Brown- James Lee
JAMES LEE BROWN
Source: Bowen, A. W. History of Montgomery County, Indiana. Indianapolis, IN: 1913, p.1270
The profession of dentistry has a worthy exponent in Montgomery County in the person of Dr. James Lee Brown of Crawfordsville, who, because of his superior skill, is well known throughout this locality, although he is yet a young man and who ranks high among his professional brethren in the western part of the Hoosier state for he was, it seems, well adapted by nature for this voaction, being, in the first place, a student, so that he has kept well abreast of the times in everything that pertains to his work, and he is also the possessor of those personal traits which one must have in order to be popular with the masses. He is a man who can be depended upon and his hundreds of patients know that they can repose the utmost confidence in him and rely upon his judgement. He is also of a social nature and an optomistic one - he believes in finding the silver lining to every cloud, maintaining that all clouds have such and that the obstacles we daily encounter on the road of life should but serve to arouse our combative nature, and cause us to accomplish more rather than yield to the perverse rulings of fate. Dr. Brown was born in Weverton, Maryland Dec 25, 1882, and he is a son of George Wallace Littleton Brown and Jennie Viola Poffenberger Brown. The father was born in the same vicinity as was his son, our subject. He grew to manhood in the Oriole State and there received his education and spent his life until in the spring of 1890 when he came to Montgomery Cuonty, Indiana as manager of the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company and he held that position together with that of the Adams Express Company's agency at Crawfordsville until 1904, giving entire satisfaction to both companies. He was also a real estate agent and was quite active in politics. After leaving Crawfordsville he became assistant right of way agent for the Missouri Pacific RR Company with headquarters in St Louis. He then went with the Cache Valley RR Company in Sedgewick, Arkansas, as assistant to the president and general manager, which position he still holds and he resides at the town of Sedgewick. he is a business man of more than ordinary ability and resourcefulness. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic Order, including the Council; also, belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. POlitically, he is a Progressive and is much interested in the new movement. Dr. James L. Brown was 8 when he accompanied his parents to Indiana from Maryland and he grew to manhood at Crawfordsville and here was graduated from the high school with the class of 1906. Previous to that, in 1901, he had enlisted in the signal corps of the US Army and served 3 years in a most faithful and satisfactory manner, being honorably discharged from the service April 26, 1904. After graduating high school he entered the Indiana Dental College at Indianapolis, there making an excellent record and was graduated with the class of 1909. He soon thereafter opened an office in Crawfordsville and has remained in the practice of the profession here with ever increasing success, building up a large practice with the city and county. Fraternally, the Dr. belongs to the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks and Patriotic Order Sons of America. Dr. Brown was married April 15, 1909 to Mabel Claire McClelland of Crawfordsville a daughter of William E. and Anna Kenyon McClelland. She was born Feb 4, 1886 and here she grew to womanhood and received a good education. To the Dr. and wife one child has been born, Marthine Louise Brown. -- typed by kbz