Brown was home schooled by his father[4] and never received a full public education despite his desire for one.
[7] At age 10, after his father's health declined, Brown left school to help in the print shop.
[8] At age 13, Brown and his sisters began printing their own Saturday paper, the Monthly Visitor.
[18] Brown spent all his money to get the seed and capital to plant, but the crop was washed away by rain.
[20] In response, the Brown family moved to Peewee Valley, Kentucky to grow peaches.
[29] Brown married Julia's sister, Mollie Amelia Struby on October 10, 1895.
[32] In 1900, Brown sold his law practice and the Spencer Courier, then bought the Harrodsburg Democrat.
[35] After his stepfather died on December 10, 1908, Brown decided to buy a winter home in Florida to be near his mother.
[36] After five days in St. Peterburg, Brown bought the Evening Independent,[37] named for its print time of 4:00 pm.
[43] In late 1910, Brown sold the Harrodsburg Democrat and bought a permanent residence in St.
During its construction, Brown discovered that the road contractors had used inferior bricks and cheated the country.
One commissioner wrote an editorial in the St. Petersburg Times that allegedly defamed both Brown and his son Chauncey.
[51] At the start of World War I began, Florida Governor Sidney Catts appointed Brown as Captain of the Home Guard for Pinellas County.
[53] On October 25, 1921, St. Petersburg was hit by the Tampa Bay Hurricane and its recreational pier was destroyed.
It reduced the power of the mayor and allowed commission members to be elected by popular vote.
[55] On August 21, Brown immersed himself in a political fight over the Nolan Plan for too much control over city development.
Unlike most political fights he participated in, he lost his bid to remove the Nolan Plan.
[56][57] On December 16, 1927, the city of St. Petersburg celebrated one year of sunshine, in which time no free papers were given.
In a compromise, the statue became that of a child selling the Evening Independent, with Brown mentioned on the plaque.