| Life fact | Information |
|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Thomas Brown |
| Born | April 18, 1896, in Patton, Pennsylvania |
| Parents | Elmer Collins Brown and Frances Betterton (Gregg) Brown |
| Spouse | Katherine Woodcock Kiefer |
| Children | Samuel Thomas Jr., Mary Elizabeth, and Elmer Collins Brown |
| Primary residence | Roanoke, Virginia |
| Principal roles | Industrial executive and consulting engineer |
| Military service | United States Naval Reserve ensign, 1918-1922 |
| Religious affiliation | Episcopalian |
Genealogy of Samuel Thomas Brown
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Samuel Thomas Brown was born April 18, 1896, in Patton, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Elmer Collins Brown and Frances Betterton Gregg Brown. His father was a mining engineer. The biography supplies no earlier ancestry for either parent.
On February 9, 1921, Samuel Brown married Katherine Woodcock Kiefer. They had three children: Samuel Thomas Brown Jr., born December 12, 1921; Mary Elizabeth Brown, born October 19, 1923; and Elmer Collins Brown, born September 5, 1925. The family resided on Old Country Club Road in Roanoke.
Family outline
- Samuel Thomas Brown
- Father: Elmer Collins Brown
- Mother: Frances Betterton (Gregg) Brown
- Wife: Katherine Woodcock Kiefer
- Children:
- Samuel Thomas Brown Jr.
- Mary Elizabeth Brown
- Elmer Collins Brown
Source
This biography appeared in History of the Shenandoah Valley: Family and Personal Records, Volume III (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1952), page 20.
Verbatim biography
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SAMUEL THOMAS BROWN—As president of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, Samuel Thomas Brown is one of the industrial leaders of the Shenandoah Valley. He also contributes to the material advancement of his locality as industrial consulting engineer, and as official in a number of other concerns besides the one of his primary interest.
Son of Elmer Collins and Frances Betterton (Gregg) Brown, Samuel Thomas Brown was born in Patton, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1896. His father was a mining engineer. In his native Patton, Mr. Brown attended the public elementary and secondary schools, after which he enrolled at Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia, and thereafter at the Kiskiminetas Springs School, Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. He completed his education at Cornell University. Ithaca, New York, from which he received the degree of Mechanical Engineer, in 1917.
Shortly after graduation from college, Mr. Brown assumed the responsibilities connected with settling the estate of his father, and thereafter assumed the presidency of the Glenside Coal Company, the Bakerton Coal Company, and the Beaver Company, retaining the chief executive positions in those firms from 1918 to 1927. Other concurrent business connections included directorships in the First National Bank of Patton, Pennsylvania, and the Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Indiana, Pennsylvania, from 1922 to 1926. He was receiver of the Punxiana Coal and Coke Company from 1926 to 1928. Since 1927, Mr. Brown has been president of the Hughes-Brown-Moore Corporation, a real estate firm with offices in Chicago, Illinois. He is also a partner in the firm of Hughes, Brown and Moore, investments. During 1936-1938, he was in the executive department of Wilson Company, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, as a trouble shooter on special assignments. The extent of Mr. Brown’s interests has thus covered a number of states, in the East, Midwest, West and the Shenandoah Valley.
Mr. Brown is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and he holds the thirty-second degree. He is also a member of the Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in Altoona. He is fraternally affiliated with Kappa Sigma. Locally, he belongs to the Shenandoah Club of Roanoke, and the Roanoke Country Club. He is also a member of the University Club of Chicago, the University Club of New York City, and the Mining Club, of New York City. He is an Episcopalian.
Mr. Brown held the rank of ensign in the United States Naval Reserve from 1918 to 1922.
On February 9, 1921, Samuel Thomas Brown married Katherine Woodcock Kiefer. They are the parents of three children: Samuel Thomas, Jr., born December 12, 1921. 2. Mary Elizabeth, born October 19, 1923. 3. Elmer Collins, born September 5, 1925. The family resides on Old Country Club Road, Roanoke.