The subject of this review holds the responsible position of bookkeeper of the Thistle Mills, in Montville. He was born at Pompton, Passaic county, New Jersey, on the 31st of March, 1853, and came to Boonton with his parents in 1858. He received his elementary education in the public schools of this city, and then learned bookkeeping, subsequently becoming associated with his father in the latter's meat market for several years. He held the position of clerk to the commissioner of pensions in Washington, D.C., for four years; was for eight years with the Hygeia Water Company, of New York; for two years he was employed by S. Mills Ely, of Binghamton, New York; and in February, 1895, he accepted his present position and has since continued to fulfill the duties thereof with a marked degree of ability.

In his political adherence Mr. Brown is a Republican and served as city clerk of Boonton for two years. Socially he is a popular member of the Masonic fraternity, his affiliation being with Arcania Lodge, No. 60, York Rite, and in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second degree, of Prince of Jerusalem, in the consistory. He is also a Noble of the Ancient Order of the Mystic Shrine, his membership being in Mecca Temple, at New York. He is a member of the Reformed church, in which he was formerly a deacon, while his wife is an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Mr. Brown contracted his first marriage when living in Binghamton, New York, in 1882, being then united to Miss Carrie May DePue, of that city. She died in 1884, leaving one child, Bessie. For his second wife he married Miss Mary N. Esten, of Boonton, and of this union three children have been born, namely: George E., Mable N. and Blauvelt E.