situated on what is now University Square. Still later he went to old Asbury College, now De Pauw University, where the finishing touches were given to his education.
Under the administration of President James K. Polk he secured a clerkship in the Treasury Department when he was sixteen years old. He lived five years in Washington, and then came back to Indianapolis as the owner of the State Sentinel, which he purchased from the Chapman Brothers. With his father he edited and published the State Sentinel, then the organ of the Democratic party, for five years.
MARRIED IN 1851
Dec. 17, 1851, he married Miss Margaret Eliza Russell, daughter of Col. Alexander Russell then postmaster of Indianapolis. The wedding was a notable affair. It took place at Colonel Russell's home, which then stood on the lot now occupied by the Ward Brothers Drug Company on South Meridian street, which at that time was considered the finest resident locality in the city. Three hundred guests attended the wedding. The constitutional convention and the Legislature were in session at the time, and as Mr. Brown, because of his newspaper work and as state printer, knew practically all of the members of both bodies, they were invited to the wedding almost en masse. The wedding trip was to have been made to Cincinnati, but, because of insurmountable natural difficulties, the bride and groom were forced to turn back at Madison after the trip over the one lonely railroad then running out of Indianapolis, because the Ohio river was frozen solid.
After his retirement from the newspaper business in 1855 Mr. Brown was elected auditor of Marion county. At that time also he became interested in the theatrical business, and, with John M. Commons, he leased the upper stories of a building at the northwest corner of Meridian and Maryland streets, where a theater was opened, known for some years afterward as the Athaneum. In that old theater appeared many of the leading Thespians of the day, among whom may be mentioned Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence, John Drew, father of the present John Drew, Maggie Mitchell, and others. Of these old days when he had been a pioneer theatrical magnate Mr. Brown was accustomed to refer frequently and to tell numerous interesting stories. Subsequently he became acting manager and treasurer of the Metropolitan Theater, the predecessor of the present Park Theater. He became interested in the Metropolitan on his retirement from the auditor's office in 1858.
ON GOVERNOR'S STAFF
When the Civil War broke out, Governor Morton, in May, 1861, made Mr. Brown assistant adjutant general on his staff. He held this rank until appointed by President Johnson as collector of internal revenue for this district. He retired as collector in 1869. January 1, 1870, he became assistant cashier of the banking house of Woollen, Webb & Co. After a year in the fire insurance business he was elected, in 1874, clerk of Marion county. For a year and a half during the war he was city and military editor of the Indianapolis Journal.
Mr. Brown was a Democrat of conservative principals. In 1876 he was chosen a member of the National Democratic Committee and represented Indiana on that committee for thirteen years. Part of this time he spent in Washington as chief of a division in the Treasury Department, as a member of the Indianapolis City Council, in which he served a number of years, and a member of the Board of School Commissioners. He was also deputy surveyor of customs under George G. Tanner. He served one term as postmaster of Indianapolis. His business life ended only a few months ago when, overtaken by failing health, he left the office of the Indianapolis Stove Company.
A keen sense of humor, constancy in friendships, absolute integrity in business life, and intense interest in the welfare of Indianapolis were prevailing traits in Mr. Brown's character.
(*Article copied as printed.)
Austin Haymond Brown. Born 19th March 1828. Milroy. Rush Co, Indiana.
To William John And Susan C. Tompkins. Who Married 1827, state of Kentucky.
Austin was one of Eight Siblings.
Name Austin Haymond Brown.
In 1900. Austin With Wife Margaret. Resided In, Center Township. Precinct 1 Indianapolis city Ward 6, Marion Co, Indiana.
Male Age 71 Marital Status Married.
He was an early newspaper editor and Presidential elector in 1852.
*The Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, IN - January 1, 1903
Austin H. Brown Dead
Old Resident Passes Away At 2:10 O'Clock This Morning
Death Results From Complications Of Diseases After Illness Of Five Months Duration.
Identified With City Life
Deceased Prominent In Many Phases Of City's Growth.
He Had Been Postmaster, Collector Of Internal Revenue, Councilman And Businessman-His Career.
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Austin H. Brown died this morning at 2:10 o'clock in his apartments at the Blacherne. His death was the result of a complication of diseases from kidney and bladder trouble, from which he had suffered for several months. For a time he showed improvement, but lately his condition became so serious that he became bedfast.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Margaret R. Brown, and two sons, Austin H. Brown, Jr., general manager of the Trinity Copper Company, of Kennett, Cal., and William J. Brown, of this city. The latter was at the bedside of his father when death occurred.
It is not likely that Austin H. Brown, Jr., will attend the funeral, as he could hardly arrive here in time. As yet nothing definite has been decided upon regarding funeral arrangements, but the burial will be held in this city.
Few men have figured more prominently in the varied activities of city life than the late Austin Haymond Brown. He was identified with a period of the city's growth from the days of a small town to the beginnings of metropolitan life. With whatever he was connected Mr. Brown was known as a man of force and virility, in whom there was little of the mediocre man. High character, extreme ability, a warm sympathy, were attributes of his character which were displayed at every turn of his active career.
His was born in Milroy, Rush county, this State, March 19, 1828, and with his father, the late William J. Brown, formerly representative in Congress from this district, came to Indianapolis in January, 1837, his father at that time having been elected secretary of state. The first work secured by Mr. Brown when he came to this city was an office boy for the Indiana Democrat. He attended private school for three months, and afterward was a student at the Marion County Seminary, then situated on what is now University Square. Still later he went to old Asbury College, now De Pauw University, where the finishing touches were given to his education.
Under the administration of President James K. Polk he secured a clerkship in the Treasury Department when he was sixteen years old. He lived five years in Washington, and then came back to Indianapolis as the owner of the State Sentinel, which he purchased from the Chapman Brothers. With his father he edited and published the State Sentinel, then the organ of the Democratic party, for five years.
MARRIED IN 1851
Dec. 17, 1851, he married Miss Margaret Eliza Russell, daughter of Col. Alexander Russell then postmaster of Indianapolis. The wedding was a notable affair. It took place at Colonel Russell's home, which then stood on the lot now occupied by the Ward Brothers Drug Company on South Meridian street, which at that time was considered the finest resident locality in the city. Three hundred guests attended the wedding. The constitutional convention and the Legislature were in session at the time, and as Mr. Brown, because of his newspaper work and as state printer, knew practically all of the members of both bodies, they were invited to the wedding almost en masse. The wedding trip was to have been made to Cincinnati, but, because of insurmountable natural difficulties, the bride and groom were forced to turn back at Madison after the trip over the one lonely railroad then running out of Indianapolis, because the Ohio river was frozen solid.
After his retirement from the newspaper business in 1855 Mr. Brown was elected auditor of Marion county. At that time also he became interested in the theatrical business, and, with John M. Commons, he leased the upper stories of a building at the northwest corner of Meridian and Maryland streets, where a theater was opened, known for some years afterward as the Athaneum. In that old theater appeared many of the leading Thespians of the day, among whom may be mentioned Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence, John Drew, father of the present John Drew, Maggie Mitchell, and others. Of these old days when he had been a pioneer theatrical magnate Mr. Brown was accustomed to refer frequently and to tell numerous interesting stories. Subsequently he became acting manager and treasurer of the Metropolitan Theater, the predecessor of the present Park Theater. He became interested in the Metropolitan on his retirement from the auditor's office in 1858.
ON GOVERNOR'S STAFF
When the Civil War broke out, Governor Morton, in May, 1861, made Mr. Brown assistant adjutant general on his staff. He held this rank until appointed by President Johnson as collector of internal revenue for this district. He retired as collector in 1869. January 1, 1870, he became assistant cashier of the banking house of Woollen, Webb & Co. After a year in the fire insurance business he was elected, in 1874, clerk of Marion county. For a year and a half during the war he was city and military editor of the Indianapolis Journal.
Mr. Brown was a Democrat of conservative principals. In 1876 he was chosen a member of the National Democratic Committee and represented Indiana on that committee for thirteen years. Part of this time he spent in Washington as chief of a division in the Treasury Department, as a member of the Indianapolis City Council, in which he served a number of years, and a member of the Board of School Commissioners. He was also deputy surveyor of customs under George G. Tanner. He served one term as postmaster of Indianapolis. His business life ended only a few months ago when, overtaken by failing health, he left the office of the Indianapolis Stove Company.
A keen sense of humor, constancy in friendships, absolute integrity in business life, and intense interest in the welfare of Indianapolis were prevailing traits in Mr. Brown's character.
(*Article copied as printed.)
Biographical Information.
Austin Haymond Brown. Born 19th March 1828. Milroy. Rush Co, Indiana.
To William John And Susan C. Tompkins. Who Married 1827, state of Kentucky.
Austin was one of Eight Siblings.
Name Austin Haymond Brown.
In 1900. Austin With Wife Margaret. Resided In, Center Township. Precinct 1 Indianapolis city Ward 6, Marion Co, Indiana.
Male Age 71 Marital Status Married.
He was an early newspaper editor and Presidential elector in 1852.
*The Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, IN - January 1, 1903
Austin H. Brown Dead
Old Resident Passes Away At 2:10 O'Clock This Morning
Death Results From Complications Of Diseases After Illness Of Five Months Duration.
Identified With City Life
Deceased Prominent In Many Phases Of City's Growth.
He Had Been Postmaster, Collector Of Internal Revenue, Councilman And Businessman-His Career.
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Austin H. Brown died this morning at 2:10 o'clock in his apartments at the Blacherne. His death was the result of a complication of diseases from kidney and bladder trouble, from which he had suffered for several months. For a time he showed improvement, but lately his condition became so serious that he became bedfast.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Margaret R. Brown, and two sons, Austin H. Brown, Jr., general manager of the Trinity Copper Company, of Kennett, Cal., and William J. Brown, of this city. The latter was at the bedside of his father when death occurred.
It is not likely that Austin H. Brown, Jr., will attend the funeral, as he could hardly arrive here in time. As yet nothing definite has been decided upon regarding funeral arrangements, but the burial will be held in this city.
Few men have figured more prominently in the varied activities of city life than the late Austin Haymond Brown. He was identified with a period of the city's growth from the days of a small town to the beginnings of metropolitan life. With whatever he was connected Mr. Brown was known as a man of force and virility, in whom there was little of the mediocre man. High character, extreme ability, a warm sympathy, were attributes of his character which were displayed at every turn of his active career.
His was born in Milroy, Rush county, this State, March 19, 1828, and with his father, the late William J. Brown, formerly representative in Congress from this district, came to Indianapolis in January, 1837, his father at that time having been elected secretary of state. The first work secured by Mr. Brown when he came to this city was an office boy for the Indiana Democrat. He attended private school for three months, and afterward was a student at the Marion County Seminary, then situated on what is now University Square. Still later he went to old Asbury College, now De Pauw University, where the finishing touches were given to his education.
Under the administration of President James K. Polk he secured a clerkship in the Treasury Department when he was sixteen years old. He lived five years in Washington, and then came back to Indianapolis as the owner of the State Sentinel, which he purchased from the Chapman Brothers. With his father he edited and published the State Sentinel, then the organ of the Democratic party, for five years.
MARRIED IN 1851
Dec. 17, 1851, he married Miss Margaret Eliza Russell, daughter of Col. Alexander Russell then postmaster of Indianapolis. The wedding was a notable affair. It took place at Colonel Russell's home, which then stood on the lot now occupied by the Ward Brothers Drug Company on South Meridian street, which at that time was considered the finest resident locality in the city. Three hundred guests attended the wedding. The constitutional convention and the Legislature were in session at the time, and as Mr. Brown, because of his newspaper work and as state printer, knew practically all of the members of both bodies, they were invited to the wedding almost en masse. The wedding trip was to have been made to Cincinnati, but, because of insurmountable natural difficulties, the bride and groom were forced to turn back at Madison after the trip over the one lonely railroad then running out of Indianapolis, because the Ohio river was frozen solid.
After his retirement from the newspaper business in 1855 Mr. Brown was elected auditor of Marion county. At that time also he became interested in the theatrical business, and, with John M. Commons, he leased the upper stories of a building at the northwest corner of Meridian and Maryland streets, where a theater was opened, known for some years afterward as the Athaneum. In that old theater appeared many of the leading Thespians of the day, among whom may be mentioned Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence, John Drew, father of the present John Drew, Maggie Mitchell, and others. Of these old days when he had been a pioneer theatrical magnate Mr. Brown was accustomed to refer frequently and to tell numerous interesting stories. Subsequently he became acting manager and treasurer of the Metropolitan Theater, the predecessor of the present Park Theater. He became interested in the Metropolitan on his retirement from the auditor's office in 1858.
ON GOVERNOR'S STAFF
When the Civil War broke out, Governor Morton, in May, 1861, made Mr. Brown assistant adjutant general on his staff. He held this rank until appointed by President Johnson as collector of internal revenue for this district. He retired as collector in 1869. January 1, 1870, he became assistant cashier of the banking house of Woollen, Webb & Co. After a year in the fire insurance business he was elected, in 1874, clerk of Marion county. For a year and a half during the war he was city and military editor of the Indianapolis Journal.
Mr. Brown was a Democrat of conservative principals. In 1876 he was chosen a member of the National Democratic Committee and represented Indiana on that committee for thirteen years. Part of this time he spent in Washington as chief of a division in the Treasury Department, as a member of the Indianapolis City Council, in which he served a number of years, and a member of the Board of School Commissioners. He was also deputy surveyor of customs under George G. Tanner. He served one term as postmaster of Indianapolis. His business life ended only a few months ago when, overtaken by failing health, he left the office of the Indianapolis Stove Company.
A keen sense of humor, constancy in friendships, absolute integrity in business life, and intense interest in the welfare of Indianapolis were prevailing traits in Mr. Brown's character.
(*Article copied as printed.)
Austin Haymond Brown. Born 19th March 1828. Milroy. Rush Co, Indiana.
To William John And Susan C. Tompkins. Who Married 1827, state of Kentucky.
Austin was one of Eight Siblings.
Name Austin Haymond Brown.
In 1900. Austin With Wife Margaret. Resided In, Center Township. Precinct 1 Indianapolis city Ward 6, Marion Co, Indiana.
Male Age 71 Marital Status Married.
He was an early newspaper editor and Presidential elector in 1852.
*The Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, IN - January 1, 1903
Austin H. Brown Dead
Old Resident Passes Away At 2:10 O'Clock This Morning
Death Results From Complications Of Diseases After Illness Of Five Months Duration.
Identified With City Life
Deceased Prominent In Many Phases Of City's Growth.
He Had Been Postmaster, Collector Of Internal Revenue, Councilman And Businessman-His Career.
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Austin H. Brown died this morning at 2:10 o'clock in his apartments at the Blacherne. His death was the result of a complication of diseases from kidney and bladder trouble, from which he had suffered for several months. For a time he showed improvement, but lately his condition became so serious that he became bedfast.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Margaret R. Brown, and two sons, Austin H. Brown, Jr., general manager of the Trinity Copper Company, of Kennett, Cal., and William J. Brown, of this city. The latter was at the bedside of his father when death occurred.
It is not likely that Austin H. Brown, Jr., will attend the funeral, as he could hardly arrive here in time. As yet nothing definite has been decided upon regarding funeral arrangements, but the burial will be held in this city.
Few men have figured more prominently in the varied activities of city life than the late Austin Haymond Brown. He was identified with a period of the city's growth from the days of a small town to the beginnings of metropolitan life. With whatever he was connected Mr. Brown was known as a man of force and virility, in whom there was little of the mediocre man. High character, extreme ability, a warm sympathy, were attributes of his character which were displayed at every turn of his active career.
His was born in Milroy, Rush county, this State, March 19, 1828, and with his father, the late William J. Brown, formerly representative in Congress from this district, came to Indianapolis in January, 1837, his father at that time having been elected secretary of state. The first work secured by Mr. Brown when he came to this city was an office boy for the Indiana Democrat. He attended private school for three months, and afterward was a student at the Marion County Seminary, then situated on what is now University Square. Still later he went to old Asbury College, now De Pauw University, where the finishing touches were given to his education.
Under the administration of President James K. Polk he secured a clerkship in the Treasury Department when he was sixteen years old. He lived five years in Washington, and then came back to Indianapolis as the owner of the State Sentinel, which he purchased from the Chapman Brothers. With his father he edited and published the State Sentinel, then the organ of the Democratic party, for five years.
MARRIED IN 1851
Dec. 17, 1851, he married Miss Margaret Eliza Russell, daughter of Col. Alexander Russell then postmaster of Indianapolis. The wedding was a notable affair. It took place at Colonel Russell's home, which then stood on the lot now occupied by the Ward Brothers Drug Company on South Meridian street, which at that time was considered the finest resident locality in the city. Three hundred guests attended the wedding. The constitutional convention and the Legislature were in session at the time, and as Mr. Brown, because of his newspaper work and as state printer, knew practically all of the members of both bodies, they were invited to the wedding almost en masse. The wedding trip was to have been made to Cincinnati, but, because of insurmountable natural difficulties, the bride and groom were forced to turn back at Madison after the trip over the one lonely railroad then running out of Indianapolis, because the Ohio river was frozen solid.
After his retirement from the newspaper business in 1855 Mr. Brown was elected auditor of Marion county. At that time also he became interested in the theatrical business, and, with John M. Commons, he leased the upper stories of a building at the northwest corner of Meridian and Maryland streets, where a theater was opened, known for some years afterward as the Athaneum. In that old theater appeared many of the leading Thespians of the day, among whom may be mentioned Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence, John Drew, father of the present John Drew, Maggie Mitchell, and others. Of these old days when he had been a pioneer theatrical magnate Mr. Brown was accustomed to refer frequently and to tell numerous interesting stories. Subsequently he became acting manager and treasurer of the Metropolitan Theater, the predecessor of the present Park Theater. He became interested in the Metropolitan on his retirement from the auditor's office in 1858.
ON GOVERNOR'S STAFF
When the Civil War broke out, Governor Morton, in May, 1861, made Mr. Brown assistant adjutant general on his staff. He held this rank until appointed by President Johnson as collector of internal revenue for this district. He retired as collector in 1869. January 1, 1870, he became assistant cashier of the banking house of Woollen, Webb & Co. After a year in the fire insurance business he was elected, in 1874, clerk of Marion county. For a year and a half during the war he was city and military editor of the Indianapolis Journal.
Mr. Brown was a Democrat of conservative principals. In 1876 he was chosen a member of the National Democratic Committee and represented Indiana on that committee for thirteen years. Part of this time he spent in Washington as chief of a division in the Treasury Department, as a member of the Indianapolis City Council, in which he served a number of years, and a member of the Board of School Commissioners. He was also deputy surveyor of customs under George G. Tanner. He served one term as postmaster of Indianapolis. His business life ended only a few months ago when, overtaken by failing health, he left the office of the Indianapolis Stove Company.
A keen sense of humor, constancy in friendships, absolute integrity in business life, and intense interest in the welfare of Indianapolis were prevailing traits in Mr. Brown's character.
(*Article copied as printed.)
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