Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009 Series: Field Office Appointment Papers, 1849 - 1907 File Unit: Brown, Egbert B. - Missouri - Pension Agent - St. Louis Pension Office
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Brown, Egbert Benson, 1816-1902
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Egbert Brown was born in Brownsville, New York, and as a young man sailed on a whaler before settling in Toledo, Ohio, in the early 1840s. He was a respected grain dealer and built the first steam elevator in town. After successively working his way to Mayor of Toledo, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1852 and engaged in the railroad business. In August 1861, Brown was commissioned as the lieutenant colonel of the 7th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He resigned this position in May 1...
