The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 536 ALLEN N. BROWN. For three decades Allen N. Brown has been a resident of the northwest, living at various points in Washington, while at the present time he makes his home near Grandview, where he is successfully engaged in orcharding. He was born in Washington county, Wisconsin, May 24, 1864, a son of Charles Darwin and Lucy (North) Brown, both of whom were natives of New England. They became pioneer settlers of Wisconsin, where they arrived in 1843, there remaining until called to their final rest. Allen N. Brown acquired a public school education and took up farming in connection with his father. He came to Washington on the 19th of April, 1889, arriving at Centralia, where he remained for a year. He afterward lived near Rochester, Washington, and proved up on a homestead in that locality. After converting much of the land into a cultivable and productive tract he sold the property and later worked in the lumber camps. In 1907 he bought twenty acres of land near Grandview and is still the owner of this property, upon which he is engaged in raising hay and corn. He also conducts a small dairy business but the greater part of his land is successfully cultivated in the production of the crops indicated. On the 30th of September, 1912, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Mina Butler, who was born in Wisconsin and is a daughter of James Butler. Fraternally Mr. Brown is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his political opinions accord with the teachings and the platform of the republican party and therefore he gives to it stalwart support. During thirty years residence in the northwest he has largely witnessed the growth and development of this state and at all times has been much interested in its progress, cooperating heartily in all movements for the benefit of the locality in which he lives. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.