Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Brown, John
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

John BROWN, of the firm of Houck & Brown, tanners and curriers, wholesale and retail 
dealers in sole leather, shoe findings, etc., Joliet; has for twenty-three years been 
a citizen of Will County, he is a native of the Isle of Man; was born on the 25th of 
November, 1826; served his apprenticeship at the tanner's trade in Douglas, Isle of Man, 
and followed the business there for ten years; he came to the United States in 1853; 
spent two years in New York City, and in 1855, came to Lockport, Will Co.; the following 
year he came to Joliet, and entered, upon his present business, which be has continued 
through the several changes in the firm that have taken place since that time; in 1863, 
the Joliet Tannery was built by Mack, Cleghorn & Co., of which firm Mr. BROWN was a 
partner; he has attended strictly to his business, never taking any active part in 
political affairs, nor seeking office of any kind. He was married in the Spring of 
1850, to Miss Catharine KISSACK, of Douglas, Isle of Man; they have had ten children, 
six of whom are living-Richard J. (now in business in Chicago), Frank E., Eliza J., 
Charles H., George W., and William H.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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