Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
David W. Brown, 8 South 51 West
David claimed a quarter in section 13, 8S 51W in 1891.
Possibly the David W. Brown who married Martha A. Kelley on Oct 27, 1886 in McHenry County, Illinois.
Charlie P. S. Brown cash-claimed a quarter in section 21, 7S 42W in 1890....
In 1870 McHenry County,
Eliza Brown is 37, Charles Brown 12, George Brown 11,
David Brown 10, Mary Brown 7,
Willie Brown 6, and Isabella Kennedy 66.
In 1880 McHenry County, Eliza K. Brown is 46,
C. F. Brown 22,
George Brown 20,
David Brown 19,
Mary Brown 17,
Willie Brown 15, and Isabelle Kennedy 82.
In 1885 Lincoln, Nebaska, Chas. J. Brown is 27, his wife Josephine 25
brothers George K. 25, William Brown 19, and niece Lioner Fowler 11.
(Lionne Fowler's mother Julia Chapman Fowler was widowed
in 1880 Red Cloud Nebraska, with Lionne 5 and Lenore 4.
Julia married James McEnery in 1886.
In 1920 Seattle, Julia A. NcNerry is widowed, 60, Leone L. Fowler 35 and Lenore Folwer 33.)
Geneva, Nebraska "James, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Brown, Sunday, September 23, 1894, of diphtheria, aged seven years. The body was interred in the Geneva cemetery yesterday afternoon. (Tuesday Republican 25 SEP 1894 pg. 3) (cont.)
Also: Little Jim Brown died September 23, 1894 of diphtheria, aged six years, eleven months and eleven days. The disease was caught from a little boy who ran off from home and played with the West ward primary children.
"We miss him when the board is spread, We miss him when prayer is said; Upon our dreams his dying eyes, In still and mournful fondness lies. With hearts bowed down by sadness, we humbly ask for Him, In Heaven, once more, to meet again our own little Jim."
Card of Thanks - My wife and I sincerely thank all the kind and sympathetic friends for their assistance during the illness and death of our little boy. May such kindness and sympathy be extended to them in their hour of trial. D. W. Brown (Tuesday Republican 02 OCT 1894 pg. 3)
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In 1900 Denver,
David W. Brown is a coal dealer, born July 1860,
Martha A. Brown January 1862, both born in Illinois,
Hazel B. Brown Sept 1890 in Nebraska.
His brother
William J. Brown 36,
Mary I. Brown 37, both born in Illinois, and servant Minnie Larson 41.
(Brother Chas. T. Brown, 26 born in Illinois, married in Sweden, Nebraska
on Sept 10, 1884 to Josephyine E. Chyman(CHAPMAN). His parents were Wm. and Eliza Brown.
In 1920 Englewood, Colorado, David W. Brown is 54, Martha A. Brown 52, Hazel Flanagan 28, married but no spouse.
Employee Clayton Meyers is 45, Grace 40.
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company: Company President E.E. Shumway died in 1914 from injuries sustained while investigating the aftermath of the disastrous 1913 explosion that killed 37 miners at the Coryell Vulcan mine in Garfield County. David W. Brown (1860-1922), who joined RM Fuel in about 1900, succeeded Shumway.[3]
financial statements from 1920 show that RM Fuel and its nine-store mercantile division, the Rocky Mountain Stores Company, was managed by D. W. Brown and had over $12 million in assets, $3.5 million in debt and employed 845 people. The company was producing one million tons of coal each year.[3]
John J. Roche (1848-1927), a lawyer and banker by trade, interviewed for a position at Rocky Mountain Fuel Company in 1906, then moved his family from Nebraska to Denver in 1907 to join RM Fuel, replacing company Secretary-Treasurer H.E. Stewart. Roche eventually became Vice-President and Treasurer of the company, and took over management of RM Fuel after the death of D.W. Brown in June 1922. The largest stockholder in the company, Roche died in 1927 and left an $128,000 estate.
"David W. Brown House
Arapahoe County
A rare example of the Prairie style in the Denver area, the house was built and occupied by David Brown, a founder of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. George Williamson, who also designed the Daniels and Fisher tower in downtown Denver, was the architect.
A semi-octagonal turret acts as a focal point and intercepts the horizontal roof. The interior's dark wood paneling, spiral staircase, and period chandeliers leave the impression of wealth and position. The house has 6 fireplaces and 18 rooms."
In 1930 Englewood, Martha is 60, Hazel Flanagan is divorced, 35, with Hazel E. 8.
David W. Brown,
Birth
1861
Death
18 Jun 1922,
Burial
Fairmount Cemetery
Denver, Denver County, Colorado,
Memorial ID
117595755,
HAZEL
Hazel B. Brown and James W. Flanagan married in New York City on December 8, 1913.
He might be the Col. James Wainwright Flanagan, born October 26, 1872
in Henderson, Texas, dying July 24, 1950 in Houston, divorced, a retired oil company president.
The informant was Mrs. Anthony John Bittson of Great Neck, New York.
Hazel Brown Flanigan was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on September 11, 1889, living in Denver when applying for a passport for her and her husband.
Hazel B. and James W. Flanagan divorced in Arapahoe County on August 20, 1927.
Hazel B. Brown 1890-1960 is buried in Wheat Ridge, # 97064833.
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