The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-26
JOHN CROSBY BROWN DEAD
SENIOR PARTNER IN THE BROWN
~ BANKING HOUSES.

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Hfls Career rs o Pinancier. as q Friend OF
iEducatiOn, as . Patron OF Art n II
the Field Of Religious work-Hii
Death Occurred al His summer Home
John Crosby Brown. senior partner II
the banking houses Of Brown Bros a
Co. OF New York. Philadelphia and Bos
ton and OF Brown. Shipley d Co. OF Lon
don. died yesterday at his summer home
Brighthurst, in Orange. N. j. He haC
been i'll for some time Of hardening OIL
the arteries.
John Crosby Brown was a son of james
Brown, who in 1925 started the New YorA
banking house Of Brown Bros. h Co.
Of which John Crosby Brown at the time
of his death, was the senior partner,
Alexander Brown. the head Of the family
In this country. was an Irish linen mer-
chant who came to America in 1853 and
started a linen store in Baltimore. Later
he established a bank there. He died IN
Baltimore in 1894.
His four sons. all born in Ballymena.
County Antrim, were associated with
their father under the firm name Of Alex
ander Brown d Sons. The eldest. William
Brown, returned TO England in 1909 and
established a branch house there, now the
banking firm Of Brown. Shipley d Co.
The second son. George Brown. remained
in Baltimore as the head of the house
there, and the third son. John A. Browh.
became the head of the business in Phila-
delphia.
The youngest, James Brown, born in
l7et, came to New York in 1925 and
started the house Of. Brown BIRDS. d Co.
James Brown was twice married. His
first wife was Louisa Benedict. daughter
OF the Rev. Joel Benedict Of Plainfeld,
Conn. BY thus union there we're five
children, James and William Brown,
Mrs. Alexander Brown Of Richmond
Hill. England: Mrs. Howard Potter and
Mrs. James Copper Lord. The second
wife was Eliza Maria Coo, daughter Of the
Rev. DR.. Jonas Coe Of Troy, N. Y. John
Crosby Brown was the second Of three
sons by this marriage,
John Crosby Brown was born in this
city on May 70, 1888. He was graduated
from Columbia College in 1850 and soon
after leaving college he entered his
fathers firm. His early business train
ing he had received in the Liverpool
active IN IN the 1rsS firms ?'' affeirs ali III his III life was
On November Q. 1851, Mr.. Brown was
married to Miss Mary E.. Adams, daughter
of the Rev. DR.. William Adams, pastor
Of the Madison Square Presbyterian
Church and president Of Union TheoloEi-
cal Seminary.
He ia survived by his wife and by six
children. These are the Rev. DR.. William
Adams Brown OF Union Theological
Seminary; Mrs. Eliza Coo Moore. wife
Of the Rev, DR.. Edward Caldwell Moore
Of Harvard University; Miss Mary Magoun
B Brosn / ' Con- Of o PSiisde HsSxn % NJ Dl Hm1
Brighthurst de Forest. wife Of Henry L.
de Forest, and Thatcher Magoun Brown
Of Brown Bros, i Co., New York.
Mr.. Brown was q trustee Of the United
States Trust Company, the Liverpool
ana annx L1 9ha R.a ana If al Sss Insurance yerk nee Som,
Of Savings. the United States Lloyds.
the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Cor
poration. the London Guarantee
and Accident Corporation n other cor
porations. and he was a member Of the
Haso e Q. S the metyeno Fl 5ne ci Esntq dby.
Down Town Association and the Midday
Club.
For many years Mr.. Brown was an
elder in the Madison Square Presby-
terrain church, beginning under the pas
torate OF DR.. William ADAMS and oon-
tinuing through that Of Or. William j..
Tucker and through the twenty.nine
years Of DR.. Parkhurst's incumbency.
He was n Of the founders OF the Pres
bytsrian Church at st. Cloud. n. j..
where he had a summer home, and was
superintendent OF the Sunday school
connected with that church. He was a
trustee OF Columbia University, a trustee
and director OF the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art and q director of the Union Set
tlemeut Association.
Mr. Bown became a director Of Union
yical Seminary in 1863, succeeding
the late William E. Dodge as vioe-presi-
dent Of its board OF directors in 1888. and
at the death Of DR.. Charles Butler in 1897
he became its president.
Mr.. Brown was one OF the supporters
Of the plan to remove the seminary TO
then new site near the Riverside Drive, and
his last public appearance was at the
laying of the cornerstone Of the new build
ings on November II, 1903. and the in
auguration OF the new president Of the
faculty on the same day. He was chair
man OF the building committee and until
four or Ave weeks q he gave attention
10 every detail OF construction.
Mr. Browns city home was at 80 East
T~hirty-seventh street.
The uneral arrangements have not
been completed, but the funeral will prob
ably be held in this city on Tuesday.