Butte County
Biographies
ENOS H. BROWN
ENOS H. BROWN.—One of the well
known and well liked men of Durham, Butte County, and a partner in the firm of
Beck and Brown, blacksmiths, Enos H. Brown enjoys the
confidence and good will of the community where he and his partner,
Mr. G. Beck, have built up a prosperous business, which is growing to
larger proportions as the town and countryside advance with the times. Besides
blacksmithing, they do general repair work on farm machinery, automobiles,
trucks, and wagons, are general agents for the Jeffrey touring car, and dealers
in gas and oil. Both progressive and public spirited men, they have always been
ready to help further all projects tending to the advancement of Durham, one
such being the organization of the Commercial Bank of Durham, to which they
lent their joint efforts toward building up and in which they are stockholders.
E. H. Brown is a native of Kansas, being
born in Phillips County, May 8, 1881. When a lad he
moved about with his parents, first to Nebraska, thence to Missouri, and back
again to Nebraska. Deciding to try his fortunes in the west, he came to
California, in January, 1901, empty-handed but with strength of arm and the
determination to succeed. His first employment was with Mr. Beardsley, a
blacksmith at Bangor, Butte County, where he learned the trade thoroughly. He
then became acquainted with Mr. Beck, his present partner, and soon after
Mr. Beck started a blacksmith shop in Durham, Mr. Brown came to work
for him and the second year thereafter the partnership was formed.
Mr. Brown’s marriage, at Marysville, Cal.,
united him with Mrs. Malissa May Cantrell, a daughter
of Milton and Mary Darby, of Bangor, Butte County. Her father has passed away
but the mother is still living, one of the very first of the pioneers of Butte
County. She spends her winters at the home of her daughter, in Durham, and her
summers at her ranch in Bangor. Mr. and Mrs. Brown enjoy the comforts of a good
home at Durham; and two children have blessed their fireside, Walter, and
Sarah.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
29 October 2009.
Source:
"History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Page 1279, Historic Record Co, Los
Angeles, CA, 1918.
© 2009 Marie Hassard.
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