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Richard Rezeau Brown (1874-1913), was born on July 24, 1874, at Raritan, Monmouth County, New Jersey, son of Thomas S. Rezeau Brown (1823-1892), a lumber and coal dealer, and Maria Louisa Hunt Brown (1837-1918), a native of Connecticut.
In 1892, he inherited his father's lumber and coal business.
On January 2, 1896, he married Ella Anna Walling (1874-1931), daughter of James S. Walling and Emma Anna Walling, at Keyport, New Jersey. They had five children : Thomas Walling Brown (1898-), Elizabeth M. Brown (1900-1990), Millard S. Brown (1902-1975), Lois Brown (1906-1907), and Eleanor W. Brown (1909-1993-)
In the 1890's he established himself as a stamp dealer, more of a supplier and broker to other stamp dealers. He developed a company logo based on the Egyptian postage stamp issue of 1879, Scott #30, with the design of the Sphinx and pyramid of Kufu in the background and Arabic inscription. A very similar design also used by another contemporary stamp dealer Samuel P. Hughes dealing in Howe, Nebraska, also in the 1890's.
Corner Card : Richard R. Brown to the Frederick Bros., Jersey City, New Jersey, uprated #234 on postal stationery #U377, postmarked Registered mail Keyport, New Jersey March 4, 1898, Fancy Star cancel on both stamps. FOR SALE $150 Write john@numismaticmall.com
In the U. S. Census of 1900 he is listed living at 110 First Street, Raritan, New Jersey, doing business as a lumber and coal merchant.
In 1912, he was appointed to the Lehigh Valley Canal Commission.
The St. Louis Lumberman, Vol. 51, June 15 (1913) : 103 obit
He died on May 19, 1913, the day after his wife's 39th birthday. He is buried in Green Grove Cemetery, Keyport, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Bibliography :
The Philatelic Chronicle, Vol. 3, No. 1, November (1900) : 27 ad
The Canada Stamp Sheet, April 15 (1902) : 76 ad
The St. Louis Lumberman, Vol. 51, June 15 (1913) : 103 obit
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