Name/Title
Gustav Brown, confectioner and resident of Charles TownEntry/Object ID
IMG327Description
Gustave Brown, born 1837. Businessman in Charles Town. Bottom of page says "Grand High Priest, 1882"
"Gustave Brown, a native of Germany, born in the year 1837, has been a resident in Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, since 1866. In the City of Baltimore, in 1874, Gustave Brown and Doris Matthaei were united in marriage, and one son was born of their union, in 1878, whom they named Gustave D. Doris, present wife of Gustave Brown, was born in Baltimore, in 1856. In 1860 Mr. Brown was first wedded, Eliza Matthaei, becoming his wife, and she was the mother of his two children: Louis E., born in 1861 and Charles W., born in 1864. Gustave Brown is prosperously engaged in the business of confectioner, conducting that business, and having his post office and residence at Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia."Acquisition
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