John Dorsey Brown Sr.

b. Feb. 22, 1882, Rock Mills Township, Anderson County, South Carolina
d. Dec. 17, 1939, Nogales, Arizona

Husband of Merna Margaret Williamson,
Son of Henry Brown & Margaret Hatcher

John Dorsey Brown earned diplomas from the International
Correspondience School of Scranton, Pennyslvania and also
for Electrical Lighting and Railways. He worked on the on the Arizona
Eastern Railroad and helped build Coolidge Dam.

He met and married Merna Margaret Williamson in 1916 in Globe, AZ

Information contributed by granddaughter Georgea Brown Sharkey 2007

The date of birth on his tombstone is 1881,
but the actual birth date is 1882.

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