Brown, Edward Othniel

Edward Othniel Brown (1859-1935)

1859 – 1935 (76) (3 of 4 brothers)
Clara Cole (Spencer) Brown (1^st Pres. Rh Women’s Club)
House – Cranberry Hill - 209 E. Frederick St.
UW Madison (2yrs) West Point – Grad 3^rd Honor Man in class of 53 Cadets (top 10 to Engineer’s branch of the service)
Second Lieutenant but resigned in 1882 to go in business with brothers AW & WE Came to Rhinelander in1883
Merchants State Bank – Director and later President
President of Rhinelander Refrigerator Company
Member of the School Board for several years
First Captain of the local military company, organized as Company H, Fifth Regiment W.N.G., but which in 1898 on the breaking out of the Spanish American War, became Company L of the Second Regiment, and later Company B, 127^th Infantry. His West Point training enabled him to bring this company up to high standards of efficiency, and he remained the Captain for eleven years from 1898 to 1909. WWI, offered his services again, but was rejected for being too old for active service in such a war as was then being waged.
Member of the Draft Board and led various war fund drives
3rd President of RPC
President of WI Valley Improvement Corp.
Town of Pelican Treasurer

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