Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-07
Thomas Chssles Brown.

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Just as the day was giving way
to the dark shadows of the night
and just as the sun was bidding
the world good bye as it sank be-
hind the western hills, the Angel
of Death yesterday entered the
home on Gunnison avenue and the
life of one of the best known at
torneys in Colorado was brought
to an end, and a poineer citizen
Twas gone.
The close of the earthly career
Iof Thomas Charles Brown was
peaceful and calm, although for
days he had suffered acutely. The
end came not unexpectedly. ltl
would not have sbeen unlocked for
at any moment in the past sixty
hours.
For several years attorney Brown
! had suffered from disease of the
Liver. For the past two months hel
had been gradually declining; but
, not until about week ago was he
!, forced to take his bed. He kept
. going when he ought to have been
at home, and often during the last
few weeks, when he was seen on
the streets, in the court rooms or
in his offices, the remark, Chow
bad Judge Brown looks" has been
heard.
! Owing to his illness, Judge
Brown had to have numerous
= cases in which he was employed
as attorney in the district court,
continued, and the hearing OF
Frank A. Mahaney, charged with
the murder of the negro, Wade
=, johnson, had to be postponed for
in the same reason, Judge Brown
f. being Mahaney's attorney. How
1d ever, in discussing every case,
10 Judge Brown felt sure he would be
~ all right in a short time and coulc
Id give them attention, but Provi'
dence ruled otherwise.
The death occurred few min
utes after 5 o'clock last night a.
W. the residence on Gunnison avenue
,er between Fifth and Sixth streets
as The wife, the two children, othe1
,ss relatives and few intimate friends
:" were at the bedside.
". Should the history of the lega
NJ fraternity of Colorado ever be writ
ras ten and the roster of the names O.
lth the prominent and successful rep
ho resentatives of the profession call
ed ed, the name of Thomas Charlie
ed Brown will beyond doubt hold
nd high place. Few attorneys in Col
the orado were better known and hi
ted ability was never questioned.
lily Judge Brown was a lawyer 9
ing the old school, and that col
,ys school" is, and was made up
re- those barristers and attorneys VIII
to have held the profession in honor
will ed regard and who have made the
as way to success through earneE
DO endeavor-men who were and al
Ind lawyers in ability and talent.
,sts close, careful student of the Law
oon possessing a splendid education
the being speaker of brilliant mel
and a successful examiner, a goc
pleader, and withal man of dig
nified bearing within the bar
the court room, Judge Brown WI
Oh ever, among the foremost pract
ans ans TONERS in any city or town whe
MIA. he resided. Loyal, faithful az
true to the interests of a client, h
legal battles we're waged with
strength and brilliancy that we
an admirable. His successes befo
suEe, the courts far outnumbered h
race defeats.
rnaI Thomas Charles Brown W
its born in Ripley county, Mo-, Ap
that %, 1850, being exactly 81 yea
the and six months old at the time
blic his death. His boyhood days we
the spent in Ripley county. Later t
one family moved to Garter coun
# a Mo-, and at the age OF u yea
ton Mr.. Brown was made sheriff al
ton collector of Carter county, bel
rect one of the youngest men to nc
his that Office in the state Of Nilsson
ects On November 15, 1878, he MARI
!, in Miss Lizzie AXE, and their wedd
life Of nearly thirty years has be
ritter ahappy one.
that The deceased studied law
ee it Missouri and was admitted to t
ON bar in 1879. The same year
rong decided to come west, and, W
sded his wife, started for Colordo.
located at Colorado Spings. I
trnal next year, 1880, he removed
re in Gunnison, then but q small frc