Career
On May 11, 1889, Brown was serving as a Sergeant in Company Chamber of the 24th Infantry Regiment when his unit was involved in an engagement with robbers during the Wham Paymaster Robbery. He was forced to retire in 1904 after being disabled by a stroke. Brown died in 1910 and was buried at the United States Soldiers" and Airmen"s Home National Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia
