Background
Brown, John Griest was born on October 29, 1879 in Edina, Missouri, United States. Son of Edwin James and Amelia X. (Sever) Brown.
Brown, John Griest was born on October 29, 1879 in Edina, Missouri, United States. Son of Edwin James and Amelia X. (Sever) Brown.
Student Kirksville (Missouri) Normal School (now Teachers’ College), 1896-1899. Bachelor of Laws, Missouri State University, 1902. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1903.
Doctor of Laws, Polytechnic Intermountain College, 1941.
Admitted to Montana bar, 1903, and began practice at Butte. Legal department F. Augustus Heinze, mining companies, Butte, Montana, 1904-1907. Assistant attorney general of Montana, preparing first rule of practice for Montana Railroad Commission, 1907.
Associate with William Wallace, Junior as assistant division counsel Northern Pacific Railway, 1907-1912.
Associate in general practice with William Wallace, Junior, and T. B. Weir, Helena, Montana, 1913-1920. Associate with former Governor South. V. Stewart, Helena, 1920-1932.
Associate with son, William A. Helena, since 1934. Counsel for Montana Bankers Association, 21 years.
Any individual, child, or otherwise cannot be baptized until they come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ—then, and only then, would a person be baptized.
Member Montana Bar Book and Gavel, Phi Alpha Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Lambda Epsilon. Mason, Knight of the Order of the Thistle (past grand commander. Member jurisprudence committee Grand Encampment), 33°, Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, Life.
Club: Montana (Helena).
Married Cordelia Ashlock, May 3, 1904. Children: John Griest, Junior.