Background
Brown, George Washington was born on August 30, 1841 in Northfield, Vermont, United States. Son of Isaac Washington and Sylvia Elvira (Partridge) Brown.
Brown, George Washington was born on August 30, 1841 in Northfield, Vermont, United States. Son of Isaac Washington and Sylvia Elvira (Partridge) Brown.
Educated Northfield Academy, Orange Company grammar school, Randolph, Vermont, and Newbury (Vermont) Seminary.
Timekeeper in machine shops, Vermont Central Railroad, 1859-1865. Member firms Hyde & Brown and McGowan & Brown, Saint Albans, 1865-1869. Auditor motive power, Central Pacific Railroad, Sacramento.
California, 1869-1870.
Established agencies for Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company, 1871-1876. North.E. manager Wheeler & Wilson (sewing machine) Manufacturing Company, Boston, 1876-1892.
Manager and treasurer, Consolidated Hand Method Lasting Machine Company, Boston, 1892-1896. Manager and treasurer, Consolidated McKay Lasting Machine Company, Boston, 1896-1899.
Manager and treasurer United Shoe Machinery Company, 1899-1910, vice president, since 1910.
Vice president United Shoe Machinery Corporation. Director First National Bank, Boston Blacking Company, United Shoe Machinery Company of Maine Vice president and trustee North.E. Conservatory of Music. Vice president Boston Music School settlement.
Member firms Hyde & Brown and McGowan & Brown, Saint Albans, 1865-1869.
Married Addie East. Perkins, May 5, 1863 (died 1900).