- ELMER E. BROWN, whose practice in veterinary service covers
a period of thirty years, has
- been a resident of Grand Island [Hall County, Nebraska] since
1900 and is well known over the county to different parts of
which he is frequently called to exercise his professional skill.
Dr. BROWN was born in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, December 15,
1863, and is a son of Robert and Loanza (MURLETT) BROWN. They
were born in Guernsey County, Ohio, and were married in that
state. In 1856 they came to Iowa and took up government land
and continued to live on it during the rest of Dr. BROWN's life,
he passing away at the age of eighty years, a man respected and
esteemed by all who knew him. He believed in the principles of
the Republican party and at times served in public office, once
being a county commissioner. Both he and his wife were members
of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of their family of twelve
children there are eight survivors, but only two live in Nebraska,
Elmer E. and a sister, Alice. She is the widow of M. M. PARISH,
who died at Omaha two years since. He was a veterinarian, and
at one time was publisher of the South Omaha Times.
- Dr. BROWN comes of a long line of farming people. His grandfathers
on both sides spent their
- lives in agricultural pursuits, Moses BROWN, who was born
in Ireland, dying on his farm in Iowa, and Louis MURLESS, who
was born and died on his old homestead in Ohio. After his school
days were over, Elmer E. BROWN remained on the home farm in Iowa
until March, 1881, when he came to Nebraska and settled in McCormick
County, where, for two years he rented a farm with his brother,
Robert L. BROWN. From there he went to Greeley County, Nebraska,
homesteaded there and lived on his place two years, then sold
and located at Wolbach. He had studied veterinary science very
thoroughly and practiced this profession for six years at Wolbach,
from which place in 1900 he came to Grand Island, and since then
his time has been entirely taken up by the demands of his profession.
- Dr. BROWN married Miss Mary E. HILL on February 1, 1877,
who was born at Janesville,
- Wisconsin, a daughter of Henry A. and Pauline (CAMPBELL)
HILL. The father of Mrs. BROWN was born in Rock County, Wisconsin,
and died at St. Paul, Nebraska. The mother was born in the state
of New York and resides in St. Paul. Mrs. BROWN's grandparents
were Caleb B. and Permelia HILL, the former was a sea captain.
The grandmother, born in Massachusetts, lived to a venerable
age, having passed ninety-eight years of life at the time of
death. Dr. and Mrs. BROWN have had two children: Robert Allen,
whose death occurred June 11, 1908, when he was but twenty years
of age; and Hazel Maine, the wife of Willian LINDERKAMP, who
is a sheet metal trade worker at Grand Island. Mr. and Mrs. LINDERKAMP
have a daughter, Theda Wilma. Dr. BROWN and his family are members
of the Congregational church. While not unduly active in politics,
he keeps abreast of the times and in the various changes and
developments finds no reason to change his faith in the Republican
party.
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- Note: The biography lists Dr. BROWN's mother as Loana
MURLETT but her father as Louis MURLESS.
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- [Taken from "History of Hall County, Nebraska"
edited by A. F. Buechler and R. J. Barr; (c)1920 Western Publishing
& Engraving Co., Lincoln, NE; p. 597]
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