A pioneer of California, Gen. Brown came to California in October, 1853, from Ohio, and settled in the community of Shingle Springs in El Dorado County.

He was twice elected sheriff of El Dorado County and twice to the office of County Treasurer. He served four terms as state senator and was a member of the harbor commission from 1890 to 1894.
As a California legislator he introduced the bill seeking financial relief for James W. Marshall, discoverer of gold at Coloma. (Mountain Democrat, 3/16/1878, p. 3)

He was Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Highways, and an active working member of the Committees on Finance, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Corporations, and Irrigation and Drainage. He was appointed surveyor general by President Garfield in 1882. He died in San Francisco at the age of 79, and was interred in the Placerville Union Cemetery.

A pioneer of California, Gen. Brown came to California in October, 1853, from Ohio, and settled in the community of Shingle Springs in El Dorado County.

He was twice elected sheriff of El Dorado County and twice to the office of County Treasurer. He served four terms as state senator and was a member of the harbor commission from 1890 to 1894.
As a California legislator he introduced the bill seeking financial relief for James W. Marshall, discoverer of gold at Coloma. (Mountain Democrat, 3/16/1878, p. 3)

He was Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Highways, and an active working member of the Committees on Finance, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Corporations, and Irrigation and Drainage. He was appointed surveyor general by President Garfield in 1882. He died in San Francisco at the age of 79, and was interred in the Placerville Union Cemetery.