- SAM. P. BROWN, present deputy sheriff of Rock County, has
been a resident of Janesville
- since 1895. He is a man of ready resources, alert in action,
and resolute in performance of his duty. He has won high standing
as an officer of justice in southern Wisconsin, and evil doers
have learned to dread his name.
- Mr. BROWN was born in Grant County, Mo., June 28, 1874.
His parents, John and Lovina
- (CADLE) BROWN, were natives of Kentucky and Missouri, respectively.
They had six children, all but one now living: Sarah, the wife
of E. G. GIBSON, of Marshalltown, Iowa; Sam. P., whose name introduces
this article; Alice, the wife of E. D. VANDEWALKE, of Creston,
Iowa; Albert, of Janesville; and Grace, of Creston, Iowa. John
BROWN was a farmer nearly all his life. He moved from Kentucky
to Grant City, and lived there fourteen years, thence removing
to Creston, Iowa, where he has lived for the past eighteen years.
For a number of years he kept a hotel in Creston. He is a man
of genial manners and upright character. In religion he and
his wife are Methodists. His father, Preston BROWN, was a native
of Kentucky, and died in that State about 1875, at an advanced
age. He had seven sons. He was a soldier in the Confederate
army, serving throughout the war. The father of Mrs. LOVINA
(CADLE) BROWN was a native of Missouri, a farmer, and died in
middle life. He had a family of three daughters and two sons.
- Sam. P. BROWN had reached the age of nine years before his
parents left Grant City. He
- attended school in that place and in Creston, where he grew
to manhood. When he struck out in life for himself his first
move was to go West, and he secured work on a cattle ranch at
Hermosa, S. Dak. He had a bold and adventurous spirit, and the
active outdoor life pleased him well. Four years later, however,
he returned to Creston, taking a position as clerk in a wholesale
grocery store, and was in the employ of the firm two years; he
was doing well, but the close confinement proved irksome. In
February, 1895, he had charge of trotting horses in Janesville,
and worked with them for the season. His personal characteristics
made him many friends, and Sheriff APPLEBY made him his deputy
that fall. He held the same position with Sheriff ACHESON, and
is now serving his third term with Sheriff APPLEBY (who has been
re-elected), proving a capable officer.
- On April 1, 1899, Mr. BROWN married Miss Grace ACHESON, a
daughter of Theodore L.
- and Jane (MARTIN) ACHESON, of Janesville. Mr. BROWN is a
Republican in political sentiment.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin"
(c)1901, pp. 844-845.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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