A. S. BROWN, proprietor of the Troy Steam Laundry of Sault de Ste. Marie, was born in Essex county, New York, on the 17th of September, 1S48, and is a son of C. S. Brown, who was born in Hadley, Massachusetts. Leaving his old home, he located in Somerset, New York, and subsequently emigrated to Somerset, Michigan; he was married in Napoleon, and afterward returned to Esses county, New York. In April, 1848, he came again to Michigan, and after living in various places in the southern peninsula at length located in Marquette, in 1858, where he was joined the succeeding year by his family. There he followed his trade of wagon-makiog and made that city his home until called to his final rest. He was a native of Massachusetts and died in Michigan in 1S91, at the ripe old age of seventy years. He married Nancy Lobde". daughter of Seymour B. Lobdell, a New York farmer, and they became the parents of seven children, four of whom are yet living,—William, Joseph and Minnie,—who are all residing in Marquette; and A. S., whose name heads this record.

Our subject worked with his father until seventeen years of age and then turned his attention tc merchandising, securing a position as salesman with the firm of Watson & Son. He afterward entered the employ of Westlake & Bronson and next entered the service of the United States Government, taking soundings and locating bars on the coast of Lake Michigan, with the headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Soon after leaving the Government employ he embarked in the laundry business in Marquette, Michigan, which he continued there until April, 1885, when he removed to Sault de Ste. Marie and established the first steam laundry in this city. He has since carried it on successfully and has built up a good trade, his patronage warranting a .force of fourteen employes on an average. Only first-class work is turned out, and in consequence the laundry has a good trade and yields to the owner a good income. In addition to his laundry Mr. Brown is the owner of good property on Maple street, which he improved in 1894.

Mr. Brown takes no very active part in political affairs, being allied with the Republican party on national issues, supporting his friends for local offices and those whom he thinks best qualified. He is an honored and esteemed member of the blue lodge and chapter of the Masonic fraternity of Sault de Ste. Marie, and also belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees. He was married January r, r884, in Chicago, to Miss Lottie Goodrich, whose father formerly resided near Scranton, Pennsylvania. They now have a daughter, Nellie, ten years old. Mr. Brown's life has been purely a business one and therefore unmarked by thrilling experiences or startling adventures, but it is such men that form the best class of citizens, men who quietly and conscientiously perform their duties to the country and their fellow men and live honorable, upright lives.

Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula 1895