J. W. Brown

J. W. Brown, landed in Lewis, April 12, 1856, and was the second lawyer in the county. He was admitted to practice in Judge Sears' court on motion of John Leonard, of Winterset, now District Judge. The first case in which Mr. Brown appeared (three or four weeks after his arrival) was one before Hiram Smith, Justice of the Peace. The first he had in the district court was Puckett vs. -- in which his opponent was Caleb Baldwin of Council Bluffs. Mr. Brown has frequently been the Democratic nominee for member of the General Assembly, but his party being in the minority, he was at no time elected. Mr. B. is a graduate of the University of Indiana. He called his first child born in the county, Lewis Cass, after the child's native county and native town.

From "History of Cass County, Iowa Together With Brief Mention of Old Settlers," by Lafe Young, Atlantic, Iowa, Telegraph Steam Printing House, 1877, pg. 37.