WILLIAM E. BROWN An oil man who has steadily worked his way up until he now holds a responsible position with the Union Oil Company, is William E. Brown, who was born at Washburn, Maine, on December 30, 1866, the son of Simon Brown, who was born in Massachusetts and descended from a family traceable back to the first settlers of
Mayflower stock. Simon Brown was in the Civil War, a member of the Eighth Maine Regiment, and he was wounded by the bursting of a shell. Having farmed in Maine he later removed to Menominee County, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering; and then he went back to Maine. He married Harriet Hall, a native of Maine and a member of an old
Massachusetts family, who also traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to California in 1910 to make their home with their son, W. E., at Coalinga. They were the parents of three girls and a son, among whom William is the third oldest.
He was brought up in Maine, attended the public schools there and then went to work on a farm, continuing at home until he was twenty-one. At that time he went to Michigan and spent about six years working in the lumber camps where he became a foreman ; and he also engaged in charcoal burning. Then he moved back to Maine, and later went west to Indiana, where he began to learn the oil business, commencing at the Geneva field, in 1893, as a pumper. He worked up to driller, and then took drilling contracts. About 1900 he moved to Beaver Dam, Ohio, and there worked as foreman in the Lima oil field. He got to be more and more interested in oil fields and wells and in 1906 went to Illinois, attracted by the Casey oil district and the Bridgeport district, where he was a contract driller. In 1910 Mr. Brown came to California and after a brief stay in Los Angeles, he
located at Bakersfield and went with the Claremont Oil Company, in Kern River field, owned by the Union Oil Company.
He became a district foreman and held that post until December 1, 1911, when he was transferred to the Clairmont lease at Coalinga, where he was made superintendent. He is now district foreman of the Union Oil Company's holdings in the Coalinga district, which includes Clairmont, Section 24, and also of the Iredell, Section 13, and the Union, Section 8.
At Ishpeming. Mich., on January 3, 1901, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Emma Andrews, a native of Calumet, Mich., and the daughter of Joseph Andrews, who was born in England and came as a child to Wisconsin. In the southern part of that state he was brought up as a miner, and later he removed to Calumet. He died at Mrs. Brown's at Bridgeport. His wife was Sarah Lane, a native of England before her marriage, and she died at Quinnesec, Mich., the mother of four children, Mrs. Brown being the oldest. She was educated in the Iron Mountain, Mich., schools, and was engaged in teaching in Menominee County, Mich., until her marriage. Two children Elva and Kenneth, are the pride of the Brown home, and both are attending the Coalinga Union high school, Elva in the class of 1920. Mr. Brown was made a Mason in Bridgeport Lodge, No. 386, F. & A. M., and he is still a member there. He belongs to the Growler's Club of Coalinga.
Mayflower stock. Simon Brown was in the Civil War, a member of the Eighth Maine Regiment, and he was wounded by the bursting of a shell. Having farmed in Maine he later removed to Menominee County, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering; and then he went back to Maine. He married Harriet Hall, a native of Maine and a member of an old
Massachusetts family, who also traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to California in 1910 to make their home with their son, W. E., at Coalinga. They were the parents of three girls and a son, among whom William is the third oldest.
He was brought up in Maine, attended the public schools there and then went to work on a farm, continuing at home until he was twenty-one. At that time he went to Michigan and spent about six years working in the lumber camps where he became a foreman ; and he also engaged in charcoal burning. Then he moved back to Maine, and later went west to Indiana, where he began to learn the oil business, commencing at the Geneva field, in 1893, as a pumper. He worked up to driller, and then took drilling contracts. About 1900 he moved to Beaver Dam, Ohio, and there worked as foreman in the Lima oil field. He got to be more and more interested in oil fields and wells and in 1906 went to Illinois, attracted by the Casey oil district and the Bridgeport district, where he was a contract driller. In 1910 Mr. Brown came to California and after a brief stay in Los Angeles, he
located at Bakersfield and went with the Claremont Oil Company, in Kern River field, owned by the Union Oil Company.
He became a district foreman and held that post until December 1, 1911, when he was transferred to the Clairmont lease at Coalinga, where he was made superintendent. He is now district foreman of the Union Oil Company's holdings in the Coalinga district, which includes Clairmont, Section 24, and also of the Iredell, Section 13, and the Union, Section 8.
At Ishpeming. Mich., on January 3, 1901, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Emma Andrews, a native of Calumet, Mich., and the daughter of Joseph Andrews, who was born in England and came as a child to Wisconsin. In the southern part of that state he was brought up as a miner, and later he removed to Calumet. He died at Mrs. Brown's at Bridgeport. His wife was Sarah Lane, a native of England before her marriage, and she died at Quinnesec, Mich., the mother of four children, Mrs. Brown being the oldest. She was educated in the Iron Mountain, Mich., schools, and was engaged in teaching in Menominee County, Mich., until her marriage. Two children Elva and Kenneth, are the pride of the Brown home, and both are attending the Coalinga Union high school, Elva in the class of 1920. Mr. Brown was made a Mason in Bridgeport Lodge, No. 386, F. & A. M., and he is still a member there. He belongs to the Growler's Club of Coalinga.
WILLIAM E. BROWN An oil man who has steadily worked his way up until he now holds a responsible position with the Union Oil Company, is William E. Brown, who was born at Washburn, Maine, on December 30, 1866, the son of Simon Brown, who was born in Massachusetts and descended from a family traceable back to the first settlers of
Mayflower stock. Simon Brown was in the Civil War, a member of the Eighth Maine Regiment, and he was wounded by the bursting of a shell. Having farmed in Maine he later removed to Menominee County, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering; and then he went back to Maine. He married Harriet Hall, a native of Maine and a member of an old
Massachusetts family, who also traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to California in 1910 to make their home with their son, W. E., at Coalinga. They were the parents of three girls and a son, among whom William is the third oldest.
He was brought up in Maine, attended the public schools there and then went to work on a farm, continuing at home until he was twenty-one. At that time he went to Michigan and spent about six years working in the lumber camps where he became a foreman ; and he also engaged in charcoal burning. Then he moved back to Maine, and later went west to Indiana, where he began to learn the oil business, commencing at the Geneva field, in 1893, as a pumper. He worked up to driller, and then took drilling contracts. About 1900 he moved to Beaver Dam, Ohio, and there worked as foreman in the Lima oil field. He got to be more and more interested in oil fields and wells and in 1906 went to Illinois, attracted by the Casey oil district and the Bridgeport district, where he was a contract driller. In 1910 Mr. Brown came to California and after a brief stay in Los Angeles, he
located at Bakersfield and went with the Claremont Oil Company, in Kern River field, owned by the Union Oil Company.
He became a district foreman and held that post until December 1, 1911, when he was transferred to the Clairmont lease at Coalinga, where he was made superintendent. He is now district foreman of the Union Oil Company's holdings in the Coalinga district, which includes Clairmont, Section 24, and also of the Iredell, Section 13, and the Union, Section 8.
At Ishpeming. Mich., on January 3, 1901, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Emma Andrews, a native of Calumet, Mich., and the daughter of Joseph Andrews, who was born in England and came as a child to Wisconsin. In the southern part of that state he was brought up as a miner, and later he removed to Calumet. He died at Mrs. Brown's at Bridgeport. His wife was Sarah Lane, a native of England before her marriage, and she died at Quinnesec, Mich., the mother of four children, Mrs. Brown being the oldest. She was educated in the Iron Mountain, Mich., schools, and was engaged in teaching in Menominee County, Mich., until her marriage. Two children Elva and Kenneth, are the pride of the Brown home, and both are attending the Coalinga Union high school, Elva in the class of 1920. Mr. Brown was made a Mason in Bridgeport Lodge, No. 386, F. & A. M., and he is still a member there. He belongs to the Growler's Club of Coalinga.
Mayflower stock. Simon Brown was in the Civil War, a member of the Eighth Maine Regiment, and he was wounded by the bursting of a shell. Having farmed in Maine he later removed to Menominee County, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering; and then he went back to Maine. He married Harriet Hall, a native of Maine and a member of an old
Massachusetts family, who also traces her ancestry back to the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to California in 1910 to make their home with their son, W. E., at Coalinga. They were the parents of three girls and a son, among whom William is the third oldest.
He was brought up in Maine, attended the public schools there and then went to work on a farm, continuing at home until he was twenty-one. At that time he went to Michigan and spent about six years working in the lumber camps where he became a foreman ; and he also engaged in charcoal burning. Then he moved back to Maine, and later went west to Indiana, where he began to learn the oil business, commencing at the Geneva field, in 1893, as a pumper. He worked up to driller, and then took drilling contracts. About 1900 he moved to Beaver Dam, Ohio, and there worked as foreman in the Lima oil field. He got to be more and more interested in oil fields and wells and in 1906 went to Illinois, attracted by the Casey oil district and the Bridgeport district, where he was a contract driller. In 1910 Mr. Brown came to California and after a brief stay in Los Angeles, he
located at Bakersfield and went with the Claremont Oil Company, in Kern River field, owned by the Union Oil Company.
He became a district foreman and held that post until December 1, 1911, when he was transferred to the Clairmont lease at Coalinga, where he was made superintendent. He is now district foreman of the Union Oil Company's holdings in the Coalinga district, which includes Clairmont, Section 24, and also of the Iredell, Section 13, and the Union, Section 8.
At Ishpeming. Mich., on January 3, 1901, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Emma Andrews, a native of Calumet, Mich., and the daughter of Joseph Andrews, who was born in England and came as a child to Wisconsin. In the southern part of that state he was brought up as a miner, and later he removed to Calumet. He died at Mrs. Brown's at Bridgeport. His wife was Sarah Lane, a native of England before her marriage, and she died at Quinnesec, Mich., the mother of four children, Mrs. Brown being the oldest. She was educated in the Iron Mountain, Mich., schools, and was engaged in teaching in Menominee County, Mich., until her marriage. Two children Elva and Kenneth, are the pride of the Brown home, and both are attending the Coalinga Union high school, Elva in the class of 1920. Mr. Brown was made a Mason in Bridgeport Lodge, No. 386, F. & A. M., and he is still a member there. He belongs to the Growler's Club of Coalinga.
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