IOOF Pneumonia
John Rudd Brown, whose birth occurred in Brownville, N. Y., in 1833, attended West Point as a youth, and in the role of civil engineer came to California in 1860 to assist in the original survey of the Central Pacific Railroad between Sacramento and Reno. Afterward he was advance agent during the construction of the road until December, 1868, when he resigned to engage in the life insurance business in Sacramento. He became special agent for the Northwestern Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wis., and for a number of years filled that office, when he again entered the employ of the Central Pacific Railroad as agent and continued with the company until his death, which occurred in Sacramento February 7, 1884. Mr. Brown was prominent among the Masons, Redmen and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and at his death was buried with Masonic honors. His wife, to whom he was united in marriage in the old Congregational Church on Sixth street in Sacramento, was formerly Miss Elizabeth MacMillan, born in Buffalo, N. Y., daughter of Hugh and Ann (Miller) MacMillan, natives of New York. Hugh MacMillan was a successful shipbuilder by trade. Mrs. Brown, who was widely beloved for her womanly sweetness and sympathy, passed away in January, 1902, after a life of great devotion to her husband and three children.
As it is written in Sacramento County biographies.
MOTHERS NAME WAS CATHERINE NOT CAROLINE AS SOME CONTRIBUTORS CAN'T READ HER STONE CORRECTLY AND DON'T REFER TO CREDIBLE EXISTING DOCUMENTATION
John Rudd Brown, whose birth occurred in Brownville, N. Y., in 1833, attended West Point as a youth, and in the role of civil engineer came to California in 1860 to assist in the original survey of the Central Pacific Railroad between Sacramento and Reno. Afterward he was advance agent during the construction of the road until December, 1868, when he resigned to engage in the life insurance business in Sacramento. He became special agent for the Northwestern Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wis., and for a number of years filled that office, when he again entered the employ of the Central Pacific Railroad as agent and continued with the company until his death, which occurred in Sacramento February 7, 1884. Mr. Brown was prominent among the Masons, Redmen and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and at his death was buried with Masonic honors. His wife, to whom he was united in marriage in the old Congregational Church on Sixth street in Sacramento, was formerly Miss Elizabeth MacMillan, born in Buffalo, N. Y., daughter of Hugh and Ann (Miller) MacMillan, natives of New York. Hugh MacMillan was a successful shipbuilder by trade. Mrs. Brown, who was widely beloved for her womanly sweetness and sympathy, passed away in January, 1902, after a life of great devotion to her husband and three children.
As it is written in Sacramento County biographies.
MOTHERS NAME WAS CATHERINE NOT CAROLINE AS SOME CONTRIBUTORS CAN'T READ HER STONE CORRECTLY AND DON'T REFER TO CREDIBLE EXISTING DOCUMENTATION
IOOF Pneumonia
John Rudd Brown, whose birth occurred in Brownville, N. Y., in 1833, attended West Point as a youth, and in the role of civil engineer came to California in 1860 to assist in the original survey of the Central Pacific Railroad between Sacramento and Reno. Afterward he was advance agent during the construction of the road until December, 1868, when he resigned to engage in the life insurance business in Sacramento. He became special agent for the Northwestern Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wis., and for a number of years filled that office, when he again entered the employ of the Central Pacific Railroad as agent and continued with the company until his death, which occurred in Sacramento February 7, 1884. Mr. Brown was prominent among the Masons, Redmen and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and at his death was buried with Masonic honors. His wife, to whom he was united in marriage in the old Congregational Church on Sixth street in Sacramento, was formerly Miss Elizabeth MacMillan, born in Buffalo, N. Y., daughter of Hugh and Ann (Miller) MacMillan, natives of New York. Hugh MacMillan was a successful shipbuilder by trade. Mrs. Brown, who was widely beloved for her womanly sweetness and sympathy, passed away in January, 1902, after a life of great devotion to her husband and three children.
As it is written in Sacramento County biographies.
MOTHERS NAME WAS CATHERINE NOT CAROLINE AS SOME CONTRIBUTORS CAN'T READ HER STONE CORRECTLY AND DON'T REFER TO CREDIBLE EXISTING DOCUMENTATION
John Rudd Brown, whose birth occurred in Brownville, N. Y., in 1833, attended West Point as a youth, and in the role of civil engineer came to California in 1860 to assist in the original survey of the Central Pacific Railroad between Sacramento and Reno. Afterward he was advance agent during the construction of the road until December, 1868, when he resigned to engage in the life insurance business in Sacramento. He became special agent for the Northwestern Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wis., and for a number of years filled that office, when he again entered the employ of the Central Pacific Railroad as agent and continued with the company until his death, which occurred in Sacramento February 7, 1884. Mr. Brown was prominent among the Masons, Redmen and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and at his death was buried with Masonic honors. His wife, to whom he was united in marriage in the old Congregational Church on Sixth street in Sacramento, was formerly Miss Elizabeth MacMillan, born in Buffalo, N. Y., daughter of Hugh and Ann (Miller) MacMillan, natives of New York. Hugh MacMillan was a successful shipbuilder by trade. Mrs. Brown, who was widely beloved for her womanly sweetness and sympathy, passed away in January, 1902, after a life of great devotion to her husband and three children.
As it is written in Sacramento County biographies.
MOTHERS NAME WAS CATHERINE NOT CAROLINE AS SOME CONTRIBUTORS CAN'T READ HER STONE CORRECTLY AND DON'T REFER TO CREDIBLE EXISTING DOCUMENTATION
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