BROWN, HENRY A.

BROWN, BARHYDT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/1/2025 at 10:39:48

BURLINGTON CITY.
(P. O. BURLINGTON)

BROWN, HENRY A., wholesale and retail dlr. in boots and shoes, 217 N. Main st.; res. 1109,N.5th st.; Mr. Brown was born in Dunkirk, N. Y., March 27, 1841 ; lived in New York State until the fall of 1857, when he came to Burlington ; engaged in clerking most of the time until July, 1862, when he became connected with the Suttlers' Department of the United States army, where he remained until the fall of 1865. The firm of H. A. Brown & Co., retail dealers in boots and shoes, was established in January, 1866 ; in July, 1874, Mr. Brown became a member of the firm of T. W. Barhydt & Co., wholesale dealers in boots and shoes ; this firm is well known for its reliability, and is doing a large trade in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Northwestern Kansas and in a portion of Illinois; their annual sales are about $250,000.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879