Background
Brown, Henry Martin was born on April 28, 1850 in Bolton, Connecticut, United States. Son of Arba Harrison and Harriet (Dart) Brown.
Brown, Henry Martin was born on April 28, 1850 in Bolton, Connecticut, United States. Son of Arba Harrison and Harriet (Dart) Brown.
Education high school, Rockville, Connecticut.
Began at 16 as clerk in dry goods store, later partner with East. Stevens Henry. Formed partnership with brother, ex-Governor Doctorate. Russell Brown, and Charles H. Child, as Brown Brothers & Company, mill supplies, incorporated as The Brown Brothers Company, of which was secretary, 1893-1899. Organizer, 1899, also treasurer and general manager of the United States Bobbin & Shuttle Company, owning many plants in North.E.
President Industrial Trust Company, 1912-1924, later v.chmn. board.
Officer or director many corporations.
Member City Council, Providence, 1890. Member Rhode Island House of Representatives, 1900-1902, inclusive. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).
Married Annie Weed North, 1875.