biography
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| lived:
| (1787–1859)
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| biography:
| Railroad promoter, born in Co Antrim, Ireland. The son of Alexander Brown, he joined his father in Baltimore, MD (1802), was influential in the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and became the company's treasurer (1827–34). He was a cautious director of the family firm, Alexander Brown & Sons (1834–59). He gave generously to the House of Refuge and the Peabody Institute of Baltimore. |
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