[1][2] Brown came early to Milwaukee, a contemporary of George H. Walker, Byron Kilbourn, and Don A. J.
By 1842, Brown also owned the 100-ton schooner Fur Trader, and was an active merchant in Milwaukee (his Wm.
[4] This was the only portion of the canal which would ever be built; the bed thereof later became Commerce Street in Milwaukee's Beerline B neighborhood.
He was not a candidate for re-election in the 1848 fall election, and was succeeded by fellow Whig Julius White.
I shall never forget the look of utter despair that sat upon his face as I met him for the last time, in October, 1871... wending his weary way to the European Hotel, which he never left again alive; it said plainly enough, "This is the end of a misspent life."...