Primary Name: Brown, Frank A.
Filed as: brown_frank_a
Also known as: Frank A. Brown
Occupation / Association: Barber; Miner; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6; Civil War veteran
Born: December 1855, Vermont
Died: September 1, 1921, Soldiers Home, Orting, Washington
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Associated places: Vermont; Juneau, Alaska; Tenakee, Alaska; Orting, Washington; Chicken Ridge, Alaska
Keywords: Frank A Brown, Brown Frank A, Juneau barbers, Boston Group Mine
Biography
Frank A. Brown was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Brown was born in December 1855 in Vermont. During the Civil War, he served as a drummer boy at 15 and was later recognized as a veteran.
He came to Alaska in August 1893. By trade, he was a barber, and for much of his time in Alaska, he owned and operated his own barbershop.
Brown was also involved in mining and was one of the original locators of the Boston Group Mine just beyond Chicken Ridge. He maintained an interest in these claims for several years.
During his years in Alaska, he lived in several communities, including Juneau and Tenakee, and he was last recorded living in Juneau in 1920.
Frank A. Brown died September 1, 1921, at the Soldiers Home in Orting, Washington.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; Daily Alaska Empire, September 6, 1921.
Tags: Frank A Brown, Brown Frank A, Juneau pioneers, Civil War veterans, Juneau barbers