Martin J and Hattie Brown
From the Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, published by the John M Gresman Company, Chicago-Philadelphia 1896
MARTIN J BROWN, Attorney at Law of Newport, son of Frederick Brown and Margaret Miller Brown, was born in Warsaw, Ohio, May 30, 1860.
His father was a native of Germany, who came to Cincinnati in 1847 and made his home in that city until 1869, when he removed to Newport and died there in 1883, aged sixty-one years. He was a blacksmith by occupation and master of his trade, industrious and honorable in all his dealings. He was of the Catholic faith and very faithful in his religious duties; was not much inclined to politics, but voted the Democratic ticket.
Margaret Miller Brown (mother) now living in Newport in her seventy-second year, was born near Baden, Germany. She is a member of the Catholic church and a woman of most excellent character. Martin J Brown was nine years of age when his parents removed to Newport. He was educated in a Catholic school at Delhi, Ohio; at St Michael's in Cincinnati; at St Vincent College in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and finally at St Xavier College, Cincinnati.
He studied law in the office of A T Root, who was then city attorney of Newport and was admitted to the bar September 25, 1880, when he began the general practice of law in which he now has a large clientele and a lucrative business. He has made a special study of law regulating corporations and is special attorney for five or six organizations, building and loan associations, etc. He has devoted his time wholly to his large practice and has taken no active part in politics and has sought no office at the hands of the Democratic party, with which he affiliates.
Mr. Brown was married January 10, 1882, to Hattie Kearney, daughter of James Kearney, deceased of Newport. She died in 1892, leaving a family of two sons and three daughters; Hattie, Mary, Lillian, George and Martin Jr. Mr. Brown adheres to the religious faith of his father and venerable mother.