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Brown served in the [[10th Alabama Infantry Regiment]] during the [[Civil War]]. He also worked as a clerk in the mercantile business operated by [[William Mudd]] and [[J. B. Earle]]. In [[1873]] he and fellow clerk [[William Hood]] opened a dry goods business, [[Brown & Hood]] in [[Arkadelphia]], but the entire store was burned to the ground on [[March 27]], [[1875]]. | Brown served in the [[10th Alabama Infantry Regiment]] during the [[Civil War]]. He also worked as a clerk in the mercantile business operated by [[William Mudd]] and [[J. B. Earle]]. In [[1873]] he and fellow clerk [[William Hood]] opened a dry goods business, [[Brown & Hood]] in [[Arkadelphia]], but the entire store was burned to the ground on [[March 27]], [[1875]]. | ||
Brown & Hood reopened on [[20th Street North]] in [[Birmingham]] in March [[1876]]. The partnership was dissolved in September [[1882]], after which both opened their own competing stores. | Brown & Hood reopened on [[20th Street North]] in [[Birmingham]] in March [[1876]]. The partnership was dissolved in September [[1882]], after which both opened their own competing stores. In [[1905]] Brown constructed the [[W. S. Brown Mercantile Building]] at 2233-2235 [[2nd Avenue North]]. After his death, the company moved two blocks east to 2419-2423 2nd Avenue. | ||
Brown served on the [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]] under Mayors [[A. O. Lane]] and [[B. A. Thompson]] in the 1880s. | Brown served on the [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]] under Mayors [[A. O. Lane]] and [[B. A. Thompson]] in the 1880s. | ||
Revision as of 11:13, 28 September 2016
William S. Brown (born 1840; died 1919) was the owner of the W. S. Brown Mercantile Company.
Brown served in the 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He also worked as a clerk in the mercantile business operated by William Mudd and J. B. Earle. In 1873 he and fellow clerk William Hood opened a dry goods business, Brown & Hood in Arkadelphia, but the entire store was burned to the ground on March 27, 1875.
Brown & Hood reopened on 20th Street North in Birmingham in March 1876. The partnership was dissolved in September 1882, after which both opened their own competing stores. In 1905 Brown constructed the W. S. Brown Mercantile Building at 2233-2235 2nd Avenue North. After his death, the company moved two blocks east to 2419-2423 2nd Avenue.
Brown served on the Birmingham Board of Aldermen under Mayors A. O. Lane and B. A. Thompson in the 1880s.
In 1910 commissioned the design of a large mansion on Highland Avenue. After his death in 1919 house passed to his daughter, Bessie and remained in the family until it was sold in 1947 to the American Federated Women's Club as the "Women's Club House".