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JUDGE ALBERT GALLATIN BROWN
JUDGE ALBERT GALLATIN BROWN,
deceased. Among the pioneers of California who have passed away in Stockton,
none were more favorably known than he whose name
heads this sketch. He was a native of Vassalboro,
Maine, born September 9, 1801, his parents being Benjamin and Mary Brown. He
grew up in his native State, where he embarked in the business of paper
manufacturing, owning extensive mills. His large interests were swept away,
however, by a conflagration which destroyed his mills, and when the California
fever set in so strong in the East, he joined the throng hastening to that land
of promise in search of fortune. He made the trip around Cape Horn on the
schooner Suliote in 1849, being accompanied, among
others, by his son, Benjamin Hall Brown. He proceeded to Mokelumne
Hill, but after mining there a short time removed to Stockton, where he was for
a time engaged in staging. He was a prominent public figure in Stockton, and
for many years held the office of Police Judge and Justice of the Peace.
He was married in Maine, to
Miss Maryan Hall, a native of Boston, who died in
Stockton, leaving four children, three sons and one
daughter, still living. He afterward married Miss Maria Clark, who, with two
children, the issue of the marriage, still survive him.
Judge Brown was a prominent
Odd Fellow, and one of the old-time members of Charity Lodge, whose chairs he
filled for years. He was also a member of the Masonic order. His long residence
in Stockton and prominence in local affairs gave him a wide acquaintance, and
he was universally beloved for his many noble, self-sacrificing qualities. He
led a moral and temperate life and never touched intoxicating liquors or
tobacco. He was associated with the Congregational Church of Stockton, in the
affairs of which he took an active interest. On the 13th of October,
1884, he died, at a ripe age, mourned by as many warm and sincere friends as
any man who ever lived in Stockton.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 459. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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