Background
Brown, Henry Collins was born on July 17, 1863 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of George Miller and Jeannie (Collins) Brown.
Brown, Henry Collins was born on July 17, 1863 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of George Miller and Jeannie (Collins) Brown.
Came to the United States, 1870. Educated Anderson’s Academy, Glasgow, and public schools, Brooklyn.
; children—Henry Collins, Florence Lorena. Nelson Doubleday, Ross Ellsworth, John Crawford, Katharine Moller (Mistress James H. Barrett). Began as clerk, 1875.
Became advertising agent, 1895.
Publisher, 1913-1929. Founder of Museum of New York City, 1923.
Re-erected the Liberty Pole in City Hall Park (site of one destroyed in 1776) in association with South.R. and New York History Society, 1928. President Society of Old New Yorkers.
Honorary member of New York History Society.
Member of New York History.
Married Kate Ross, 1887 (deceased. Children: Henry Collins, Florence Lorena.