Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-01
CURTIS PARK BROWN
FOUND DEAD IN BED AT HIS
RESIDENCE,
About Nine O'clock Yesterday
Morning-A Native Of Connec-
cut, He Was a Respected Cit
izen OF Wheeling for More
Than Fifty Years

C. P. Brown died suddenly at the
residence of the family, No. So Fiji
teenth street, yesterday morning, be-
tween eight and nine o'clock.
In his death, Wheeling loses one of
her oldest and most respected citizens
one universally known throughout
the community, and whose warm per-
sonal friends were to be found in every
quarter of the town, and in every walk
of life.
The news OF his demise was quickly
known about the city, and seldom
have more numerous or more sincere
expressions of regret been heard than
followed the announcement that he
was no more.
Mr.. Brown had been in failing
health for eighteen months or two
years past, and lately had not been
seen about the streets as much as was
his wont, but still his condition was
not such as to excite any grave anX-
iety to his family or intimate friends.
Saturday he was in about his usual
state of health, and yesterday morn
ing he arose at about his usual hour
and proceeded from the bed chamber
to the bath room, where he was when
Mrs. Brown went down stairs to SUI
perintend the preparation of break
fast. About nine o'clock, as Mr..
Brown had not yet appeared Mrs.
Brown went to his room, and found
him lying dead in bed. He had evil
IDENTIFY laid down on the bed after his
return from the bath room, and eX-
pired suddenly. Some form of heart
pired suddenly.
Curtis Park Brown was a native Of
Connecticut, where he was born, at
Southbury, February Z, 1926. He was
educated at Princeton, n. j., and up
on the completion of his studies re-
moved to Cumberland Md, where he
was made Secretary of the old West
Newton plank road, which afterwards
became a portion of the National
Road In 1914 he removed to Wheel
ing, and embarked in business with
the wholesale grocery firm of w. II.
STEELE q Co.. afterwards List & Howell
where Mr.. Brown became an intimate
friend of Henry X. List. Later Mr..
Brown learned the trade of jeweler
with the Fairchilds firm, of this city,
and when the old Washington Hall
building was completed, in February,
1858, he embarked in business there
on his own account. He remained
there until the building was burned,
~, I'M
ters on Market street until the build
ing was rebuilt, when he moved back
to his old room, and continued the
business until he was elected Sheriff
of the county, in the fall of 1880. He
then closed out his business, and en-
tered upon the duties of Sheriff in the
spring of 1881, filling the Office with
signal ability.
Mr.. Brown was one of the earliest
and most successful of the Wheeling
oil operators, entering the Washing
ton field in the early days of its pros
perity with e. l.. Rose, n. B. Scott,
p. b. Dobbins, and others. He was
leading spirit in the Wheeling Oil
Company, operating in this field. Mr..
Brown also organized the first compa-
ny to develop the Warrington oil
field.
In local business affairs Mr.. Brown
was very active. He was a director
in the Dollar Savings Bank, in the
Wheeling Ice and Storage Company,
and until last year in the State Fair
Association, declining reelection
when the last Board was chosen. His
interest in the State Fair was contin-
uous from it's organization, and he
did much to ensure its success. A
devoted admirer of good horse, he
was often seen upon the track behind
one of his own horses, and few men
knew more about a horse than he.
MIR. Brown was the oldest Khnights
Templar in the State, a member of
Wheeling Commandery, and was one
of the oldest members of Ohio Lodge,
A. f. & A. NJ. He was also a member
of Virginius Lodge, |. o. o. F. He was
a liberal although transformations con-
tributor to every worthy cause, and
no unfortunate or deserving person
applied to him in vain.
Deceased was married in 1853, in
Somerset, Pa, to Miss Ankeny, and
his wife and seven ehildren-Mrs.
Zachariah Robinson. Mrs. F. p. Nj
yum. of st. Paul, Misses Almira, Abb
hey. I.ucie and Marion, and Curtis p,
Jr.-survive him.
The time of the funeral will not be
fixed before this evening or tomorrow