Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-19
Timothy Brovn. Pioneer La,vye,.

The death of Timothy Brown an
nounced from Denver Tuesday. removes
one Of the last of the old-time lawyers
Of Marshall county and central Iowa.
There are not many of the old
timers" in the law left. and Mr.. Brown
outlived nearly all of the attorneys
with whom he was associated in the
early days of his practice. Included
among them We're such men as Cover
nor Eastman and Henry Huff. of Ell
dora: and Mr.. Stivers. of Toledo At
torneys here today who are considered
pioneers in the practice in Marshall
town We're associated with Mr.. Brown
long after he had been in the field for
years-when these now considered old
attorneys We're young men. and Tim"
Brown was no longer young.
Was Type Of Early Lawyer.
Mr. Brown was a true type of the
early LAWYER He was not educated
as are men for the bar today. yet in
his day he received what was con-
siGered good schooling. Tim
Brown. with the education Of me dern
times. would have been one lawyer in
a thousand, for ne was a man of ex-
,ceptionally strong mentality. keen. and
possessing that bull dog tenacity that
never knew what it meant to give
up"
The younger lawyer Of today, in
reading some of Mr.. Browns copy for
a brief would probably smile at some
Of the phrasing. that is providing he
was able to read the manuscript at all.
Some of the spelling would bring more
smles-yet withal these same young
attorneys could learn lessons Of Tim
Brown when 1t came to the basic prin
ciples Of law. Mr.. Brown was the au-
thor Of one work on law. known as
Brown on Jurisdiction of Courts
Landed in Iowa With $50.
When Mr.. Brown landed in Iowa. in
1855. he was possessed Of cash the
sum of SEQ This. however. did not
cause him to become faint-hearted He
worked. and he prospered. At his death
he was Well TODD, and aside from DIFF
ferent investments in the west he
owned in this city the old Brown
Homestead at Fourth avenue and Main.
and the business block at 314-316 South
Third avenue. occupied by the new
crea merry
Helped Defend Rainsbareers
MI brown prominence as an al
torney during the days of his prime
in Marshalltown naturally brought him
into practically all Of the 'big cases.
tried in the district court Among
these was his assistance, as associate
counsel with the late P. NJ. Sutton. in
the defense of the Rainsbarger broth
ers-Natllan and Frank-on the charge
Of murder. Mr.. Brown firmly believed
in the Innocence Of his clients and has
always wanted to live to see them Il
berated. His connection With the case
is of especial interest at this time from
the fact that the case of the Rains
bargers is now about TO be presented
for pardon. after the brothers have
seen almost twenty-five years penal
servitude.
Sketch Of Tim Browns Career.
Mr.. Brown was a native Of Worces-
ter. Otsego county. New York, and was
born Dec. %. 1927 He was the son
of Loring Brown. whose father was
Timothy Brown, son of Noah Brown
of the early days of Connecticut. Peter
Brown, the first Of the ancestral branch
Of the family in America, was one of
the Pilgrim Fathers who landed at
Plymouth in the tMayf,ower in 1920.
Timothy Browns mother was Sally NJ.
Hill. whose father served his country
thruout the revolutionary war.
At the age of years young Tim
accompanied his parents to Unadilla-
on the SusQuehana river. There he
grew to manhood, in the mea ntime at
tending the common school and gain
ing a practical knowledge of farming.
In youth he shared the advantage Of
winter schools. and after attaining the
dent in the Cnadilla academy. During
the winters of his 18th and Goth years
he taught a district school. an event
which turned his mind more directly
to the methods Of study, and in the
end was Of material advantage to him.
Previous to this he taught two terms
of select school In the vicinity Of Uun-
dilla.
Begins Study Of Law.
When % years old Mr.. Brown be-