| Birth: | Jun. 10, 1833
Conneaut
Ashtabula County
Ohio, USA | | Death: | Jan. 15, 1913
Denver
Denver County
Colorado, USA | 
Businessman. President and founder of J. S. Brown & Bro. Mercantile Company. By 1899, it became the largest Mercantile Company in the western United States. He was a director in the South Park railroad, assisted in the building of the Denver Pacific Railroad, between Denver and Cheyenne, and was a promoter, director and vice-president of the Denver & New Orleans Railroad. The J.S. Brown Mercantile building was added to the National Historic Register in 1988, and currently houses the Wynkoop Brewing Company (developed and chaired by current Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper). (bio by: Eric Crow)
Search Amazon for John Brown | | | Burial:
Fairmount Cemetery
Denver
Denver County
Colorado, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Eric Crow
Record added: Nov 04, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 12255477 |
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Suzy E.
Added: Jun. 4, 2011 |
Your resting in a beautiful place. It's always nice to find out about someone who made a difference in my neck of the woods.
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luvshistory
Added: Jan. 16, 2011 |
Sir thank you for providing services to the people of the Front Range from Cheyenne to Denver.
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luvshistory
Added: Jan. 16, 2011 |
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